CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
Oakley Thompson & Co's corporate and commercial team work on behalf of a wide variety of companies across all industry sectors, assisting them with major strategic transactions as well as day-to-day business requirements.
Importantly, our team understands the corporate legal framework within Australia, while possessing experience in international deal-making and cross-border transactions.
Corporate transactions are by their nature unique. Our approach in working with clients to successfully navigate these transactions - whether it be a merger, acquisition, capital raising or private equity transaction - is to combine leading technical skills with a practical, commercial and outcomes-focused approach.
Our commercial and corporate experience includes:
Equity capital markets, including
- capital raisings including IPOs, rights issues and placements
- structuring securities, including the development of hybrid securities
- managing disclosure and liability issues in connection with capital raisings
- dealing with regulators (ASIC and ASX)
- underwriting (acting for both issuers and underwriters)
Corporate advisory, including
- directors' obligations
- corporate governance
- continuous disclosure
- ASX and Corporations Act compliance
Mergers, acquisitions and takeovers, including
- regulated public company takeovers and mergers by scheme of arrangement
- sales and acquisitions by private treaty
- corporate reconstructions
Private equity, including
- establishment of venture capital funds
- seed or start-up capital investments
- expansion capital investments
- leveraged management buy-outs and buy-ins
- public to private transactions
Various other disciplines, including
- asset acquisitions and disposals
- demergers and spin offs
- due diligence
- franchising
- employee incentive plans
- licensing, distribution and supply contracts
- agency appointments
- commercial leasing
- intellectual property