Adrian Amer

About Adrian Amer

Adrian specialises in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and corporate advisory (listed and unlisted entities). Adrian is a core member of Allens' equity capital markets, private capital and corporate advisory and governance working groups.

Adrian commenced his career in Australia and joined the Allens team in 2018 after a four-year stint in the United Kingdom, where he first studied at the University of Cambridge and then worked in London in the M&A and Capital Markets team of Slaughter and May. During that time, he also had the opportunity to work across Europe (including alongside Linklaters) as a consultant to Ørsted, Denmark's largest energy company and owner of the world's largest offshore wind farms.

M&A

Adrian’s relevant M&A experience includes advising:

• Symphony Infrastructure Partners – $488 million energy transition infrastructure equity investment and financing by Blackstone.
• AUB Group – acquisition of Whittles by MGA.
• AUB Group – acquisition of Pacific Indemnity.
• LOGOS – joint venture with Qube and National Intermodal Corporation in respect of the construction and operation of the interstate rail terminal at the $4.2 billion Moorebank Logistics Park.
• Malteries Soufflet – $1.5 billion proposed acquisition of United Malt Group by way of scheme of arrangement.
• Stonepeak Partners and Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund – consortium arrangements, acquisition of 19.9% interest in Genex Power and $350 million proposed acquisition of Genex Power by way of scheme of arrangement.
• AUB Group – up to $1.05 billion (comprising A$880 million purchase price and up to $176 million deferred consideration) acquisition of Tysers Insurance Brokers, the London-based Lloyd's insurance broker.
• Australian Clinical Labs – investment in Geneseq, a leading biosciences cancer diagnostics business.
• Aliro Group – $403 million proposal to acquire to Australian Unity Office Fund by way of scheme of arrangement.
• Global Infrastructure Partners – acquisition by GIP of a 49% stake in Pluto Train 2 from Woodside with a $7.6 billion (US$5.6 billion) capital expenditure.
• AUB Group – acquisition of Strata Unit Underwriting Agency from IAG.
• Aristocrat – $5.0 billion recommended cash offer for Playtech plc.
• AUB Group – acquisition of SRS Broking.
• Class – $386 million takeover by HUB24 implemented by way of scheme of arrangement.
• AUB Group – acquisition of Vaughan & Monaghan.
• LOGOS – $7.04 billion (US$5.2 billion) acquisition of ARA Asset Management by ESR, consolidating the largest logistics real estate platform in Asia Pacific to create a platform with combined assets under management of US$129 billion.
• AUB Group – acquisition of iaAnyware.
• Global Infrastructure Partners – $1 billion (US$750 million) investment into a newly established JV with TotalEnergies in relation to its interest in the Gladstone LNG Project downstream infrastructure facilities.
• LOGOS – the LOGOS consortium on the $1.67 billion acquisition of the warehousing and property components of Qube's Moorebank Logistics Park.
• Infratil – Powering Australia Renewables and Mercury NZ's NZ$2.7 billion takeover offer for Tilt Renewables.
• Global Infrastructure Partners – $3.3 billion acquisition of a 26.25% interest in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) common facilities from Shell.
• Stockland – establishment of a $1 billion logistics, industrial capital partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management.
• AUB Group – restructure of its underwriting agencies division and the acquisition of 360 Underwriting Solutions.
• LOGOS – $418 million sale of a portfolio of 5 east coast Australian industrial logistics properties to the Singaporean-listed ARA LOGOS REIT.
• AUB Group – acquisition of Experien Insurance.
• Aristocrat – various M&A matters, corporate governance and disclosure advice.
• Zenith Energy – the $250 million takeover by consortium comprising Pacific Equity Partners, OPTrust and ICG implemented by way of scheme of arrangement.
• LOGOS – sale of a majority stake to ARA Asset Management and sell down by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Real Estate.
• Qube – successful cash or scrip takeover bid of Chalmers Limited.
• AUB Group – proposed acquisition of Coverforce.
• Public Sector Pension Investment Board – sale of 25% stake in the $1.4 billion DP World Australia business to DP World and Corsair Capital.
• Sunsuper – various investment mandate and M&A matters.
• NSW Treasury Corporation – sale of its 25% stake in International Parking Group.
• China Communications Construction Company – foreign investment approval aspects of the acquisition by John Holland Group of assets of RCR Thomlinson Limited.
• TPG Capital – acquisition of Safe Work Laboratories by Pathology Asia Holdings.
• Ørsted – development of the Formosa I offshore wind farm.
• Ørsted – acquisition by Green Investment Group of a 25% stake in Westermost Rough wind farm from Marubeni Corporation.
• GoCompare Group plc – £460 million unsolicited takeover approach from ZPG plc.
• Arrow Global Group plc – acquisition of Mars Capital's Irish mortgage servicing business.
• UGL – $1.215 billion sale of its global property services business, DTZ.

