About Rahil

Rahil is a corporate lawyer that specialises in M&A and corporate advisory. Rahil also regularly advises on employee incentive plans, restructures, governance and foreign investment issues.

Rahil was previously general counsel of a global consumer business based in South-East Asia and owned by a consortium of leading private equity and institutional investors. He has a strong and growing list of connections that he regularly cross-refers, particularly in the private equity and venture capital space as well as in the consumer, tech/fin-tech, agri-business and financial services industry sectors.

Having worked in-house, Rahil brings a pragmatic and solution-orientated approach to matters he advises on. Rahil has advised on an extensive list of deals in his career, having practiced in both Sydney, Australia and London, UK.

Experience

• Private equity / Venture capital
  • TriVantage – advising on its acquisition of international athleisure brand 2XU from L’Catterton.
  • Apta Group – advising on its acquisition of diary business Village Diary.
  • TSA Riley, a portfolio company of Quadrant – advising on its acquisition of consulting business RGB Assurance.
  • Quadrant Strategic Equity Fund – platform acquisition (unsuccessful)
  • Real Pet Food – advising on a capital raise in excess of $200 million.
  • Pacific Equity Partners – advising on its acquisition of Australian traffic management business Altus Traffic and its concurrent bolt-on acquisition of Victorian-based traffic management business Traffic Diversions Group.
  • Hosen Capital, Temasek, New Hope, CIC et al – advising a consortium on its acquisition from Quadrant of Real Pet Food for A$1 billion.
  • Intermediate Capital Group – advising on its acquisition of PresMed Australia.
  • Carlye-owned digital agency Dept – advising Dept (owned by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) on its acquisition of professional services firm, Two Bulls.
  • Bregal Unternehmerkapital – advising German private equity sponsor on a cross border domestic acquisition in the technology sector.
  • Yamaha Ventures – advising on its investment in ag-tech business TheYield.
  • AirTree Ventures – numerous acquisitions and transactions.
  • Amber Infrastructure Group – advising on its investment in Rail First Asset Management.
• Founder / Sell side transactions
  • Omada Rail – advising the shareholders of rail consulting business Omada Rail on its sale to Egis.
  • FTZ Private Wealth – advising the founders of FTZ on its sale to Quadrant Private Equity
  • Fine Foods – advising the founders of Fine Foods on its sale to CPE Capital (previously CHAMP Private Equity).
  • Aussie Home Loans – advising John Symond on the sale of Aussie Home Loans to Commonwealth Bank
• Other M&A / transaction experience
  • Edge Centres – advising on its acquisition of Host Networks.
  • Arrovest Perich Group – advising on its investment in poultry distribution business Multiquip.
  • Enel Green Power – on its investments in a number of solar farms.
  • Macquarie Bank – advising on its partnership with Genesee & Wyoming Australia to acquire Glencore Rail, and acquisition of an equipment finance portfolio.
  • Resolution Life Group – advising on its acquisition of AML Life for $3.3 billion.
  • UniSuper – advising on its investment in an Australian technology company (unsuccessful).
  • Mercer – advising on its successful bid for Pillar Administration (NSW government privatisation).
  • Lloyds – advising it on the sale of certain shipping assets.
  • XL Catlin – advising it on its acquisition of Brooklyn Underwriting.
  • Société Générale – advising on its acquisition of certain shipping assets.
  • Clime Capital – advising it on its capital raise via a listed redeemable convertible note instrument.
  • Balfour Beatty – advising on the Australian aspects of its internal reorganisation and capital restructure.
  • Alstom – advising on its internal reorganisation by way of a Part 5.1 scheme of arrangement.