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Thomson Geer has advised McPherson’s on its acquisition of Global Therapeutics from Australian vitamins manufacturer, Blackmores for $27 million. McPherson’s, a leading health, wellness and beauty supplier has acquired Global Therapeutics, a market leader in Oriental and Western herbal and complimentary medicine formulations in Australia. The acquisition includes Global Therapeutics well known Fusion Health and […]

Thomson Geer has advised Greenspot on its acquisition of the Wallerawang Power Station from EnergyAustralia. Greenspot is a joint venture between the owners of Borg and Bettergrow, two leading businesses headquartered in New South Wales. Opened in 1957, the Wallerawang Power Station is located near Lithgow in central-western New South Wales and was an active […]

Thomson Geer has advised Melbourne-based financier, Growth Factor Group on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Right2Drive Pty Ltd from the Eclipx Group for a purchase price of up to AUD $26.5m in fixed and contingent consideration. Right2Drive Pty Ltd operates with its subsidiaries Anrace Pty Ltd and Right2Drive (New Zealand) Limited as […]

We are pleased to welcome expert media law duo Justin Quill and John-Paul Cashen who have joined Thomson Geer as Partners in our Melbourne office.  Accompanying Justin and John-Paul is a team of five lawyers and support staff. Recognised for their expert abilities, the team has a band-one Asia-Pacific ranking from specialist legal research analyst […]

Thomson Geer is pleased to welcome Corporate and M&A specialists Scott Gibson, Marc Wilshaw, Hedley Roost and Michael Ng, who have joined Thomson Geer as Partners in our Perth Corporate team. The team is accompanied by Cameron Bill who joins Thomson Geer as Special Counsel, and a legal and support team of eight. The team was ranked […]

Thomson Geer recently advised the City of Sydney, on what has been described as, one of the largest advertising contracts in Australian history. The City of Sydney selected QMS Media as the successful bidder for its internationally acclaimed Street Furniture and Outdoor Media Services Contract, a contract which was previously held by JCDecaux since the […]

Thomson Geer has advised Australia’s leading ginger manufacturer, the Buderim Group on the sale of its ginger and tourism business assets to the Queensland-based Himstedt family for AUD $13m. Following the initial announcement of its intended sale to Global Foods Group for $8.3 million, the Buderim Group received a number of competing proposals from other […]

Thomson Geer has advised WA Local Government Superannuation (WA Super) on its merger with First State Super, soon to be renamed Aware Super. The deal, which has been in the works since early 2020, completed at the end of July 2020 after an extensive due diligence process, which will see WA Super’s approximately 50,000 members […]

Off the back of acquiring the whole of global law firm Dentons Brisbane office in July, Thomson Geer has executed another strategic raid on global law firm DLA Piper. Thomson Geer has secured the whole DLA Piper Perth Corporate team. Partners Scott Gibson, Marc Wilshaw and Michael Bowen along with a legal and support team […]

Thomson Geer has advised Australian retail clothing company, City Chic Collective on an A$80 million capital raising, to fund the potential acquisition of the e-commerce assets of United States based company Catherines, from the Ascena Retail Group. City Chic Collective has been selected as the bidder for the e-commerce assets of Catherines after its parent […]