Ben Macdonald

Ben’s experience includes advising:

• Orica on its $400 million equity capital raising to fund its acquisition of Cyanco for US$640 million.
• Neptune Energy Group shareholders on the sale of Neptune Energy Group to Eni and Vår Energi for US$4.9 billion.
• Orica on its acquisition of Terra Insights for an enterprise value of CAD$505m.
• Dulux Group on its acquisition of Pental’s consumer products business and the Shepparton plant for $60 million.
• Tabcorp on its sale of MAX Performance Solutions for $21.3 million.
• Orica on its acquisition of Axis Mining Technology for $260 million (+earn out) and its $650 million equity capital raising to fund the acquisition and to provide balance sheet capacity.
• Tabcorp on its sale of eBet to Venue Digital Technology Pty Ltd.
• Orica on the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub project with Origin.
• Cleanaway on its $170 million acquisition of Global Renewable Holdings.
• Orica on its $180 million sale of its Minova business to Aurelius Group.
• BGH consortium on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Navitas by scheme of arrangement.
• Jadestone Energy on its US$195 million acquisition of the Montara oil field from PTTEP.
• Neptune Energy on its US$3.9 billion acquisition of ENGIE’s E&P assets.
• Ansell on the US$600 million sale of its global sexual wellness business to Humanwell Group and CITIC.
• Orica on the separation and sale of its global chemicals business to funds advised by Blackstone for A$750 million.
• Olam International on its US$1.3 billion acquisition of ADM's worldwide cocoa business.
• Castleton Commodities on its secured interest in the Northern Endeavour FPSO.
• Bidder for BMA’s Queensland coal assets.
• ConnectEast on corporate governance and restructuring matters.
• Jadestone Energy on its acquisition of the Stag oil field from Santos and Quadrant Energy.
• Orica on joint venture and marketing arrangements for an ammonium nitrate plant with Yara in the Pilbara.
• Detector Technology (a portfolio company of Ampersand Capital Partners) on its acquisition of ETP Ion Detect.
• Ansell on its acquisition of Ringer Gloves.
• Ixom on its acquisition of Australian Botanical Products and LogiChem.
• LocalAgentFinder on capital raising, commercial contracting and corporate governance matters.
• MoneyPlace on capital raising and corporate governance matters and on its sale to Liberty Financial.
• Aquis on its proposed A$270 million takeover of the Reef Casino Trust and Canberra Casino.
• Origin Energy and Sasol Petroleum on their joint farm-in to the Beetaloo Basin.
• Uriel Aviation on its acquisition of Zuji on-line travel bookings businesses in Hong Kong and Singapore.
• CDH Fund V on the acquisition of an abattoir business.
• Lothian Pension Fund on its acquisition of Australian forestry assets.
• iSelect on its IPO and ASX Listing and acquisition of EnergyWatch.
• IFM on co-investor arrangements for the $5.07 billion acquisition of the long-term leases of Port Botany and Port Kembla.
• Asahi on the acquisition, via its subsidiary Schweppes Australia, of Australian water businesses.
• Bidder for Joe White Maltings, Australia’s largest malt producer.
• Bidder for ANZ Terminals, a bulk liquid storage terminals business.
• OfficeMax on its acquisition of Complete Print Solutions and Fox Print Solutions.
• Lothian Pension Fund on its acquisition of Australian forestry assets.
• Centennial Coal on the sale of the Anvil Hill coal mine project and an 86% interest in the Tahmoor coal mine for $1.1 billion.
• Tata Steel's response to Rio Tinto’s $3.9 billion offer for Riversdale Mining.
• CGNPC led consortium's ~£632 million offer for Kalahari Minerals plc and $2.2 billion follow-on offer for Extract Resources.
• Xstrata on its $514 million takeover offer for Sphere Minerals.
• Newcrest Mining on its US$535 million investment in Harmony Gold Mining's PNG assets.
• AED Oil on the sale of 60% of its West Timor Sea oil fields to Sinopec for US$561 million
• Babcock & Brown Infrastructure's $1.5 billion recapitalisation and sale of a 49.9% interest in the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal to Brookfield Asset Management.
• Orica on the sale of its interest in Qenos to China National Chemical Corp.
• Santos on the sale and purchase of various upstream oil & gas assets.
• Orica on its acquisition of Dyno Nobel's businesses in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America for $900 million.
• Alinta Energy on its acquisition of Australian and NZ gas and power generation assets for $1.69 billion.
• PetroCanada on its acquisition of the upstream oil and gas assets of Veba Oil and Gas from Veba and BP for Cdn $3.2 billion.