Wes Bainbridge

Partner
Sydney

Biography

Wes is a partner in the Corporate Advisory group.

Specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions, he regularly advises corporate and financial investor clients on all types of M&A transactions, including takeovers, schemes of arrangement and private share/asset sales (including consortium deals, carve-outs and distressed acquisitions). He has been involved in a number of the high-profile M&A situations in recent years.

Wes also regularly advises on joint ventures, directors’ duties, continuous disclosure, the ASX listing rules and FIRB matters.

Experience

Wes’ experience includes advising:

  • Sigma Healthcare on its proposed $8.8 billion merger with Chemist Warehouse (by way of reverse acquisition, and backdoor listing on ASX, of Chemist Warehouse). 

  • Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) on its $1.2 billion acquisition of Link Group by scheme of arrangement. 

  • CRH on its acquisition of a majority interest in Adbri Limited with an equity value of $2.1 billion by scheme of arrangement.  

  • Macquarie Asset Management and Aware Super on their $3.5 billion acquisition of Vocus Group Limited by scheme of arrangement. 

  • Anchorage Capital Group on Allegro’s takeover of Slater & Gordon. 

  • Macquarie Asset Management and its co-investors on the $3.58 billion sale of Axicom to Australian Tower Network (owned by AustralianSuper and Singtel). 

  • APA Group on its $773 million acquisition of the Basslink interconnector pipeline. 

  • CIMIC on its response to HOCHTIEF Australia’s unsolicited takeover bid valuing CIMIC at $6.85 billion. 

  • Colinton Capital Partners on its acquisition of Buildsafe. 

  • Cashrewards Limited on its response to 1835i’s (ANZ’s) off market takeover. 

  • BCI Media Group on its acquisitions of TenderSearch and BuildCentral, investment by Gresham Capital Partners, and sale to the Byggfakta Group (then backed by Stirling Square and TA Associates). 

  • Damstra Holdings Limited on its all-scrip acquisition of Vault Intelligence Limited by scheme of arrangement.