Mills Oakley, ALFA International’s member firm in Perth, Australia, advises a diverse range of clients, from ASX 200 companies and multinational corporations to SMEs, as well as state and federal government agencies. Mills Oakley has especially strong industry knowledge in the resources and energy, construction and engineering, technology and IP, aged care, financial services, and manufacturing industry sectors.
Types of corporate transactions in which our firm has particular expertise
We advise a diverse range of clients, from ASX 200 companies and multinational corporations to SMEs, as well as state and federal government agencies. We have especially strong industry knowledge in the resources and energy, construction and engineering, technology and IP, aged care, financial services, and manufacturing industry sectors. While we run matters across all aspects of commercial law, we are particularly well known for advising on M&A deals in the AU$20 million to AU$300 million bracket.
Our services include:
- mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border transactions);
- capital markets (including IPOs, rights issues, convertible notes and underwritings);
- private equity and venture capital;
- corporate governance, compliance programs and shareholder matters;
- general commercial agreements, procurement and supply chain;
- construction contracting;
- competition law, consumer protection, product development and go-to-market;
- joint ventures, partnering, outsourcing and offshoring;
- licensing, franchising and distribution;
- advice for foreign entities doing business in Australia;
- software licensing and technology; and
- all aspects of intellectual property management and licensing.
The size of our firm’s corporate transactions team
With over 20 partners and special counsel and a full team of experienced lawyers, we are one of the largest national firm corporate advisory teams in Australia.
Examples of transactions our firm has undertaken
- Advising the Link Group on its successful A$1.6 billion consortium bid for Property Exchange Australia Limited. The consortium was comprised of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc, with the Link Group as the cornerstone investor.
- Acting as ASX-listed Appen Limited’s Australian legal counsel with respect to its US$300m (~A$425m) acquisition of San Francisco-based Figure Eight Technologies, Inc.
- Acting for Princess Polly Group Pty Ltd, an online fast fashion business, and its shareholders in respect of the sale of a controlling interest to a US-based private equity group.
- Acting for Intermin Resources Limited in relation to its proposed acquisition of:
- all of the shares in ASX listed MacPhersons Resources Limited by means of a scheme of arrangement to create a significant new gold explorer and producer; and
- the Coolgardie Gold Project from Focus Minerals Limited.
- Acting for Yara Pilbara (a subsidiary of Yara International ASA) in relation to major shutdown works for its billion dollar Karratha Ammonia Plant.
- Acting for WA Super in relation to its merger with Concept One to create a combined entity that manages over A$3.2 billion in funds on behalf of 60,000 members;
- Acted for oilfield services company Condor Energy Services Ltd on a series of multi-party complex series A capitalization and re-financings of $50m
- Advising Bell Potter Securities Limited as lead manager/underwriter on the A$265m IPO of shares in funeral operator Propel Funeral Partners Limited and listing on ASX; and
- Acting for Epuron Projects Pty Limited in relation to Epuron and IGP’s sale of the 75MW Clermont Solar Farm to Wirsol.