Stewart is the State head of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Group and is a leading corporate lawyer with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, corporate governance, general corporate and commercial matters.
Stewart has acted for both public and private companies on various transactions and focuses on M&A. He also draws on his time as a senior in-house legal counsel at Virgin Australia.
Stewart advises clients on local and cross border transactions and has significant experience in the Food and Agribusiness, Technology, Transport and Health sectors.
Stewart has been recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a Recommended Lawyer in Commercial & Business Law in Queensland and previously shortlisted for the Finance Monthly Deal Maker Awards.
Expertise
Experience
- Mater Misericordiae Advising Mater on their recent acquisition of the Gold Coast Private Hospital from Healthscope.
- Phosphate Hill and Gladstone Coal Power Station Advising Mayfair on their acquisition of Phosphate Hill, Australia’s only ammonium phosphate fertiliser production facility, and on the purchase of an interest in the Gladstone coal power station.
- Macadamias Australia Advising the founders of Macadamias Australia in the sale of its farming and processing plant operations to PSP backed Stahmann Webster.
- Poolwerx Corporation Advising the largest global franchise pool service brand, on the investment by Norwest Venture Partners.
- Barambah Organics Advising on the significant investment by asset management firm Tanarra Capital. Barambah Organics is a vertically-integrated producer of certified organic milk, yoghurt, cream and cheese products, which are distributed nationally and internationally to over 800 stores.
- SEE Civil Advising SEE Civil in relation to its strategic acquisition of Hall Contracting and the separate investment by Ellerston Capital.
- Macadamia Processing Co Ltd (MPC) Advising on its acquisition of Pacific Gold Macadamias Pty Ltd and Macadamia Marketing International. The acquisition makes MPC the world’s largest macadamia processor and MMI the world’s largest macadamia marketing company.
- Rural Funds Management Limited Acting in its $250 million acquisition of J&F Australia Pty Ltd from the world’s largest meat processor, JBS.
- G8 Education Advising on its $185 million takeover bids for Affinity Education Group Ltd.
- Great Southern Bank Advising the bank in relation to their board governance and election process and the adoption of a new constitution by their members.
- Mater Misericordiae Advising on their entire group restructure and intergroup governance.
- Rio Tinto Advising on the development of an Australian first pongamia plantation for a sustainable renewable diesel feedstock.
