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Adrian Amer

Partner, BBA LLB (Hons I) MCL (Hons I) (Cantab)

Sydney

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About Adrian Amer

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

He 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:

  • Stockland: establishment of logistics capital partnerships with M&G Real Estate, with an initial gross asset value of $415 million; and KKR with an initial gross asset value of $388 million.
  • 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 an $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 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 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 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 five 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 a 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 Boar: sale of a 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:

  • Jefferies: as lead manager and underwriter to Generation Development Group's $287.9 million placement and entitlement offer to fund the $320 million acquisition of Evidentia.
  • TD Cowen, Barclays and Cantor: as joint book-running managers to the redomicile and Nasdaq IPO of Anteris Technologies.
  • 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 with 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.
  • 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.