Matt is an equity capital markets and corporate M&A specialist who advises boards, general counsels and executives on capital raisings, regulated and unregulated mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, IPOs, private equity investment, hybrid capital instruments, joint ventures, corporate structuring, regulatory compliance and governance.
He has a particular focus on financial services, energy and resources, consumer, technology and agribusiness clients, regularly acting for ASX-listed companies on transactions spanning equity and hybrid capital raisings, contested and negotiated public M&A and cross-border acquisitions. He has been involved in over $5 billion worth of equity capital markets transactions in recent years.
Clients seek Matt out for his commercial judgement, approachable style and his ability to explain complex legal issues clearly and succinctly. Matt is a regular contributor to the firm’s publications and has been recognised in Doyles Guide as a Queensland Corporate & Commercial Law Rising Star.
Representative Experience
Equity Capital Markets
- Acted for Bank of Queensland Limited on its $1.35b capital raising, consisting of an underwritten pro rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer and underwritten institutional placement
- Acted for Super Retail Group Limited on its $203m capital raising, comprising an underwritten accelerated pro rata non-renounceable entitlement offer
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Acted for Bank of Queensland Limited on its $1.325b acquisition of ME Bank (and associated $1.35b capital raising)
- Acted for BW Energy Storage Systems in relation to its $2b joint venture with Gaw Capital to build and develop battery energy storage projects
- Acted for Auswide Bank Limited in relation to its $639m all script merger of equals with MyState Limited
Takeovers
- Acted for Namoi Cotton Limited in relation to Louis Dreyfus Company's proposed scheme of arrangement and subsequent $160m contested off-market takeover offer for Namoi Cotton
- Acted for Horizon Oil Limited in relation to its successful cash and scrip off-market hostile takeover offer for Cue Energy Resources Limited
- Acted for Casinos Austria & Accor Group as the largest institutional unitholders in connection with the off-market takeover by Iris Group for the Reef Casino Trust and sellers of the related interests in each of the responsible entity and operator companies of The Reef Hotel Casino
Hybrid Capital Raisings
- Acted for Suncorp Group Limited on its Capital Notes 5 offer to raise $360m worth of additional tier 1 capital and on its $250m issue of regulatory tier 2 capital, wholesale, floating rate, unsecured, subordinated notes 4
- Acted for Bank of Queensland Limited on its Capital Notes 3 offer to raise $400m worth of additional tier 1 capital and on its $250m capital raising consisting of an issue of additional tier 1, Capital Notes 2
Capital Transactions
- Acted for Suncorp Group Limited in connection with its $250m on-market buyback
- Acted for Bank of Queensland Limited on the redemption of all $200m wholesale capital notes issued by Members Equity Bank Limited
Superannuation
- Acted for QSuper on the $200b QSuper and Sunsuper superfund merger (the largest super fund merger in Australian history)
IPOs
- Acted for Longview Petroleum as promoter and major shareholder in relation to the vending in of a classified asset in connection with Tamboran Resources’ $66m IPO
- Acted for Tor Investment Management as major shareholder of Silk Logistics Holdings, in relation to the $70m IPO of Silk Logistics Holdings
