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Clayton Utz Partner , Sydney T +61 2 9353 4632 https://www.claytonutz.com

Jonathan is a leading corporate lawyer whose 25+ years' of experience encompasses some of Australia's most high-profile M&A, IPO and capital raising transactions, along with strategic corporate advice across a range of industry sectors. Jonathan is widely ranked as a top M&A lawyer in Australia and provides strategic corporate, takeover and governance advice to a range of private equity investors and ASX listed companies.

He has also helped many Australian growth and tech companies achieve scale (including through M&A, IPO and pre-IPO raisings), successfully execute on their strategies and become market leaders in their fields and substantial publicly traded companies. Jonathan's strong knowledge of local conditions is complemented by his deep understanding of cross-border M&A, gained from working in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Corporate / M&A

Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment & Technology (TMET)

  • Nuix Limited: Jonathan acted for Nuix Limited on its dual track M&A and IPO process.
  • InLoop Pty Ltd: Advised InLoop, and its major shareholder Macquarie, on the strategic sale of its LanternPay digital payment claiming business to HICAPS, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank.
  • Idera, Inc: Advised on the acquisition of Yellowfin International, an embedded data analytics and business intelligence platform for augmented business users and developers.
  • Songtradr: Adviser to Songtradr on strategic matters and M&A including its investments in Jaxsta and SongZu.
  • TA Associates: Jonathan acted for TA Associates on its acquisition of ANIXIS.
  • Lorica Health Pty Limited: Jonathan advised Lorica Health on its acquisition by US-based healthcare analytics and technology company HMS.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised on the sale of its Marketing Solutions business to IVE Group Limited.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised on the sale of its MircoSourcing business to Probe BPO Holdings Pty Ltd.
  • Insightsoftware: Jonathan advised Insightsoftware, a portfolio company of TA Associates on the acquisition of Excel4Apps, a leading provider of Microsoft Excel-based reporting software for Oracle E-business Suite and SAP.
  • Investec: Jonathan advised Investec in relation to its strategic acquisition of TMET assets including Uber adjacent business Splend.
  • Mathspace: Jonathan is acting for Mathspace in connection with its successful tender in 2017 to provide a digital maths teaching platform to Hong Kong public schools.
  • NGA Human Resources/Goldman Sachs: Jonathan advised NGA, a Goldman Sachs backed multi-national SaaS HR and payroll solutions provider, on the sale of its ANZ business to Ascender, valuing the combined business at A$500m ‒ completed in 2017.
  • WiseTech Global: Jonathan advised logistics SaaS provider WiseTech on its IPO valuing the company at over A$1.4bn and in respect of its pre-IPO round of equity and debt raising (including with Fidelity Investments) and in respect of its recent acquisition of Cargo Community Network Australia.
  • amaysim: Jonathan advised mobile virtual network operator amaysim Australia on its strategic review resulting in its IPO and ASX listing, giving it a market capitalisation of A$350m its novel tender block trade process and in respect of its recent M&A activity including its acquisitions of a Queensland based MVNO and AusBBS broadband network solutions provider.
  • OzForex Group Limited: Jonathan advised OzForex in relation to the ~A$900m unsolicited takeover approach by Western Union, on its dual track trade sale / IPO process and in respect of its ongoing strategic and corporate needs.
  • Accel Partners: Jonathan is the long-term adviser to Silicon Valley-based Accel on its investments in Australasia including in respect of its A$128m investment in online accounting software maker Xero, its $US35m investment in Invoice2go and in respect of its investment in OzForex.
  • Macquarie Group: Jonathan advised Macquarie in relation to its investment in Nuix.
  • Oneview Healthcare: Jonathan advised multi-national healthcare technology company Oneview Healthcare on its 2016 IPO and ASX listing (the first Irish company to list on the ASX).
  • Bravura Solutions Limited: Jonathan advised Bravura in relation to the A$170m take private of minority interests in Bravura by private equity fund Ironbridge Capital.
  • MySale Group: Jonathan advised on MySale on its acquisition of Grays Online's retail business in 2016, and also on its recent successful £340m initial public offering and listing on AIM on the London Stock Exchange and pre-IPO investment by Sir Philip Green's Shelton Capital.
  • ICM Airport: Jonathan advised ICM on its acquisition of Vedaleon Technologies, an aviation software solutions provider.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised Salmat on its recent unwritten rights issue in connection with its acquisition of MicroSourcing International.
  • Booktopia: Jonathan advised Booktopia on its strategic and corporate finance needs including its recent restructuring and its acquisition of Angus & Robertson and Bookworld from Penguin Random House.
  • Ingram Micro Inc.: Jonathan advised NYSE listed Ingram Micro Inc on its A$700m competitive trade acquisition of Tech Pacific from CVC Asia Pacific.

