About Alex

Alex is a Partner in the Maddocks Corporate & Commercial team. Alex has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity investment with significant cross border transactions experience. 

Alex’s experience covers corporate, commercial and financial services law and specialises in: 

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity
• Corporate finance
• Corporate reorganisations
• Fund establishment and capital raisings

Alex is a dual-qualified lawyer in both Australia and the UK. 

Alex has sector knowledge in a wide range of industries including significant market knowledge in real asset transactions including mining, real estate, manufacturing, renewables, funds management and technology. 

Experience

• Cross-border M&A Transactions
  • Acted for CD Capital on their acquisition of Suhanko Artic Platinum from a large mining group.
  • Acted for CD Capital on various rounds of investment in Los Calatos (a copper mine in South America).
  • Acted for Wallenborn Transport (Europe) on the proposed purchase of a large Australian transport group.
  • Acted for BWT Austria on numerous acquisitions in Australia.
  • Acted for ETEX Group on corporate restructures of Australian businesses.
  • Acted for Kaefer Group on acquisition of a number of Australian businesses.
  • Acted for CD Capital on the US$45 million acquisition of 66.6% of Verdant Minerals Ltd (ASX- listed company) through a scheme of arrangement.
  • Acted for Toho Zinc Co., Ltd (Japanese company listed on Tokyo stock exchange) in their $90M investment into a mining subsidiary in Australia of an ASX-listed company.  
  • Acted for Legrand France on its acquisition of Vass Electrical Industries, an electrical busways designer, manufacturer and supplier.
• Australian M&A Transactions
  • Acted for the Commonwealth Government of Australia and overseas Government entities regarding the purchase and development of large scale Australian mining projects.
  • Acted for IT Vision on the sale of its business to ASX-listed company.