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Gary specialises in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets.

Gary has extensive experience advising on corporate and commercial transactions, including:

• negotiated mergers and acquisitions;
• regulated mergers and acquisitions including off-market takeover bids and schemes of arrangement;
• equity capital markets including initial public offerings, secondary offers, placements, rights issues and unregulated share offers;
• corporate governance and directors’ duties;
• corporate restructures;
• compliance with the ASX Listing Rules, Corporations Act and other regulatory regimes; and
• general commercial work.

In the 2022 edition of Doyle’s Guide, Gary was recognised as a Rising Star in the Corporate and Commercial Law category.

Specific examples of Gary’s experience include the following:

Public M&A

• Advising Maxo Telecommunications Pty Ltd on its A$35 million acquisition of Vonex Limited (ASX: VN8) by scheme of arrangement (2024).
• Advising Aussie Broadband Ltd (ASX: ABB) on its A$248 million acquisition of Symbio Holdings Ltd (ASX: SYM) by scheme of arrangement (2024).
• Advising BlackWall Ltd (ASX: BWF) on its off-market scrip takeover bid to acquire Pelorus Private Equity Ltd (2023).
• Advising Aussie Broadband Ltd (ASX: ABB) on its A$334 million acquisition of Over The Wire Holdings Ltd (ASX: OTW) by scheme of arrangement (2022).

Private M&A

• Advising the owners of Gordon Brothers Industries Pty Ltd on the sale of the company to the Australian subsidiary of Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) (2023).
• Advising the owners of Imaging Associates on the strategic investment in the group by Advent Partners (2021).

Equity Capital Markets

• Advising Viva Leisure (ASX: VVA) on its A$16 million fully underwritten institutional placement (2024).
• Advising Aussie Broadband Ltd (ASX: ABB) on its A$120 million placement and A$20 million share purchase plan (2023).
• Advising 4DMedical Ltd (ASX: 4DX) on its $35 million placement including attaching options to fund the acquisition of US company Imbio, Inc. (2023).
• Advising MOVE Logistics Ltd (ASX: MOV, NZX: MOV) on the secondary listing of its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (2022).
• Advising RAS Technology Holdings Ltd (ASX: RTH) on its A$29 million initial public offering and its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange with an initial market capitalisation of A$68 million (2021).
• Advising TEK Ocean Group on its A$6.6 million IPO and listing on the ASX (2021).
• Advising Silk Logistics Holdings Ltd (ASX: SLH) on its A$70 million initial public offering and its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange with an initial market capitalisation of A$151 million (2021).
• Advising Aussie Broadband Ltd (ASX: ABB) on its A$40 million initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange with an initial market capitalisation of A$190 million (2020).
• Advising Respiri Limited (ASX: RSH) on its placement and Share Purchase Plan ($5.1m) and its oversubscribed $12m placement to institutional investors (2020).
• Advising Kalina Power Limited (ASX: KPO) on a non-renounceable pro-rata entitlement offer and placement ($8m).