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Matthew FitzGerald

Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills

Lawyer

Brisbane

Deal Bio

Total Deals14

Valued Deals9

Total Value£5,955M

Avg. Deal Size£662M

Market Context

Awards

2022 Top M&A Lawyers in Australia & New Zealand

15 BONHILL STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4DN, UNITED KINGDOM.

Expertise (14)

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AustraliaAustralia

Construction Services

Public

target

Watpac

bidder

Besix Group

£21m

5 dealmakers

AustraliaAustralia

Life Insurance

PublicDisposal

target

Suncorp Group (australian Life Insurance Business)

bidder

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co

value n/a

12 dealmakers

New Zealand

Forestry

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Nelson Forests

bidder

Onefortyone Plantations Holdings

£593m

15 dealmakers

Australia

Specialty Retailers

AcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Primus Australia

bidder

Odyssey Private Equity

value n/a

4 dealmakers

Australia

Restaurants and Bars

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

Sushi Sushi

bidder

Odyssey Private Equity

£31m

7 dealmakers

Australia

Paper

AcquisitionPublic

target

Spicers

bidder

Kokusai Pulp & Paper

£82m

6 dealmakers

Australia

Digital Services

Private EquityDomesticAcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

QSCAN

bidder

Infratil

£418m

12 dealmakers

United Kingdom

Satellite

Private EquityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMinority

target

Oneweb

bidder

Softbank Group Corp

£294m

42 dealmakers

Australia

Banks

DomesticMajorityPrivateAcquisition

target

Citigroup (australian Consumer Banking Business)

bidder

National Australia Bank

£635m

44 dealmakers

Papua New Guinea

Mobile

MajorityPrivateCross BorderAcquisition

target

Digicel Pacific

bidder

TELSTRA

£1,163m

55 dealmakers

Australia

Environmental Consulting

MajorityPrivate EquityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

target

Waste Services Group

bidder

LIVINGBRIDGE

value n/a

15 dealmakers

Australia

Banks

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

target

Suncorp Bank

bidder

Anz Bank New Zealand

£2,713m

30 dealmakers

Australia

Education Services

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMerger

target

University Of Adelaide

bidder

University Of South Australia

value n/a

4 dealmakers

Australia

Diversified Financials

PrivateAcquisitionMinorityDomestic

target

Human Financial

bidder

Clearview Wealth

value n/a

9 dealmakers