Financial Services

  • InLoop Pty Ltd: Advised InLoop, and its major shareholder Macquarie, on the strategic sale of its LanternPay digital payment claiming business to HICAPS, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank.
  • Greensill Capital (UK) Limited: Acted for Greensill Capital on its A$20 million purchase of 100% of the securities in on-demand wage product, Earnd Pty Ltd.
  • ColCap: Long term strategic adviser to ColCap including on its recent acquisition of Granite Home Loans.
  • RESIMAC: Jonathan advised RESIMAC, a leading non-bank financial institution specialising in originating, servicing and securitising mortgage assets, on its recent reverse scrip merger with Homeloans Limited, an ASX-listed entity, creating a combined $13bn Australian mortgage portfolio.
  • SFG Australia Limited: Jonathan advised SFG on its ~A$700m merger by scheme of arrangement with IOOF Holdings Limited, creating a A$2.5bn + financial services group and in respect of its scrip for scrip merger proposal for ASX listed Crowe Horwath as well as a number of strategic bolt-on acquisitions.
  • AMP Limited: Jonathan advised AMP on its A$14.6bn merger with AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited and the separation and sale of its Asian businesses to AXA SA ‒ one of Australia's the largest M&A transactions.
  • Macquarie Group: Jonathan advised Macquarie in relation to the acquisition of Woolworths white label credit card portfolio from HSBC Australia for over A$360m.
  • Macquarie Group: Jonathan advised Macquarie on a numbers of its strategic investments.

General Industrial

  • Marley Spoon AG: Jonathan advised Marley Spoon on its strategic partnership with Woolworths including a $30 million investment by Woolworths in Marley Spoon through debt and equity.
  • Xenith IP Group: Jonathan advised ASX-listed Xenith on its A$150m acquisition of patent attorney and law firm Griffith Hack, and Xenith's underwritten rights issue to fund the transaction ‒ completed in 2017. Generally, he advises Xenith on its corporate and strategic needs.
  • ABinBev: Jonathan is advising ABinBev on the Australian corporate aspects of its US$104bn merger with SABMiller.
  • Coca-Cola Amatil: Jonathan advised on the A$520m trade sale of CCA's South Korean business to LG Household & Healthcare.
  • Pacific Equity Partners (PEP): Jonathan advised PEP on its A$280m unsolicited take private proposal for Tassal Group Limited via a scheme of arrangement.
  • Nexans: Jonathan advised Paris Stock Exchange-listed Nexans on A$515m competitive trade acquisition of Olex Cables from Catalyst private equity funds and AMP.
  • Woolworths Limited: Jonathan acted on the A$380m acquisition by ALH Group (a joint venture between Woolworths and the Bruce Matheson Group) from funds managed by Catalyst and various management shareholders of Taverner Hotel Group.
  • Hugo Neu Corporation (HNC): Jonathan advised New York-based HNC on the over A$600m merger of its metal recycling operations with those of Sims Group Limited and on the subsequent sale of part of its stake to Mitsui Metals.
  • Boral: Jonathan acts for Boral on a number of strategic acquisitions.

