Matters

A short record of what we have run.

Five matters that show how the firm works: who ran them, what was at stake, and where each one landed. Names are withheld where the client asked us to withhold them.

Belinda Sheahan
Con Mavridis
Yewande Bakare
Kelvin Teoh

★★★★★

4.9

from 212 client reviews

Dark angular metal facade
Dark angular metal facade
Dark angular metal facade

Selected work · 2024–2026

Clients include

  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo

01

Transport & logistics

Sale of a national logistics group to a Japanese buyer

Sale of a national logistics group to a Japanese buyer

2026

$310m

City skyline at dusk

Acted for the founding family through a competitive process, FIRB approval and a twelve-month transition services arrangement.

02

Professional services

Defence of a minority shareholder oppression claim

Defence of a minority shareholder oppression claim

2025

Supreme Court of Victoria

Boardroom table

Six-year dispute between founding partners settled on the second day of trial, with the buy-out priced on our valuation evidence.

03

Climate technology

Series B raise for a Melbourne climate-technology company

Series B raise for a Melbourne climate-technology company

2025

$48m

Meeting room

Led the round for the company against two offshore funds, holding founder control through a dual-class structure.

04

Retail

Safe harbour and recapitalisation of a listed retail group

Safe harbour and recapitalisation of a listed retail group

2024

$120m

Stone detail

Directors held safe harbour protection for eleven months while a new equity partner was found and 900 jobs were preserved.

05

Health services

ACCC informal clearance for a health services roll-up

ACCC informal clearance for a health services roll-up

2024

Nine acquisitions

Modern interior

Cleared without an undertaking after a market inquiry, on the strength of a substitution analysis run before the first offer went out.

Next step

Weighing something that looks like one of these.

We will tell you which partner should run it and roughly what it will take, before you are asked to engage anyone.

Matters

A short record of what we have run.

Five matters that show how the firm works: who ran them, what was at stake, and where each one landed. Names are withheld where the client asked us to withhold them.

Belinda Sheahan
Con Mavridis
Yewande Bakare
Kelvin Teoh

★★★★★

4.9

from 212 client reviews

Dark angular metal facade
Dark angular metal facade
Dark angular metal facade

Selected work · 2024–2026

Clients include

  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo

01

Transport & logistics

Sale of a national logistics group to a Japanese buyer

Sale of a national logistics group to a Japanese buyer

2026

$310m

City skyline at dusk

Acted for the founding family through a competitive process, FIRB approval and a twelve-month transition services arrangement.

02

Professional services

Defence of a minority shareholder oppression claim

Defence of a minority shareholder oppression claim

2025

Supreme Court of Victoria

Boardroom table

Six-year dispute between founding partners settled on the second day of trial, with the buy-out priced on our valuation evidence.

03

Climate technology

Series B raise for a Melbourne climate-technology company

Series B raise for a Melbourne climate-technology company

2025

$48m

Meeting room

Led the round for the company against two offshore funds, holding founder control through a dual-class structure.

04

Retail

Safe harbour and recapitalisation of a listed retail group

Safe harbour and recapitalisation of a listed retail group

2024

$120m

Stone detail

Directors held safe harbour protection for eleven months while a new equity partner was found and 900 jobs were preserved.

05

Health services

ACCC informal clearance for a health services roll-up

ACCC informal clearance for a health services roll-up

2024

Nine acquisitions

Modern interior

Cleared without an undertaking after a market inquiry, on the strength of a substitution analysis run before the first offer went out.

Next step

Weighing something that looks like one of these.

We will tell you which partner should run it and roughly what it will take, before you are asked to engage anyone.

Matters

A short record of what we have run.

Five matters that show how the firm works: who ran them, what was at stake, and where each one landed. Names are withheld where the client asked us to withhold them.

Belinda Sheahan
Con Mavridis
Yewande Bakare
Kelvin Teoh

★★★★★

4.9

from 212 client reviews

Dark angular metal facade
Dark angular metal facade
Dark angular metal facade

Selected work · 2024–2026

Clients include

  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo
  • Northgate logo
  • Meridian Holdings logo
  • Halden Group logo
  • Castleworth logo
  • Ravensbourne logo
  • Aldgate Partners logo
  • Fenwick & Co logo

01

Transport & logistics

Sale of a national logistics group to a Japanese buyer

Sale of a national logistics group to a Japanese buyer

2026

$310m

City skyline at dusk

Acted for the founding family through a competitive process, FIRB approval and a twelve-month transition services arrangement.

02

Professional services

Defence of a minority shareholder oppression claim

Defence of a minority shareholder oppression claim

2025

Supreme Court of Victoria

Boardroom table

Six-year dispute between founding partners settled on the second day of trial, with the buy-out priced on our valuation evidence.

03

Climate technology

Series B raise for a Melbourne climate-technology company

Series B raise for a Melbourne climate-technology company

2025

$48m

Meeting room

Led the round for the company against two offshore funds, holding founder control through a dual-class structure.

04

Retail

Safe harbour and recapitalisation of a listed retail group

Safe harbour and recapitalisation of a listed retail group

2024

$120m

Stone detail

Directors held safe harbour protection for eleven months while a new equity partner was found and 900 jobs were preserved.

05

Health services

ACCC informal clearance for a health services roll-up

ACCC informal clearance for a health services roll-up

2024

Nine acquisitions

Modern interior

Cleared without an undertaking after a market inquiry, on the strength of a substitution analysis run before the first offer went out.

Next step

Weighing something that looks like one of these.

We will tell you which partner should run it and roughly what it will take, before you are asked to engage anyone.

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