Luke is a transactional and corporate advisory lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, venture capital and corporate governance, with a particular focus on financial institutions, healthcare and infrastructure transactions.
Luke’s work highlights include:
Public M&A: advising Pemba Capital on its takeover of MSL Solutions Ltd, advising Genea in relation to its takeover by Liverpool Partners, advising BGH Capital on its takeover of 1300 Smiles, advising TGG in relation to its merger with WAM Global and advising KKR on its takeover of Pepper Money
Private M&A: advising APA in relation to its sale of the Orbost Gas Plant, advising a consortium on exit of BeemIT, advising Quadrant on its exit of Qscan, advising Navis on its exit of Retail Apparel Group
Equity Capital Raisings:
- Harmoney, GTN, MotorCycle Holdings, Estia Health and Steadfast on their respective IPOs
- Weebit, Steadfast, Macquarie and GTN on various secondary capital raisings
- Macquarie, AMP, Suncorp, QBE and BoQ on various hybrid capital security issuances
Venture Capital: x15 ventures / CBA on various transactions including the acquisition of Doshii and Credit Savvy and investment in Payble, advising Sequoia Capital China on its investments in Baraja, Hyper Anna and Airwallex
Infrastructure transactions: advising Vector on its sale of an interest in its smart metering business, advising Macquarie/RES in relation to formation, development and sale of Murra Warra Solar and Wind Projects, advising a consortium on the sale of Docklands Stadium to the AFL
