Private Equity & Venture Capital

Our private equity and venture capital team understand the challenges and issues associated with private equity and venture capital. We provide pragmatic and commercially-focused legal advice, backed by a strong reputation in the industry and key relationships with government and decision makers.

Our clients include Australia's most prominent private equity and venture capital firms, IIF applicants, angel investor groups and investee entities at various stages of their life cycle. Our team is widely regarded as the industry expert on the VCLP and ESVCLP fund structures.

Our multi-disciplinary team provides you with industry-leading advice on:

• Capital raising
• Financial services regulation and licensing
• Fund structuring - Specialising in niche tax-effective structures
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Performance improvement strategies for portfolio investments.

This results 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. We also appreciate the difference between private equity and venture capital and tailor our services to suit your business strategy.