Jocelyn is a Consultant of HWL Ebsworth and has extensive commercial and property law experience. Jocelyn advises an established client base on commercial and property law, with expertise in Foreign Investment, Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) applications, high profile mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, property investment and development, business and corporate structure and restructure, foreign investment and international business advisory (in particular, China).
Jocelyn is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese with a deep understanding of Chinese and Asian culture in business transactions especially with respect to Asian investment in Australia.
Expertise
Experience
- Consortium group Advising on the FIRB application for its acquisition of interest in securities in an Australian public company by way of Scheme of Arrangement and Put and Call Option deeds with a deal size of approximately $265 million.
- HK listed companies Advising on the FIRB application for their acquisition of interest in securities in an ASX listed company by way of Subscription Agreement and Strategic Alliance Agreement, for a total investment up to $1 billion.
- Private equity funds with foreign government interests Assisting on the applications for FIRB approvals (including exemption certificates) for the acquisitions of interests in land and interests in securities and businesses in the health, medical, automotive and IT industries, including negotiating extensive data protection conditions, financial limits, tax and access conditions and assisting with the compliance reports.
- Chinese investor Providing advice on the FIRB application for the acquisition of a significant agriculture estate for a total investment of approximately $85 million, involving more than 50 titles comprising farming land, wind farms and residential dwellings.
- Mortgage funds Advising on the FIRB exemption certificate application in relation to restructure and capital raising, advising on the availability of the moneylending exemption.
- Sinopec Group Providing advice on their first acquisition of service stations in Australia, including assisting with the application for FIRB approval; negotiating transaction documents including business sale agreements, operation agreement, leases and deeds of assignment of lease.
- Property developers Advising on FIRB exemption certificate applications, seeking extensions of time to comply with FIRB development conditions, seeking to vary and/or remove the conditions imposed by FIRB.
- Foreign government financial institution Advising on FIRB applications in relation to acquisitions of interests in land and expansion activities in Australia, negotiating the imposed conditions for national security reasons.
- Investor group Acting on the property development project of 530 apartments on Melbourne’s city fringe with the construction costs of $250 million including the project structures (including tax), land partnership agreement, development partnership agreement, development agreement and project management agreement.
- A Chinese client on the potential acquisition of one of Australia’s prestigious golf courses and associated businesses and developed land in receivership sale.
