Tax – Recent Experience

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Advised private equity group Blackstone on the stamp duty consequences relating to its US$9.4 billion acquisition of Centro Group’s U.S. assets and platform.

Advised Bain Capital in connection with the income tax consequences associated with its acquisition of IMCD Group BV.

Advised CommonWealth REIT (NYSE:CWH) on the income tax and stamp duty consequences relating to its acquisition of the MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund (ASX:MIF) (enterprise value approximately $90 million).

Acted for Stella Travel Services (Stella) and funds advised by CVC Asia Pacific on all aspects of the successful merger of Stella and Jetset Travelworld valued at approximately $400 million, including in relation to certain income tax, stamp duty and GST consequences associated with the merger.

Acted for Fletcher Building in relation to its acquisitions of Australian Construction Products Pty Limited and Crane Group Limited, including advising in relation to direct and indirect tax matters.

Advised NSW Maritime on the stamp duty and GST consequences relating to the redevelopment of the Rozelle Bay Super Yacht Marina and the redevelopment of land at Blackwattle Bay in Sydney.

Advised Holcim Limited,  a leading global cement, concrete and aggregates business, on certain income tax, stamp duty and GST matters relating to its $2.02 billion acquisition of Cemex’s Australian assets. The acquisition involved a number of challenging aspects including a very compressed negotiation timeframe and multiple cross-border elements.

Advised Transfield Services Infrastructure Limited on the stamp duty, GST and income tax consequences relating to the refinancing of the project financing of the Macarthur Water Treatment Plant.