Adam Laura

M&A Experience

Acting for:

• Barrenjoey on its acquisition of the JV interest in the Tea Tree Shopping Centre portfolio from Scentre Group.
• Goldman Sachs on the acquisition of the Mirvac Industrial Trust (ASX listed) by way of trust scheme.
• RMR (NYSE) on the take-private of the ASX listed Commonwealth REIT by trust scheme, and the acquisition of management rights for the establishment and licensing of its Australian funds business.
• Australian Unity on the acquisition of the Investa Retail Funds Management business.
• Charter Hall Office REIT in the take-private by trust scheme, by the Singapore's sovereign wealth fund's Reco Ambrosia, and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada.
• Blackstone on the Co-invest (as part of a consortium including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and GIC) of a controlling interest in a new entity housing the Financial and Risk business in JV with the previous owner Thomson Reuters, at an overall valuation of US$20 billion.
• Blackstone on its acquisition of a stake in the PAG Asia funds management business.
• Blackstone on the acquisition of Centro US assets.
• Blackstone on the trust and company schemes of arrangement for the acquisition of Valad Funds (ASX listed staple).
• Sime Darby Berhad (Hastings Deering) on the A$211 million acquisition of Gough Group and the related Caterpillar heavy machinery business in Australia and NZ.
• Sime Darby Berhad (Hastings Deering) on the A$120 million acquisition of the Salmon Engineering (Earthmoving) business.
• Sime Darby Berhad on the $650m acquisition of Online Rentals Group.
• Pemba Capital Partners on the approximately A$700 million sale of Device Technologies (Medical Devices company) to Navis Capital Partners.
• Pemba Capital Partners on the sale of Heavy Maintenance Group Pty Ltd (a Queensland based heavy machinery parts manufacturing company) to Sime Darby.
• Pemba Capital Partners on the sale of its shares in Coverforce Pty Ltd to existing shareholders.
• Pemba Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Oncall Group, a leading provider of specialist services in the Disability, NDIS and Child Youth and Family Services Sectors and subsequent bolt on acquisition of Ablecare.
• Pemba Capital Partners on the acquisition of RxMx - a global healthtech company and provider of specialty medicine management systems.
• Qscan, one of Australia’s leading national diagnostic imaging businesses - on the sale to Infratil and Morrison & Co.
• Icon, Australia’s leading clinical oncology business – on the sale to Goldmans, QIC and Pagoda and subsequent sale to EQT.
• BGH in connection with its acquisition of Virtus and arrangements with Doctors.
• Bain Asia Cap on the acquisition of aged care businesses Ardmillan and Craigcare.
• Barrenjoey on the acquisition of an interest in the Guzmen y Gomez business from Magellan.

Funds Experience

Acting for:

• Pemba Capital Partners in connection with the establishment of all its PE Funds.
• Ord Minnett on the establishment of its wholesale funds platform (including ESVCLP).
• Barrenjoey on the establishment of its wholesale funds platform.
• Qualitas on the establishment on the establishment of its second flagship debt fund, Qualitas Real Estate Opportunities Fund II, an international fund targeting up to $500 million in commitments.
• Telstra on the establishment of a new blind pool offshore fund to structure its holding of the balance sheet venture capital portfolio, corner-stoned by Harbourvest (US$400 million) and its investment into Telstra Ventures III.
• QIC on it’s wholesale funds consolidation and raising activities.
• Bain AsiaCap on the establishment of the investment structure and the M&A roll-up of a series of Aged Care businesses worth in excess of $250m into one of their Global Funds platforms.
• Oaktree, Blackstone and CVC Credit in relation to establishment of fund structures and operations in Australia, and related M&A.
• LendLease in connection with its wholesale funds platforms and dealings with global co-investors.
• Altis and Hines in connection with their respective property funds and JV platforms and related management arrangements.
• CVC in connection with the listing of its Global Credit Fund on the ASX.
• Viva Energy Australia in relation to the establishment and ASX-listing of Viva Energy REIT, a multibillion dollar stapled real estate investment trust structure.
• APN on the restructure and IPO of certain assets held within their wholesale and retail funds platforms, into the Convenience Retail REIT (ASX Listed).
• Australian Unity on the restructure and subsequent IPO of the $400m Australian Unity Office Fund IPO.