David Josselsohn

Partner
Sydney

Biography

David is a partner in our Corporate Advisory group.

He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on private equity. He also advises on IPOs, public M&A, inbound investments into Australia, corporate restructurings, venture capital transactions and joint ventures. David regularly advises financial sponsors, investors and corporates both in relation to M&A transactions and commercial matters.

David has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class) from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, England and Wales (non-practising), South Africa and Bermuda (non-practising).

David is a Non-Executive Director of The Bradman Foundation.

Experience

David’s experience includes advising:

  • APM, listed on ASX, on its sale to Madisson Dearborn Partners by way of scheme of arrangement.

  • Quadrant Private Equity on its acquisition of leading healthcare distribution business Aidacare.

  • Quadrant Private Equity on the sale of MotorOne to a Quadrant-managed continuation fund.

  • Brunswick Corporation, listed on the NYSE, on its acquisition of FliteBoard.

  • Advanced Health Limited, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, on its sale of the PresMed Day Surgery group to Intermediate Capital Group (ICG).

  • American Industrial Partners on the sale of mining services and technology business CR Mining to Swedish-headquartered Epiroc.

  • American Industrial Partners on its acquisition of Boart Longyear.

  • Vast Solar on its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by NYSE-listed Nabors Industries, which will result in Vast Solar listing on the NYSE.

  • The shareholders of Altus Group on its sale to Pacific Equity Partners.

  • Chicago-based PE firm BDT Capital on the sale of Billi Water to UK-listed Strix plc.

  • Fujitsu on its acquisitions of Versor and Oobe.

  • Risk Capital Advisors, an Australian W&I broker, on its sale to US-listed Willis Towers Watson.

  • The shareholders of facilities management business B.I.C. Services on its sale to South African listed Bidvest Group.

  • Advanced Personnel Management (APM) on its ~$1bn IPO and ASX listing in 2021.

  • Komatsu on its acquisition of Mine Site Technologies Global (MST Global) from Odyssey Private Equity.

  • Morrison and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation on the sale of CSC’s 50% stake in the Macarthur Wind Farm to Palisade Investment Partners and First Sentier Investors.

  • Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation on the sale of 50% of its interest in CDC Data Centres to The Future Fund.

  • Infratil on the sale of its 80% shareholding in Perth Energy Holdings to AGL Energy.

  • The Stars Group Inc. (now part of Flutter Entertainment plc) on its acquisition, through its subsidiary CrownBet, of William Hill Australia.

Awards

  • Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

    Ranked for Private Equity

  • Best Lawyers Australia 2024

    Recognised for his work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law

  • IFLR1000 2024

    Ranked for M&A and Private Equity

Testimonials

Client first thinking

He is highly responsive, commercially aware and very easy to work with.

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024