About Peter
Peter is a corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive experience advising clients in the food and agribusiness, manufacturing and distribution, resources, and technology industries.
He advises on:
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- Domestic and cross-border unregulated mergers and acquisitions
- Capital raisings and IPOs
- The structuring, establishment and operation of joint ventures
- Commercial contracting arrangements
- Financing and security arrangements
- Infrastructure arrangements
Peter has a significant focus in the agribusiness sector, and advises clients on everything from major corporate acquisitions, divestments and restructures through to supply arrangements in the grazing and broad-acre farming sectors.
Specialisations
Experience
Mackay Sugar Limited
Lead partner on the $120m recapitalization investment by Nordzucker AG, Europe’s second largest sugar manufacturer and $200m refinance lead by Rabobank.
Acting on the divestment of its Mossman Mill to Far Northern Milling Pty Ltd.
Acting on all aspects of their commercial arrangements including its unsecured note facility.
Camperdown Dairy International
Advised on the sale of its infant formula business to Bellamy’s Australia Limited.
MSL Solutions Limited
Advised on its IPO, pre-IPO convertible note offer and separate cross border acquisitions in the UK, Denmark and New Zealand. Subsequently advised on its $2.73m placement and non-underwritten share purchase plan.
Palgrove Pastoral Company
Acting for Palgrove in relation to strategic farming acquisitions in Queensland and New South Wales.
Isa Sun
Advising Isa Sun in relation to its investment in Australia Dairy Nutritionals Group Limited.
Acting in relation to its financing and investment in Camperdown Dairy International Pty Ltd.
Quality Food Services
Advising the shareholders of Quality Foods Pty Ltd on the majority sale to Blue Sky Alternative Investments.
Peabody Group
Advised on the restructure by way of scheme of arrangement and in relation to its Red Mountain joint venture with BHP Mitsui Coal.
Acted for Peabody in its acquisition of a minority interest in the Burton coal project from Thiess Investments Pty Ltd.
Jellinbah Group
Advising Jellinbah Group in relation to their Lake Vermont Joint Venture and Jellinbah East Joint Venture.
Albatross Bay Resort
Advising the Powers Group on the sale of the Albatross Bay Resort to Vinta Group, a hotel and resort located in Weipa, Queensland.