Mallesons Stephen Jaques is acting as legal advisor to Graincorp Limited on its takeover offer for Ridley Corporation Limited.
Graincorp today announced its intention to make an off-market takeover offer for all issued shares in Ridley. See media release here.
The Mallesons team is being led by Mergers & Acquisitions partner, Nick Pappas, with Senior Associate, Georgina Goldsworthy.
“Mallesons is delighted to be working on this deal for Graincorp,” Mr Pappas said. “We have been Graincorp’s strategic legal adviser since it listed on the ASX in 1998, including the merger with Vicgrain in 2000, the purchase of Allied Mills in 2002 in a joint venture with Cargill Australia, and most recently the merger with Grainco Australia in 2003.”
Mr Pappas is a partner in the Sydney office of Mallesons, where he specialises in mergers and acquisitions, energy and natural resources law and general corporate and commercial advice. He also advises extensively on joint venture structures. In addition, he acts as outside general counsel to a number of companies.
Other recent major deals that Mr Pappas has acted on include Xstrata’s acquisitions of Jubilee Mines, Resource Pacific and Cumnock Coal.
Mr Nick Pappas - + 61 2 9296 2275 or (m) 0418 231 504.
Kris Barry - + 61 2 9296 3716 or (m) 0413 644 388.