Kurt is a corporate lawyer specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions.
Kurt advises on a range of corporate transactions, including takeovers, negotiated acquisitions and disposals, private equity transactions and restructures. His experience includes advising:
- bidders and targets in public M&A transactions
- corporates and private equity on private M&A transactions
- on private equity transactions and investments
- on large-scale and cross-border transactions
Background
Kurt holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Distinction) and Bachelor of Property and Real Estate from Deakin University.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- HMC Capital on its acquisition of Payton Capital
- Quadrant Private Equity on its acquisition of Birch & Waite
- Reliance Worldwide Corporation on its acquisition of Holman Industries
- Chemist Warehouse on its proposed sale to Sigma and backdoor listing on the ASX
- Newcrest on its A$26 billion sale to NYSE listed Newmont
- ANZ on its restructure to establish a non-operating holding company by ASX listing and scheme of arrangement, and to subsequently restructure its banking and non-banking businesses
- Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund on its proposed A$1.1 billion merger with Cromwell Direct Property Fund
- Crown Resorts on its sale to Blackstone for A$9.8 billion
- BHP on the sale of its global petroleum business to Woodside for US$21 billion
- Alliance Aviation on its proposed sale to Qantas with an implied value of A$764.5 million
- Clarus Corporation on its acquisition of Rhino Rack for A$255 million
- Youfoodz on its sale to HelloFresh for A$125 million
- F45 on its acquisition of Vive Active
- LeasePlan on the sale of its Australian business to SG Fleet for A$400 million
- Orora Limited on the sale of its Australasian fibre business to Nippon Paper Industries Co for A$1.72 billion
- ExperienceCo on its acquisition of Trees Adventure
- Youfoodz on its IPO
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