Shane is a Special Counsel in our Corporate team with over 15 years’ experience as a commercial and transactional lawyer.
Shane has extensive experience in advising companies in connection with all aspects of corporate and commercial activities, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructures.
Shane has particular experience and expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of transaction documents and general commercial contracts (including Implementation and Restructure Agreements, Share Sale and Purchase Agreements, Business Sale and Purchase Agreements, Share Subscription Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Services Agreements and Supply Agreements). As well as undertaking and managing legal due diligence exercises and preparing legal due diligence reports (for both vendors and purchasers).
Shane works with clients across a range of industries, including manufacturing, health, agriculture, information technology, energy and resources, retail, wholesale trade and wine.
Expertise
Experience
- Owners and Management of ATOM Group Acting in relation to the sale of ATOM Group, one of the largest suppliers of safety and industrial equipment in Australia, to Pacific Equity Partners.
- SAGE Group Advising a South Australian founded global industrial services provider, through its acquisition by US engineering firm, Tetra Tech.
- Officeworks Providing advice in relation to its acquisition of digital education provider, Box of Books.
- Wesfarmers Providing advice in relation to its disposal of the Greencap and TrimEVAC businesses to WSP.
- Bunnings Providing advice in relation to its acquisitions of Beaumont Tiles (and subsequent acquisition by Beaumont Tiles of Surfaces by Hynes), Tool Kit Depot (formerly Adelaide Tools) and Dynamic Steel Frame.
- S Kidman & Co Advising Australia’s largest private landholder, in relation to the $386.5M sale to a consortium comprising Hancock Prospecting and Shanghai CRED.
- Shareholders of Mexican Express Acting in relation to the sale of the Mexex business to Atlantic Growth Capital.
- Voyager Equity Advising Australia’s first traditional search fund, in relation to the establishment of the search fund, its acquisition of Inerva software (and subsequent acquisition of Resident Select) and its restructure activities.
- Colonial First State Acting in relation to its acquisition of Water Utilities Australia.
- Greg Hicks (the founder of Adam Internet) Providing advice in relation to the sale of Adam Internet to iiNet (and prior to that in relation to the proposed sale to Telstra).
