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  • Michael Barker

    Partner
    Sydney
    T: +61 2 9296 2057
    M: +61 418 676 977
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • Michael Barker is a Partner in our Sydney office where he specialises in private equity, venture capital and M&A transactions. His clients include private equity funds and listed and unlisted corporate groups, both domestic and offshore. Mike's expertise also covers equity capital fundraisings, corporate governance, employee share plans, reconstructions and joint ventures.

    Mike has 20 years' private equity and M&A transaction experience, both in Australia and internationally, including in the UK with leading London law firm Travers Smith. He emigrated with his family to Australia in 2000. He also has UK chartered accounting experience with PwC in London.

    Both PLC Which Lawyer? and Chambers & Partners legal directories rate Mike as a leading private equity lawyer for Australia. In an ALB Guide to Private Equity, clients said Mike was "measured in his approach, pragmatic, interacted well with team members, 'did not get caught up in a ditch of irrelevancies', had a good manner...". Chambers comments about Mike "He has high technical knowledge and is one of the best younger lawyers in the market".
 

 Experience

 
  • 1989: BA, Natural Sciences and Law, Cambridge University
  • 1992: MA, Law, Cambridge University
  • 1990 - 1993: Trainee Solicitor and Solicitor, Travers Smith, London
  • 1993 - 1995: Trainee Accountant, PwC, London
  • 1995 - 2000: Solicitor, Travers Smith, London
  • 2000 - 2003: Senior Associate, Minter Ellison, Sydney
  • 2003 - 2005: Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 2006 - 2012: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 2012 - present: Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Paine & Partners - on its investment in Costa Group (2011)
  • GTCR - on its take private of Global Traffic Network, Inc. (2011)
  • Bradken - on its acquisition of Norcast (2011)
  • Healthcare Australia - on the sale of its Homecare business (2011)
  • Bradken - on its acquisition of Norcast and related A$160 million placement and share purchase plan (2011)
  • Rexel/Hagemeyer - on the sale of its Australian Smeg business (2010)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its sale of Healthcare Australia to HCL (2010)
  • Carlyle Group - on its sale of Britax Childcare to Nordic Capital (2010)
  • Infigen Energy - on its Solar Flagships consortium bid with Suntech (2010)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its acquisition of ATF (2010)
  • Svitzer A/S - on the sale of its stake in Flinders Ports (2010)
  • Bradken Limited - on its A$50 million placement and share purchase plan (2010)
  • Nestlé Australia - on its acquisition of Kramar pet products business (2010)
  • Caxton Pacific - on the sale of its stake in UrbanNest joint venture (2010)
  • Applied Ventures LLC - on its investment in BT Imaging Pty Ltd (2010)
  • Nestlé Australia - on the sale of its Australian Lean Cuisine frozen foods business (2009)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its sale of UMH maltster business to GrainCorp for US$655 million (2009)
  • ReachLocal, Inc. - on its buyout of the ReachLocal Australia joint venture (2009)
  • Nestlé Australia - on its acquisition of part of Fonterra's Australian ice cream business (2009)
  • Angeleno Group, LLC - on its investment in Nue Pty Ltd (2009)
  • Bradken Ltd - on its DRP underwriting (2009)
  • revO Pty Ltd - on various equity capital raisings to fund its interactive games business (2008/2010)
  • Woolworths - on its acquisition of Macro Foods (2009)
  • CSIRO - on its sale of Funnelback Pty Ltd to Squiz (2009)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its acquisition of the Alleasing and IAM leasing businesses (2008)
  • Nestlé Australia - on the sale of its Chilled Dairy business to Fonterra (2008)
  • Bradken Limited - on its US$235 million acquisition of AmeriCast Technologies, Inc. and A$110 million equity fundraising (2008)
  • Chubb Security Australia - on the sale of its guards and patrols business (2008)
  • CHAMP Private Equity/International Energy Services - on its acquisition of Goulds Transport business (2008)
  • Gresham Private Equity - on its acquisition of Barminco (2007)
  • CHAMP Private Equity/Blue Star Print Group - on its acquisitions of McMillan, Pirion and NCP Printing businesses (2007)
  • Nestlé Australia - on Nestlé's global acquisition of Novartis' medical nutrition business (2007)
  • CSIRO - on its sale of Catapult Genetics Pty Ltd (2007)
  • Airline Partners Australia consortium - on the equity funding for its A$11 billion bid for Qantas (2007)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its buyout of Blue Star Print Group for NZ$385 million (2007)
  • FlexiGroup Limited - on its A$435 million IPO (2006)
  • BIS Cleanaway Ltd - on its A$160 million IPO of retail notes (2006)
  • Nestlé Australia - on its A$890 million acquisition of Uncle Tobys from Burns Philp (2006)
  • CHAMP Private Equity/International Energy Services - on its acquisitions of Kiernan Tipping Transport and Mitchell Corporation Queensland businesses (2006)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its secondary buyout of Pacific Nursing Solutions nursing agency business (2005)
  • CVC Asia Pacific/Ironbridge Capital - on the A$1.4 billion sale of Affinity Health to Ramsay Health Care (2005)
  • CHAMP Private Equity - on its A$144 million acquisition of International Energy Services business (2005)
 

 Professional Memberships

 
  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
  • Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited