04/11/2019

G+T has advised private equity firm Pemba Capital Partners Pty Ltd (Pemba Capital) on its proposed acquisition of an interest in ONCALL Group Australia (ONCALL), the Community Service Organisation specialising in providing staff and services in the Disability, NDIS and Child Youth and Family Services Sector.

Founded in 2005, ONCALL is now one of Victoria’s biggest providers of specialist services in the sector, employing over 1700 specialist care workers across more than 3,000 sites in Victoria. Pemba Capital has entered into an agreement to partner with the founders of the business, Anna and Robert Fleming.

Commenting on the deal, Corporate Advisory partner Adam Laura who led the deal, said “We are delighted to have advised Pemba Capital on this transaction and are confident that Pemba’s involvement in the business will allow it to continue to grow and assist more disadvantaged people in Australia.” Adam was supported by Corporate Advisory lawyer Sarah Kensell and consultants Michael McDonald and Maarten De Schepper.

Gilbert + Tobin’s market-leading Corporate Advisory team, which boasts some of Australia’s leading M&A and Private Equity lawyers, has advised on many of Australia’s largest and most innovative transactions, including recently advising Anheuser-Busch InBev on the $16 billion sale of Carlton & United Breweries to Asahi Group, DuluxGroup on its $4.2 billion acquisition by Nippon Paint, BGH Capital on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Navitas, KKR on its $2 billion acquisition of MYOB and Viva Energy on its $2.65 billion IPO.

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