Healthcare

  • Lorica Health Pty Limited: Jonathan advised Lorica Health on its acquisition by US-based healthcare analytics and technology company HMS.
  • Symbion Health: Jonathan advised on the A$2.5bn plus takeover bid for Symbion Health by Primary Health Care and the previous schemes of arrangement involving Healthscope and Ironbridge and Archer Capital.
  • Mayne Group: Jonathan advised Mayne on its A$813m competitive trade sale of 53 private hospitals across Australia and Indonesia to a consortium of private equity buyers including CVC Asia Pacific and Ironbridge.

Energy & Resources

  • Origin Energy: Jonathan advised Origin on its successful defence of a A$13.6bn hostile takeover bid by BG Group Plc.
  • Pacific Road Private Equity: Jonathan advises Pacific Road on a range of matters including in relation to its equity and PIPES investment in various ASX-listed mining and resources entities.

Real estate

  • Tasmanian Land Co & VDL: Jonathan advised Tasmanian Land Co and a New Zealand government entity in relation to the A$250m+ sale of Tasmanian dairy farming assets of Van Diemen's Land Company to an offshore acquirer including in respect of FIRB matters.
  • China Investment Corporation (CIC): Jonathan advised CIC on its successful A$2.45bn bid for the Investa property portfolio.
  • Brookfield: Jonathan advised Brookfield on its successful A$480m takeover bid for Thakral Holdings Group and the acquisition of 100% of KPMG Tower following the takeover of CPA by Dexus / CPPIB.
  • China Investment Corporation (CIC): Jonathan advised CIC, as a consortium member, in relation to the consortium's A$1.4bn acquisition of ING Industrial Fund by scheme of arrangement.

See Corporate / M&A

Mergers and Acquisitions

Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment & Technology (TMET)

  • InLoop Pty Ltd:I Advised InLoop, and its major shareholder Macquarie, on the strategic sale of its LanternPay digital payment claiming business to HICAPS, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank.
  • Idera, Inc:Advised on the acquisition of Yellowfin International, an embedded data analytics and business intelligence platform for augmented business users and developers.
  • Songtradr: Adviser to Songtradr on strategic matters and M&A including its investments in Jaxsta and SongZu.
  • ColCap: Long term strategic adviser to ColCap including on its recent acquisition of Granite Home Loans.
  • Nuix Limited: Jonathan acted for Nuix Limited on its dual track M&A and IPO process.
  • TA Associates: Jonathan acted for TA Associates on its acquisition of ANIXIS.
  • Lorica Health Pty Limited: Jonathan advised Lorica Health on its acquisition by US-based healthcare analytics and technology company HMS.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised on the sale of its Marketing Solutions business to IVE Group Limited.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised on the sale of its MircoSourcing business to Probe BPO Holdings Pty Ltd.
  • Insightsoftware: Jonathan advised Insightsoftware, a portfolio company of TA Associates on the acquisition of Excel4Apps, a leading provider of Microsoft Excel-based reporting software for Oracle E-business Suite and SAP.
  • Investec: Jonathan advised in relation to its strategic acquisition of TMET assets including Uber adjacent business Splend.
  • Mathspace: Jonathan is acting for Mathspace in connection with its successful tender in 2017 to provide a digital maths teaching platform to Hong Kong public schools.
  • NGA Human Resources/Goldman Sachs: Jonathan advised NGA, a Goldman Sachs backed multi-national SaaS HR and payroll solutions provider, on the sale of its ANZ business to Ascender, valuing the combined business at A$500m ‒ completed in 2017.
  • WiseTech Global: Jonathan advised logistics SaaS provider WiseTech on its IPO (valuing the company at over A$1.4 bn) and its pre-IPO round of equity and debt raising (including with Fidelity Investments). He also advised WiseTech on its recent acquisition of Cargo Community Network Australia.
  • amaysim: Jonathan advised mobile virtual network operator amaysim Australia on its strategic review resulting in its IPO and ASX listing, giving it a market capitalisation of A$350m its novel tender block trade process. He's also advised it on its recent M&A activity, including its acquisitions of a Queensland-based MVNO and AusBBS broadband network solutions provider.
  • OFX Group Limited: Jonathan advised OzForex in relation to the ~A$900m unsolicited takeover approach by Western Union, on its dual track trade sale / IPO process, and on its ongoing strategic and corporate needs.
  • Accel Partners: Jonathan is the long-term adviser to Silicon Valley-based Accel on its investments in Australasia including in respect of its A$128m investment in online accounting software maker Xero, its $US35m investment in Invoice2go and in respect of its investment in OzForex.
  • Macquarie Group: Jonathan advised Macquarie in relation to its investment in Nuix.
  • Bravura Solutions Limited: Jonathan advised Bravura in relation to the A$170m take private of minority interests in Bravura by private equity fund Ironbridge Capital.
  • MySale Group: Jonathan advised on MySale on its acquisition of Grays Online's retail business in 2016, and also on its recent successful £340m initial public offering and listing on AIM on the London Stock Exchange and pre-IPO investment by Sir Philip Green's Shelton Capital.
  • ICM Airport: Jonathan advised ICM on its acquisition of Vedaleon Technologies, an aviation software solutions provider.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised Salmat on its recent unwritten rights issue in connection with its acquisition of MicroSourcing International.
  • Booktopia: Jonathan advised Booktopia on its strategic and corporate finance needs including its recent restructuring and its acquisition of Angus & Robertson and Bookworld from Penguin Random House.
  • Ingram Micro Inc.: Advised NYSE listed Ingram Micro Inc on its A$700m competitive trade acquisition of Tech Pacific from CVC Asia Pacific.

