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Private Equity - Australia
5
Band 5
What the Team is Known For

Hamilton Locke operates principally from Sydney, with additional offices in Melbourne and Brisbane. It acts across a comprehensive range of corporate life-cycle transaction types, representing buyers, sellers, investors and advisors, and maintaining a varied domestic and international clientele, including individual entrepreneurs, growth companies and well-established businesses, as well as private equity firms. The team regularly integrates its advice with that of the firm's finance team and is able to offer advice and representation on foreign investment questions and Takeovers Panel proceedings.

Strengths

"They are good to work with - very pragmatic and very helpful lawyers."

"We were very impressed with Hamilton Locke. They were able to put together a very strong team to represent us throughout the process."

"They are commercially very astute and pragmatic. They never lost sight of the commercial outcome required."

Work Highlights

Hamilton Locke advised MA Financial on its acquisition of d’Albora Marina Portfolio from Balmain for AUD225 million.

Hamilton Locke acted for Ausenco and certain minority sellers on its sale to Eldridge, Brightstar Capital Partners and the Claure Group.