Anton Harris

Anton Harris is our Head of Private Capital in APAC.

He practises in the area of general corporate and commercial focussing on mergers & acquisitions for private equity clients and take privates and equity capital markets.

Anton has acted on some of the largest and most high profile corporate transactions in the Australian market for a variety of leading private equity and corporate clients.

Anton is ranked in leading independent legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500.

Highlights of Anton's deal experience includes advising:

• CC Capital on its proposed A$3.4 billion acquisition of ASX listed Insignia Financial Ltd.
• Allegro Funds on the acquisition of Questas and then ultimate sale by competitive sales process to Five V Capital; on its IPO of Best & Less; its acquisition of Greenlit Brands distressed assets, including Harris Scarfe, Best & Less and Postie and subsequently acting for Deloitte, as receivers, in the disposal of Harris Scarfe by way of DOCA; on the A$237 million off-market takeover by BBRC International Pte. Limited as trustee for BB Family International Trust (BBRC) and Ray Itaoui.
• Blackstone on its A$1 billion acquisition of the real estate assets of ASX listed Astro Japan; its take-private of I’rom Group Limited; its proposed sale of C-Max.
• PAG Asia Capital (HK) in relation to its $1.4 billion acquisition of KKR's controlling interest in Australian Venue Co. Holdings Limited.
• Five V Capital on its acquisition of Cyclotek Pty Ltd and Cyclotek (Aust) Pty Ltd.
• Pernod Ricard S.A on the sale of its global wine business to the Bain lead consortium of owners of Accolade Wines.
• CapVest on its A$719 million bid (by way of concurrent scheme of arrangement and takeover) for Virtus Health against competing bids by BGH Capital.
• Mirvac on its $1bn acquisition with Pacific Equity Partners of the "Serenitas Group" from GIC; on its takeover of the management rights of the circa $8 billion AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund; on the establishment of its Build to Rent Fund; on the acquisition of management rights for CIC.
• Brookfield Asset Management on its proposed bid for the distressed Virgin Australia (administrator sale); on its successful acquisition of Hotel X.
• Downer EDI on its hostile A$1.26 billion off-market takeover of Spotless Group and associated A$1 billion equity raising.
• Oxford Properties Group on its acquisition of Investa Office Fund for A$3.35 billion by way of scheme of arrangement with competing bids from Blackstone.
• e2open on Australian law aspects of its acquisition by WiseTech Global Limited, at an enterprise value of US$2.1 billion.
• Pickles Auctions Pty Ltd and its shareholders on the sale of Pickles Auctions, Australia's leading marketplace for vehicles, industrial, and salvage assets, to Apax Partners LLP.
• Novion (Vicinity) on the merger with Federation Centres to form Vicinity Group. The total value of the merger was approximately A$11 billion.
• Commonwealth Property Office Fund on competing takeover bids from DEXUS and GPT for the ASX listed retail property trust, valued at A$3 billion.
• Lendi on its A$1 billion merger with CBA/Aussie Home Loans to create a market leader in the Australian home loan market. Lendi is a market-leading online mortgage broker provider with an award winning digital platform.
• Colonial First State Retail Property Trust (CFX) on the internalisation of the management of the A$8 billion ASX listed retail property trust CFX pursuant to agreements with CBA, which were valued at A$475 million.
• Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd on its acquisition of the business and assets of Australian Eco Oils Pty Ltd (trading as Scanline) and various other bolt on acquisitions.