Beth Cameron

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.