About Suzette

Suzette specialises in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets, advising clients across a broad range of sectors. She has extensive experience assisting companies with capital raisings, acquisitions and disposals, internal restructures and shareholders agreements. 

Suzette advises on both private and public corporate transactions, and regularly supports clients on corporate governance matters. Her broad transactional and advisory experience enables her to provide practical, commercially focused legal solutions tailored to each client’s needs.
 

Experience

• Australian M&A
  • Airtasker (ASX:ART) – advised on its acquisition of online marketplace Oneflare.
  • Swoop – advised this challenger telco on a number of bolt-on acquisitions.
  • Indoor Skydive Australia Group – advised on its sale of an indoor skydiving facility.
  • Janison Education Group – advised on its acquisition of an examination services business.
  • SciDev (ASX:SDV) – advised on its acquisition of an environmental engineering solutions business.
  • Jaybro – advised on its acquisition of a wholesale plumbing and parts supplier.
  • Scott Bader Company - advised this global chemical company in respect of the acquisition of its Australian distributer and establishment of Australian operations.
• Cross-border transactions
  • PSC Insurance Group – advised on its A$2.3b takeover by private equity backed The Ardonagh Group by way of scheme of arrangement for cash and scrip consideration.
  • Toro Gold – advised on the Australian law aspects associated with its acquisition by Resolute Mining Limited by way of takeover made under Guernsey laws for a mix of cash and scrip consideration.
  • GlobalX – advised the shareholders of this legal software business to Canadian listed Dye & Durham.
  • Selz.com – advised on an option in favour of a subsidiary of PayPal, a convertible loan of €3m, and subsequently its sale to global online marketplace giant Amazon.
  • Vitasoy International - advised in respect of its majority interest in the Vitasoy Australia joint venture, including its eventual acquisition of the 49% interest controlled by Bega Cheese.
• ECM transactions
  • MyDeal.com.au - advised on its initial public offering and listing on the ASX.
  • Swoop (ASX:SWP) – advised on its merger and backdoor listing on the ASX.
  • ImExHs (ASX:IME) – advised on a number of secondary raisings, including placements, an entitlement offer and a share purchase plan.
  • BrainChip (ASX:BRN) – advised on a number of capital raisings, including a convertible note issue raising US$2.6m and an accelerated entitlement offer raising A$11m.