Rachael Bassil

Rachael's experience includes advising:

• Afterpay on the acquisition of Afterpay by Square, Inc. a NYSE-listed company operating in the payments space, by way of an all-scrip scheme of arrangement. The transaction values Afterpay at $39 billion and is the largest public M&A deal in Australia’s history and the largest cross border fintech deal globally.
• Probe Group (backed by Quadrant Private Equity and Five V Capital) on the merger with rival outsourcing outfit Stellar BPO, to create Australia's largest locally-owned outsourcing services business.
• Peter Warren Automotive Group on its initial public offering and listing on the ASX.
• Adore Beauty on its IPO and ASX listing. The IPO being one of the largest to list on the ASX in 2020.
• Universal Store on its IPO and ASX listing in 2020.
• L Catterton, the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world, on the sale of RM Williams to Andrew Forrest’s private investment group Tattarang.
• QuadPay Inc and its shareholders on the acquisition of US buy-now pay-later company QuadPay, by Zip Co.
• Probe’s acquisitions of Microsourcing and Stellar to form the largest Australian owned customer experience outsourcing provider.
• Quadrant Private Equity on its acquisition of ASX-listed digital signage and sports advertising company QMS Media by scheme of arrangement.
• TPG Capital on its $1 billion acquisition of ASX-listed pets and vets group Greencross Limited by scheme of arrangement.
• Five V on its acquisition of experience outsourcing providers Probe and Contact and subsequent sell down to Quadrant Private Equity.
• Quadrant Private Equity and the Quadrant Growth Fund on many of its investments including:
  • the $1 billion sale of the Real Pet Food Co to a consortium of investors including New Hope, Hosen and Temasek;
  • Quadrant’s acquisitions of Total Drains Group, Darrell Lea and RJ's Licorice, Timezone and Ardent’s bowling business; and
  • Quadrant Growth Fund’s acquisitions of Adore Beauty, Modibodi, Love to Dream and Arq.
• Five V, CDCM and BBRC on their acquisition of Universal Store.
• Harbour Energy on its (ultimately unsuccessful) proposed acquisition of Santos Limited by way of a US$14.4 billion cash and scrip scheme of arrangement – the transaction would have represented the world’s largest private equity deal in the sector.