Taseen Rafi

Senior Associate

Sydney, Australia

Taseen advises on private M&A deals, capital raisings, fund investments and general corporate matters.

Taseen specialises in private equity and venture capital transactions, advising financial sponsors, companies and founders across the full investment lifestyle, including initial investments and fundraising, management equity and employee share option plans, acquisitions, exits and the spectrum of corporate matters in between.

Background

Taseen holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the Australian National University.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

Private equity funds and private equity backed portfolio companies

Pacific Equity Partners on its joint venture with Mirvac and Tasman Capital and acquisition of the Serenitas Group
Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of their stake in Intellihub to a newly formed continuation fund – the first transaction of its kind in Australia
Apollo Global on a joint venture with Challenger Limited to provide financing solutions across a range of sectors
Serenitas on general corporate and transactional matters
Intellihub on general corporate and transactional matters
Leading private equity funds on management incentive plans and equity arrangements for portfolio companies, including Pacific Equity Partners, Brookfield, Allegro, KKR, HPS Partners and others

Private capital – real estate

Mirvac Group on the sale of a 66% interest to Mitsui Fudosan for a landmark new office development at 55 Pitt Street in Sydney, with the ~$2b project to be delivered as a joint venture
Scape Australia on its establishment of a $1.5 billion build-to-rent fund

Venture capital and technology transactions

Founders and venture backed companies on their capital raises, including Deputy Group on several strategic investments, CarExpert on its pre-IPO fundraising, OpenSolar on its Series B raise, Style Arcade on its Series A raise, Clear Dynamics on its Series A raise, Greenr on its Series Seed raise and RentBetter on its Series Seed raise
Financial sponsor backed founders on corporate carve-out transactions, including CrescoNet, Fortiro, Jevons Robotics and Vypex

Listed companies

CBA on its shareholder arrangements with KKR following the sale of a 55% interest in Colonial First State
Dusk Group Limited on its proposed acquisition of Eroma
Experience Co on proposed acquisitions and associated equity transactions