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  • Joseph Muraca

    Partner
    Melbourne
    T: +61 3 9643 4436
    M: +61 400 394 382
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • Joseph is a partner in our Melbourne office working in the Corporate Group.

    Joseph's practice primarily involves general corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on working with public companies in a range of areas such as securities offerings (including employee equity programs), mergers and acquisitions (including mergers and corporate reconstructions by scheme of arrangement, takeovers and trade sales), corporate governance and strategic advice.
 

 Experience

 
  • 1994-1996: Bachelor of Economics, Monash University
  • 1994-1998: Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Monash University
  • 1999: Articled Clerk, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
  • 2000 - 2004: Solicitor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
  • 2002 - 2003 (5 months): Secondment National Australia Bank Limited (Corporate Centre/Head Office)
  • 2004 - 2010: Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne - Corporate Group
  • 2011: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne - Corporate Group
  • 2012: Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Equity capital markets
  • ANZ: $1.5billion subordinated retail notes issue
  • Woolworths: $700m retail notes issue (JLM counsel)
  • AXA Asia Pacific: $890 million capital raising (placement, share purchase plan and top up offer).
  • Programmed Maintenance Services Ltd: $70 million accelerated entitlement offer.
  • Macquarie Media Group: $294 million accelerated entitlement offer (acting for lead managers/underwriters).
  • National Australia Bank: $3 billion placement and accompanying share purchase plan.
  • SP AusNet: proposed $3 billion pro rata entitlement offer.
  • MFS Limited: $200 million hybrid securities offer and $250 million entitlement offer (acting for lead manager/underwriter).
  • Capital management: National Australia Bank on-market buy back programs.
  • Affinity Health Limited: dual track initial public offering/trade sale to Ramsay (IPO team).
  • National Australia Bank: GBP400 million Trust Preferred Securities issue.
  • Touchcorp Limited IPO.
  • Shareholder equity plans: National Australia Bank dividend reinvestment plan and bonus share plan and AXA Asia Pacific dividend reinvestment plan.
  • Employee equity plans: advising on structure and implementation of various global employee equity plans including National Australia Bank, Telstra, Myer and IOOF.
  • Takeovers, mergers by scheme and reconstructions
  • AXA Asia Pacific: on its acquisition by AMP and AXA SA (and the previous proposal by NAB and AXA SA).
  • Melbourne Business School: proposed merger with the University of Melbourne.
  • Danaher Corporation: takeover of Vision Systems Limited.
  • AXA Asia Pacific Holdings: takeover proposal by scheme from AXA (France).
  • Sigma: merger with Arrow Pharmaceuticals Limited by scheme.
  • Westfield Group: merger of Westfield Holdings, Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust by scheme.
  • Trade sales
  • Bank of Cyprus: sale of its Australian ADI to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.
  • National Australia Bank: acquisition of stakes in Cartidge World Group and Distra Pty Ltd and acquisition of Invia Custodian Pty Ltd.
  • Shareholders in Balanced Equity Management Pty Ltd in the sale of their shares to Franklin Templeton.
  • Saxo Bank: proposed acquisition of Tricom Equities Ltd.
  • IRESS: acquisitions of PlanTech Consulting, IWL Limited's advisory software business (through the acquisition of VisiPlan Pty Ltd), TransActive and DMS.
  • National Australia Bank: sale of fleet leasing business in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to GE.
  • National Australia Bank: acquisition of 25% interest in Cash Services Australia Pty Ltd.
  • National Australia Bank: acquisition of the Hertz fleet management business in Australia and New Zealand and subsequent restructure of fleet leasing business.
  • BHP Billiton: sale of stevedoring business in Australia and New Zealand to Toll Holdings.
 

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