Biography
Beth is a partner in our Corporate Advisory group.She acts for private equity clients, privately/founder owned business and listed corporates, and financial institutions across a diverse range of industries and geographies.
Beth specialises in private capital , private and public mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate advisory matters.
Prior to joining Gilbert + Tobin, Beth was a lawyer at Freshfields, where she practiced in their global transactions team advising a wide range of clients both domestically and cross-border. Beth has also spent time as the lead M&A lawyer and assistant general counsel of a NYSE listed beauty company (S&P 500).
Beth is particularly valued by clients for her extensive cross-border experience, having worked in London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Sydney.
Experience
Beth’s experience includes advising:
Afterpay on the acquisition of Afterpay by Block, Inc (Formerly Square, Inc.) a NYSE-listed company operating in the payments space, by way of an all-scrip scheme of arrangement. The transaction valued Afterpay at $39 billion and is the largest public M&A deal in Australia’s history and the largest cross border fintech deal globally.
Blackstone on its investment into Symphony Infrastructure Partners, Australia’s leading energy transition infrastructure services platform.
TPG on its $970 million acquisition of ASX-listed “pets and vets” company, Greencross Limited, by way of a scheme of arrangement plus subsequent sell-downs to AustralianSuper and HOOPP.
Quadrant Growth Fund on its investment into Quad Lock and subsequent sale of Quad Lock to Thule Group for $500m.
KKR on its investment into robotics and navigation technology company, Advanced Navigation.
Automic Group, a cloud based share registry platform, on Five V Capital’s investment in the company, plus subsequent various bolt-on acquisitions (both private and public) by Automic.
Quadrant Growth Fund on investments in Adore Beauty, Arq Enterprise’s Enterprise Services Division, and Love to Dream.
Vast Renewables, an Australian renewable energy company, on its merger with Nabors Energy Transition Corp, a US-listed SPAC, and the listing of the combined company, Vast Renewables Limited, on Nasdaq.
Quadrant Growth Fund on its investment into the Modibodi Group and subsequent sale of the Modibodi Group to Essity.
Quadrant Private Equity on its acquisition of Total Drains Group, a provider of sewer and stormwater maintenance and recycling services.
Five V Capital on Pinnacle’s investment into Five V Capital.
Quadrant Private Equity on its $1 billion sale of Accolade Wines to The Carlyle Group.
Quadrant Private Equity on its $1 billion sale of The Real Pet Food Company to a consortium of investors led by Hosen, New Hope and Temasek, and separately, its investment into the Timezone Group.
The Probe Group on Quadrant Private Equity’s investment into the Probe Group.
Quadrant Private Equity on its investment in Timezone and subsequent acquisition of Ardent’s bowling and entertainment division.