Australia

MinterEllison is an Australian law, consulting and project management firm founded in 1827. It is the largest in Australia with 1200 legal staff including 270 partners across 15 offices in five countries. In Australia the firm has offices in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Darwin, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide.The firm also has a relationship with MinterEllisonRuddWatts based in New Zealand.

Highlights   

The firm provides comprehensive legal advice to lenders, borrowers, and sponsors within the banking and finance industry, with expertise spanning acquisition finance, asset finance and leasing, corporate finance, and property finance. A notable transaction includes advising Cliffbrook Capital and its investors on various major funding and investment arrangements exceeding A$3 billion.

In capital markets, the team provided guidance to issuers and existing shareholders on listings and capital raising initiatives to fuel their growth and strategic objectives, while also representing underwriters and lead managers in underwriting and structuring offerings. Highlights include advising Immutep Limited on its $100 million equity raising and strategic partnership, as well as assisting Brandon Capital with the launch of its sixth fund, Brandon Capital Fund VI, which reached an initial close of US$180 million.

The firm has been particularly active in M&A field on a variety of complex and high-value corporate transactions, having involved in the second largest deal in the 2024 calendar year, advising Anglo-American on the sale of its steelmaking coal business to Peabody Energy for up to USD3.775 billion and the sale of its interest in Jellinbah Group for ~USD1.1 billion.

Within the project sector, the firm remains active on behalf of leading corporations, institutions, and government bodies. The project team welcomed partner David Perks in 2024.

Key clients   

Key clients include Abacus Group, Australian Business Growth Fund, Blackstone Group, Cliffbrook Capital, Dexus, Elders, Immutep, Metrics Credit Partners, NSW Government, Plenary Group, QANTAS, Westpac Banking, and Victorian Government.

Testimonials     

“Partner and team service was outstanding. Always available, strong strategic thinking and quick turn arounds on key matters.” (Restructuring client)

“Commercial advice, understanding of my business and customer.” (Bank lending client)

“Ability to advise on complex transactions in a collaborative and efficient manner.” (M&A client)

Nick Anson

“Highly innovative, creative, responsive and very sounds / strong legal acument.”

Darren Sumich

“Commercial advice easy to work with.”

Joseph Pace

“Has the ability to project manage complex transactions involving various Minters' teams and is extremely proficient in structuring and negotiating those transactions.”