Biography
David is a partner in our Corporate Advisory group.He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on private equity. He also advises on IPOs, public mergers and acquisitions, inbound investments into Australia, corporate restructurings, venture capital transactions and joint ventures. David regularly advises financial sponsors, investors and corporates both in relation to M&A transactions and commercial matters.
David has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class) from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, England and Wales (non-practising), South Africa and Bermuda (non-practising).
David is a Non-Executive Director of The Bradman Foundation.
Experience
David’s experience includes advising:
Advanced Personnel Management (APM), listed on the ASX, on its sale to Madisson Dearborn Partners by way of scheme of arrangement.
Quadrant Private Equity on its acquisition of leading healthcare distribution business Aidacare.
Quadrant Private Equity on the sale of MotorOne to a Quadrant-managed continuation fund.
Brunswick Corporation, listed on the NYSE, on its acquisition of FliteBoard.
Advanced Health Limited, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, on its sale of the PresMed Day Surgery group to Intermediate Capital Group (ICG).
American Industrial Partners on the sale of mining services and technology business CR Mining to Swedish-headquartered Epiroc.
American Industrial Partners on its acquisition of Boart Longyear.
Vast Solar on its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by NYSE-listed Nabors Industries, which will result in Vast Solar listing on the NYSE.
The shareholders of Altus Group on its sale to Pacific Equity Partners.
Chicago-based PE firm BDT Capital on the sale of Billi Water to UK-listed Strix plc.
Fujitsu on its acquisitions of Versor and Oobe.
Risk Capital Advisors, an Australian W&I broker, on its sale to US-listed Willis Towers Watson.
The shareholders of facilities management business, B.I.C. Services on its sale to South African listed Bidvest Group.
APM on its ~$1bn IPO and ASX listing in 2021.
Komatsu on its acquisition of Mine Site Technologies Global (MST Global) from Odyssey Private Equity.
Morrison and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation on the sale of CSC’s 50% stake in the Macarthur Wind Farm to Palisade Investment Partners and First Sentier Investors.
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation on the sale of 50% of its interest in CDC Data Centres to The Future Fund.
Infratil on the sale of its 80% shareholding in Perth Energy Holdings to AGL Energy.
The Stars Group (now part of Flutter Entertainment plc) on its acquisition, through its subsidiary CrownBet, of William Hill Australia.
Awards
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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
Ranked for Private Equity
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Best Lawyers Australia 2024
Recognised for his work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law
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IFLR1000 2024
Ranked for M&A and Private Equity
Client first thinking
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024He is highly responsive, commercially aware and very easy to work with.