Biography

Chris acts for public and private businesses, high-net-worth individuals and family groups across technology, accounting, construction, financial services, food and beverage, franchising, import and export, manufacturing, retirement living, real estate (including property development, management and sales) and retail sectors.

Chris advises on mergers and acquisitions of varying complexity, including restructures and sales of shares, units, businesses and assets. He also advises on general corporate and commercial matters including compliance, director and management issues, employment and contractor arrangements, customer and supplier agreements and dealings with third parties. He has additional experience in property and franchising matters.

Chris has acted on public and confidential transactions up to $200 million across a wide range of industries. His M&A experience spans listed and private company transactions, including restructures and strategic sales. He has also advised on the relaunch of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund as the Sustainable Australia Fund.

Chris's breadth across M&A, corporate advisory, property and franchising gives him a practical all-round capability for businesses managing multiple legal needs across their lifecycle.

Credentials

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) / Bachelor of Laws (University of Melbourne)

Chris' experience

Business transactions

Acting on public and confidential M&A transactions of varying complexity, across technology, accounting, construction, financial services, food and beverage, franchising, import and export, manufacturing, retirement living, real estate (including property development, management and sales) and retail sectors (including mergers, rent roll acquisitions, investments and other transactions for real estate agents).

IPLiving

Acting on the establishment of IPLiving as a retirement living platform between the family-owned Zig Inge Group and the core-plus infrastructure investor Palisade Impact with an initial portfolio and subsequent acquisitions of retirement villages in Victoria and New South Wales.

Little Real Estate Queensland

Acting on the sale of Little Real Estate Queensland to Coronis Group. The transaction was reported as one of the largest real estate business transactions in Queensland history.

Penrite

Acting on Penrite's acquisition of Brandlines (being a well-established player in the Australian aftermarket automotive sector) and Australian Automotive Parts (being a leading distributor of automotive hard parts across Australia and New Zealand).