Financial Services

  • Greensill Capital (UK) Limited: Acted for Greensill Capital on its A$20 million purchase of 100% of the securities in on-demand wage product, Earnd Pty Ltd.
  • RESIMAC: Advised RESIMAC, a leading non-bank financial institution specialising in originating, servicing and securitising mortgage assets, on its recent reverse scrip merger with Homeloans Limited, an ASX-listed entity, creating a combined $13bn Australian mortgage portfolio.
  • SFG Australia Limited: Advised SFG on its ~A$700m merger by scheme of arrangement with IOOF Holdings Limited, creating a A$2.5bn + financial services group and in respect of its scrip for scrip merger proposal for ASX listed Crowe Horwath as well as a number of strategic bolt-on acquisitions.
  • AMP Limited: Advised AMP on its A$14.6bn merger with AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited and the separation and sale of its Asian businesses to AXA SA ‒ one of Australia's the largest M&A transactions.
  • Macquarie Group: Advised Macquarie in relation to the acquisition of Woolworths white label credit card portfolio from HSBC Australia for over A$360m.
  • Macquarie Group: Advised Macquarie on a numbers of its strategic investments.

General Industrial

  • Marley Spoon AG: Jonathan advised Marley Spoon on its strategic partnership with Woolworths including a $30 million investment by Woolworths in Marley Spoon through debt and equity.
  • Xenith IP Group: Jonathan advised ASX-listed Xenith on its A$150m acquisition of patent attorney and law firm Griffith Hack, and Xenith's underwritten rights issue to fund the transaction ‒ completed in 2017. Generally, he advises Xenith on its corporate and strategic needs.
  • ABinBev: Advising ABinBev on the Australian corporate aspects of its US$104bn merger with SABMiller.
  • Coca-Cola Amatil: Advised on the A$520m trade sale of CCA's South Korean business to LG Household & Healthcare.
  • Pacific Equity Partners (PEP): advised PEP on its A$280m unsolicited take private proposal for Tassal Group Limited via a scheme of arrangement.
  • Nexans: advised Paris Stock Exchange listed Nexans on A$515m competitive trade acquisition of Olex Cables from and Catalyst private equity funds and AMP.
  • Woolworths Limited: acted on the A$380m acquisition by ALH Group (a joint venture between Woolworths and the Bruce Matheson Group) from funds managed by Catalyst and various management shareholders of Taverner Hotel Group.
  • Hugo Neu Corporation (HNC): advised New York-based HNC on the over A$600m merger of its metal recycling operations with those of Sims Group Limited and on the subsequent sale of part of its stake to Mitsui Metals.

