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  • David Eliakim

    Partner
    Sydney
    T: +61 2 9296 2061
    M: +61 401 156 339
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • David Eliakim is a partner in the Sydney office of King & Wood Mallesons. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets advising a wide range of clients, including listed and unlisted trusts, stapled entities and hybrid debt/equity vehicles.

    David is ranked as a leading Australian investment funds lawyer by Chambers and Partners (2013)

    Since 2005 David has lectured on Hybrid Securities at the University of Sydney. David is also a member of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.
 

 Experience

 
  • 1991 - 1993: Bachelor of Arts, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • 1994 - 1995: Bachelor of Laws (with distinction), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • 1996 - 2000: Solicitor, Werksmans Attorneys, Johannesburg
  • 2000 - 2002: Partner, Werksmans Attorneys, Johannesburg
  • 2002 - 2005: Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 2005 - present: Lecturer, Hybrid Securities - University of Sydney
  • 2006 - present: Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Equity and hybrid capital markets
  • Morgan Stanley - $43 million placement by Tox Free Solutions (2013)
  • APA - $475 million subordinated notes offer (2012)
  • Citi - $200 million accelerated entitlements offer for Ten Network (2012)
  • Citi and Deutsche Bank - $900 million accelerated entitlements offer for AGL Energy (2012)
  • Deutsche Bank - $300 million convertible bond issue and related buy-back for CFS Retail Property Trust (2011)
  • Primary Health Care - $150 million retail bond offer (2010)
  • Citi, Credit Suisse and UBS - $2.5 billion accelerated renounceable entitlement offer for Woodside Petroleum (2009)
  • Brookfield Secured Bonds (Series A and B) - retail bond offers (2009)
  • IAG - $450 million placement (2009)
  • Funds management
  • Real Estate Capital Partners USA Property Trust - buy-back of ASX listed units following disposal of main undertaking (2013)
  • Trust Company - acquisition by Ascendas of the fund management rights over (and a strategic stake in) $550 million Mirvac Hotel fund (2012)
  • ING - sale of listed ING Office Fund management platform (2011)
  • NAB - establishment of retail property fund by CorVal (2009)
  • Macquarie - establishment of Macquarie Real Estate Equity Fund Nos. 3 - 8 (actively managed, wholesale property development funds) (2003 - 2008)
  • Public M&A transactions and reorganisations
  • The Trust Company - $210 million proposed scheme of arrangement by Perpetual (2013)
  • Valad Property Group - $800 million acquisition by Blackstone by way of scheme of arrangement (2011)
  • Gold One - $690 million investment and takeover bid by Chinese SOE consortium (2011)
  • Brookfield Infrastructure - $1 billion scheme of arrangement for Prime Infrastructure (2010)
  • Brookfield Infrastructure - recapitalisation and $700 million cornerstone investment in Prime Infrastructure (2009)
  • Private M&A transactions
  • Leighton Holdings - $885 million sale of telecommunications business to Ontario Teachers (2013)
  • Port Botany and Port Kembla - acted for the underbidders on the NSW Government's $5 billion privatisation of this asset (2013)
  • Glencore Grain - acquisition of business from AACL Holdings (2012)
  • RBS - Australian aspects of sale of its Asian equities and corporate finance business to CIMB Group (2012)
  • AMP Capital - $425 million sale of 15% interest in, and strategic alliance with, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (2011)
  • Royal North Shore PPP - equity structuring of Royal North Shore PPP consortium (2008)
  • Prudential - internal restructure of Australian property interests (2007-8)
  • SABMiller - acquisition of Foster's Indian brewing operations (2006)
 

 Professional Memberships

 
  • Law Society of New South Wales