Areas of Expertise

Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Raisings, Corporate & Advisory, Energy & Resources

Marc Wilshaw practises in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), equity capital raisings and general corporate and commercial law.

Marc acts for a variety of listed and private companies and has advised on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions with a particular focus on the resources and technology sectors.

What others say

"Recognised – Australia, Capital Markets"
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020
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Experience

Takeovers and Schemes of Arrangement

Acting on public M&A transactions including: • Advanced Share Registry Ltd on its acquisition by Automic Pty Ltd via scheme of arrangement • Primero Group Limited on its acquisition by NRW Holdings Limited via an off-market takeover bid • Spitfire Minerals Limited on its acquisition of Excelsior Gold Limited via scheme of arrangement • Titan Minerals Ltd on its off-market takeover bid for Andina Resources Ltd and its takeover bid for TSXV listed Core Gold Inc • Teranga Gold Corporation on its acquisition of Gryphon Minerals Limited via scheme of arrangement • IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group in relation to its off-market takeover bid for LinQ Resources Fund

Initial Public Offerings and Capital Raisings

Advising numerous companies in respect to their initial public offering and listing on ASX, including Resouro Strategic Metals Inc, Copper Search Limited, Hiremii Limited, Little Green Pharma Limited, Splitit Payments Limited, Way2Vat Ltd, Primero Group Limited, Kalium Lakes Limited, Riversgold Ltd, AIC Resources Limited, Kingsland Global Ltd and 8I Holdings Ltd. Also extensive experience with secondary raisings and backdoor listing transactions.

Corporate Advisory and Board Governance

Advising on range of corporate matters, including ASX and Corporations Act compliance, Takeovers Panel matters, takeover defence strategies, shareholder disputes, directors' duties and governance matters and executive remuneration and related party matters.

Private M&A

Acting on private treaty M&A transactions including acting for: • Future Battery Minerals Ltd on numerous acquisitions • Innovaero Technologies in respect to the sale of a 51% interest in its business to BAE Systems Australia • the shareholders of Future Engineering Group in respect to their sale to Tasmea Limited