Equity Capital Markets

Adrian’s relevant equity capital markets experience includes advising:

• Morgan Stanley and Canaccord Genuity – as joint lead managers and underwriters to Vulcan Energy's $184 million placement and share purchase plan.
• Macquarie Capital and Jarden – as joint lead managers and underwriters to 29Metals' 2024 $180 million institutional placement and entitlement offer.
• Macquarie Capital and Barrenjoey – as joint lead managers and underwriters to Pinnacle Investment Management Group's $400 million placement and share purchase plan.
• Macquarie Capital – as lead manager and underwriter to Elders' $246 million entitlement offer to fund the proposed $475 million acquisition of Delta Ag.
• Anson Resources – 2024 share purchase plan and offer of unlisted options under prospectus.
• Morgan Stanley and DBS Bank – as joint lead managers for Highfield Resources' institutional placement and share purchase plan in connection its strategic transactions to transform into a globally diversified potash company.
• Morgan Stanley – as underwriter to Domino's 2024 Pizza Enterprises' dividend reinvestment plan.
• Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, Truist Securities and William Blair – as joint book-running managers for the proposed IPO of Telix Pharmaceuticals.
• AUB Group – $200 million placement to fund the acquisition of Pacific Indemnity and future M&A and $25 million share purchase plan.
• Jefferies – as lead manager and underwriter to Generation Development Group's $155 million entitlement offer to fund the $197 million acquisition of the remaining stake in Lonsec.
• Macquarie Capital – as lead manager to Cyclopharm's 2024 placement.
• Barrenjoey and Macquarie Capital – as joint lead managers and underwriters to Metcash's $300 million placement and share purchase plan to fund the acquisitions of Superior Food, Bianco and Alpine Truss.
• Morgans, National Australia Bank and E&P – as joint lead managers to Gryphon Capital Income Trust's $97.3 million entitlement and shortfall offer.
• Taylor Collinson, E&P, Morgans and Ord Minnett – as joint lead managers to Metrics Master Income Trust's $175 million placement and unit purchase plan.
• Macquarie Capital – as sole lead manager and underwriter to Karoon Energy's $480 million entitlement offer.
• Jefferies and Bell Potter – as joint lead managers and underwriters to Aeris Resources' $30 million entitlement offer.
• Macquarie Capital and Jarden – as joint lead managers and underwriters to 29Metals' 2023 $151 million entitlement offer.
• Morgan Stanley – as underwriter to Domino's 2023 Pizza Enterprises' dividend reinvestment plan.
• AUB Group – $150 million placement and $15 million share purchase plan.
• Aristocrat – $1.3 billion entitlement offer.
• AUB Group – $350 million entitlement offer.
• Qube – $500 million entitlement offer.
• Magellan Asset Management – $275 million offering and ASX listing of Magellan High Conviction Trust.
• esure Group – £302 million demerger and premium listing of Gocompare.com Group plc on the London Stock Exchange.
• The Commonwealth Government of Australia – $5.9 billion initial public offering and ASX listing of Medibank Private.
• Morgan Stanley – as sole lead manager and underwriter to National Storage REIT's $59 million placement and share purchase plan; as sole lead manager and underwriter to the $240 million initial public offering and ASX listing.
• Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS, ANZ Securities and Westpac Institutional – ANZ's $1 billion offer of Capital Notes 2 and concurrent CPS1 reinvestment offer.
• SG Fleet Group – $454 million initial public offering and ASX listing.
• Pact Group Limited – restructuring aspects of $650 million initial public offering and ASX listing.
• ASX Limited – $553 million entitlement offer.