Private Equity & Venture Capital

Our private equity and venture capital team is unique.

As the largest multi-disciplinary practice in Australia, our team incorporates a rare combination of tax, legal and deals specialists to provide pragmatic and commercially-focused legal advice to fund managers and to emerging companies seeking venture capital or private equity funding.

Our clients include some of Australia's most prominent private equity and venture capital firms, Innovation Investment Fund recipients, angel investor groups and venture backed emerging companies at various stages of their life cycle.

Our team is widely regarded as the industry experts on the Venture Capital Limited Partnership and Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership fund structures.

Services for fund managers

For fund managers, our multi-disciplinary services include:
  • Fund establishment, with a focus on tax-effective structures
  • Capital raising and offer documentation advice
  • Financial services regulation advice and AFSL licensing
  • Legal due diligence
  • Best practice acquisition documentation
  • R&D tax incentive services
  • Employee incentivisation arrangements

Services for emerging companies

For emerging companies seeking growth through venture capital or private equity funding, our multi-disciplinary services include:
  • Tax & legal structuring advice
  • Investor readiness advice and strategy
  • Advising on and negotiating equity arrangements
  • Best practice acquisition and corporate governance documentation
  • R&D tax incentive services
  • Performance improvement strategies for portfolio investments

These services result in a full service, integrated private equity and venture capital solution to our clients.

We work closely with our life sciences, ICT and climate change teams to identify investment opportunities and together with our corporate finance team to assist with maximising value on exit.

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