Biography

Catie acts for large corporates, private equity institutions, portfolio companies, management teams and other corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions and corporate advisory matters. Her clients span across a range of industry sectors, including mining services, retail and consumer, technology, healthcare and financial services.

Catie primarily advises on private M&A transactions, including share and asset sales, vendor due diligence, warranty and indemnity insurance and the negotiation and documentation of transaction agreements. She also advises on corporate advisory matters, covering structuring, governance, shareholder arrangements and commercial contracting. She advises on cross-border transactions, including FIRB requirements and multi-jurisdiction deal coordination.

Catie has acted on a wide range of transactions, including high-value transactions involving complex deal structures, tight execution timeframes and multi-party coordination. Her experience includes acting on cross-border acquisitions with international buyers, competitive sale processes and transactions requiring coordinated engagement with competition regulators and foreign investment authorities.

Catie started her career at Thomsons before moving to London to work in M&A (with a particular focus on private equity institutions) at a globally recognised firm in London for almost four years. Her practice therefore covers both Australian M&A and broader corporate advisory, as well as significant experience in UK and international transactions. She currently operates within one of Australia’s largest and most active corporate practices, regularly acting alongside senior partners on significant mandates in resources, retail, technology and industrial sectors.

Credentials

Academic qualifications:

• Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) / Bachelor of International Studies, University of Adelaide
  

Catie's experience

Iron Mine Contracting Group — Sale to North American Construction Group, CAD$115m

Advised the shareholders of the Iron Mine Contracting Group, a Western Australian mining and projects services company, on the CAD$115 million sale of their shares to the North American Construction Group.

Medik8 — Sale to L'Oréal, €1 billion

Acted for UK-based skincare company, Medik8, and European private equity firm, Inflexion, on the approximately €1 billion sale of a majority shareholding in Medik8 to L'Oréal.

DCC Healthcare Management team — Sale of healthcare division, £1 billion+

Advised the management team of the healthcare division of DCC plc, an Irish-based multinational conglomerate listed on the LSE, on the £1 billion+ sale of the healthcare division to European investment firm Investindustrial.

Scott Dunn — Sale to Flight Centre, £121 million

Acted for European private equity firm, Inflexion, and the management team of luxury travel tour operator Scott Dunn on the sale of the Scott Dunn group to ASX listed travel agency Flight Centre.

Weeks Group — Sale of Supaloc and Weeks Peacock Quality Homes building businesses

Acted for the Weeks Group on its sale of Steel Business Systems Australia Pty Ltd and Weeks Peacock Quality Homes Pty Ltd (which own the Supaloc and Weeks Peacock Quality Homes building businesses) to the McDonald Jones Homes and Asahi Kasei Homes Groups.

Bridgestone Australia — Acquisition of Lube Mobile

Advised Bridgestone Australia Limited on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in national mobile mechanic services company Lube Mobile Pty Ltd.

H&L Australia — Acquisition of Valsoft

Advised H&L Australia on its acquisition by Valsoft Corporation, a Canadian acquirer of vertical market software specialists.

North West Ag — Sale to Delta Agribusiness

Acted for the sellers of agricultural supplies business North West Ag Services and agricultural consulting business Agrivision Consultants on their sale to Delta Agribusiness, which included the transfer of substantial land holdings in Victoria.