Vanessa Filipendin
Solicitor
Solicitor
Melbourne,
Australia
Vanessa is a Solicitor in the Private Equity and Venture Capital team in Melbourne.
Vanessa has experience across all stages of the business cycle (including working closely with Founders / entrepreneurs in private M&A, public M&A and business succession planning matters), which enables her to deliver comprehensive and strategic solutions. She specialises in private and public transactions, with a current focus on private equity sponsors.
Her holistic approach has been refined by experience in industry roles with market leaders (such as Kinetic and Square Peg), which assists in her ability to deliver tailored and commercial advice.
Experience
Selected matters
- Fox Group, a TASE-listed company on its acquisition of Australian and New Zealand based Retail Prodigy Group, the franchise partner for brands like Nike, Samsung and Mattel in the region
- View Media Group, a digital real estate and agent service business, on its off-market takeover of the remaining 72% stake in non-listed realestateview.com.au
- National Veterinary Associates on the sale of its Australian and New Zealand veterinary business, VetPartners, to EQT Group
- ASX-listed Nufarm (ASX:NUF), a global crop protection and seed technology company, on its $950 million refinancing of its ABL and SLF facilities
- Louis Dreyfus Corporation on its off-market takeover of Australia’s largest and oldest cotton ginning business, Namoi Cotton, amid a bidding war with Olam and ACCC intervention
