Daryl specialises in corporate and commercial transactions, with a particular emphasis on Mergers and Acquisitions and Energy and Resources. He has worked at leading international law firms in Australia, Japan and Singapore and worked extensively on transactions and projects across APAC (including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia). He has represented Australian and international clients operating in various industry sectors, including clients in health care and life sciences, manufacturing and distribution, energy, infrastructure, resources and technology. Daryl has also spent time inhouse at Toyota Tsusho Corporation in Tokyo and BP in Melbourne focusing on mid/downstream oil and gas.
Daryl’s cross border transactional experience is an asset for international companies that view Australia as an emerging and lucrative marketplace for their products and services and for Australian companies that are looking to expand their products and services into other markets. More recently, Daryl has worked with renewable energy developers on energy transition projects in Australia (including solar, wind and BESS).
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Experience
- ViPlus Dairy Advising a Gippsland based manufacturer of nutritional dairy products on its joint venture with a dairy producer Nutifood based in Vietnam to launch a new international brand, GippsNature.
- Nabtesco Assisting a publicly listed engineering company based in Japan on its acquisition of a majority stake in Melbourne based manufacturing company, Access Entry.
- RRC Nominees Pty Ltd Advised on the $500 million sale of its Caterpillar dealership to Sime Darby Industrial Machinery Australasia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Malaysia based trading conglomerate, Sime Darby Berhad.
- Luff family Providing advice on its sale of the Border Express, Australia’s 6th largest express pallet and parcel distribution operator to FMH Group (majority owned by Singapore based, Singapore Post).
- Alternate Path and the Downie family Advising on its partnership with Malaysia based, global engineering, property and infrastructure group Gamuda for the co-development of a portfolio of large-scale renewable wind, solar and battery energy storage projects in central Tasmania.
- Viva Energy Advised on its purchase of aviation fuels and service provider, Skyfuel Australia.