Wendy Rae
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Spotlight : Foreign Investment
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About
Provided by Wendy Rae
Practice Areas
Wendy is an M&A and foreign investment specialist who focuses on energy, infrastructure, data and other sensitive sectors. Wendy has advised on numerous FIRB approvals for pension funds, state owned enterprises, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, corporates and other investors across all sectors.
Wendy has been appointed as Chair of the Foreign Investment Committee of the Business Section of the Law Council of Australia, and she has been at the forefront of the national security reforms recently introduced to Australia's foreign investment regime and has been leading the Australian Law Council's response to these changes. Wendy is a valuable resource to both her clients and the Australian government, and is considered a leading authority in the market on Australia's foreign investment regime.
In addition to her transactional experience, Wendy has successfully obtained numerous FIRB Exemption Certificates for foreign investor clients operating in sensitive sectors such as energy, ports, communications, transport and other public infrastructure. Wendy has also assisted various clients with compliance related matters including FIRB reporting, audits and remedial action plans.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Wendy Rae of Allens in Melbourne specialises in foreign investment questions and offers extensive experience of advising a variety of major foreign funds and state-owned enterprises on their Australia-bound investments, her expertise in the area having lately been acknowledged by her appointment as chair of the Law Council of Australia's Foreign Investment Committee.
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Provided by Chambers
"Wendy Ray is excellent and covers us on everything. She's pretty much our go-to for Australian transactions and FDI and antitrust."
"Wendy in my experience is best in her class. When we submit an application we usually get many questions from FIRB, but that doesn't happen with her, as she has done so much research we get approvals very quickly."
"She is the go-to person for the particular type of transaction we have. She is renowned for being an expert in the area. I trust her on any big corporate transaction."
"She's very tailored, very practical, solution-based and very responsive."
"She gives us guidance on our transactions and goes the extra mile to understand the transaction and the business. She approaches it in a calm and considered way and always makes it possible."
"Wendy Ray is excellent and covers us on everything. She's pretty much our go-to for Australian transactions and FDI and antitrust."
"Wendy in my experience is best in her class. When we submit an application we usually get many questions from FIRB, but that doesn't happen with her, as she has done so much research we get approvals very quickly."
"She is the go-to person for the particular type of transaction we have. She is renowned for being an expert in the area. I trust her on any big corporate transaction."
"She's very tailored, very practical, solution-based and very responsive."
"She gives us guidance on our transactions and goes the extra mile to understand the transaction and the business. She approaches it in a calm and considered way and always makes it possible."