Healthcare

  • Lorica Health Pty Limited: Jonathan advised Lorica Health on its acquisition by US-based healthcare analytics and technology company HMS.
  • Symbion Health: Advised on the A$2.5bn plus takeover bid for Symbion Health by Primary Health Care and the previous schemes of arrangement involving Healthscope and Ironbridge and Archer Capital.
  • Mayne Group: Advised Mayne on its A$813m competitive trade sale of 53 private hospitals across Australia and Indonesia to a consortium of private equity buyers including CVC Asia Pacific and Ironbridge.

Energy & Resources

  • Origin Energy: Advised Origin on its successful defence of a A$13.6bn hostile takeover bid by BG Group Plc.
  • Pacific Road Private Equity: Advise Pacific Road on a range of matters including in relation to its equity and PIPES investment in various ASX-listed mining and resources entities.

Real estate

  • Tasmanian Land Co & VDL: Advised Tasmanian Land Co and a New Zealand government entity in relation to the A$250m+ sale of Tasmanian dairy farming assets of Van Diemen's Land Company to an offshore acquirer including in respect of FIRB matters.
  • China Investment Corporation (CIC): Advised CIC on its successful A$2.45bn bid for the Investa property portfolio.
  • Brookfield: Advised Brookfield in relation to its successful A$480m takeover bid for Thakral Holdings Group and in respect of the acquisition of 100% of KPMG Tower following the takeover of CPA by Dexus / CPPIB.
  • China Investment Corporation (CIC): Advised CIC, as a consortium member, in relation to the consortium's A$1.4bn acquisition of ING Industrial Fund by scheme of arrangement.

See Mergers and Acquisitions

Telecommunications, Media and Technology

  • Songtradr: Adviser to Songtradr on strategic matters and M&A including its investments in Jaxsta and SongZu.
  • InLoop Pty Ltd:Advised InLoop, and its major shareholder Macquarie, on the strategic sale of its LanternPay digital payment claiming business to HICAPS, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank.
  • Idera, Inc: Advised on the acquisition of Yellowfin International, an embedded data analytics and business intelligence platform for augmented business users and developers.
  • Nuix Limited: Jonathan acted for Nuix Limited on its dual track M&A and IPO process.
  • TA Associates: Jonathan acted for TA Associates on its acquisition of ANIXIS.
  • Lorica Health Pty Limited: Jonathan advised Lorica Health on its acquisition by US-based healthcare analytics and technology company HMS.
  • Tyro Payments: Jonathan advised Tyro on its IPO and listing on the ASX with a market capitalisation of A$1.36 billion. Tyro was the largest and most anticipated float of 2019.
  • Fineos Corporation: Jonathan advised Fineos Corporation on its IPO and listing on the ASX with a market capitalisation of A$661 million upon listing, this is the largest foreign technology company to list on the ASX to date.
  • Limeade, Inc.: Jonathan advised in relation to its IPO and listing of CDIs on the ASX.
  • Insightsoftware: Advised Insightsoftware, a portfolio company of TA Associates on the acquisition of Excel4Apps, a leading provider of Microsoft Excel-based reporting software for Oracle E-business Suite and SAP.
  • Investec: Jonathan advised Investec in relation to its strategic acquisition of TMET assets including Uber adjacent business Splend.
  • Mathspace: Jonathan is acting for Mathspace in connection with its successful tender in 2017 to provide a digital maths teaching platform to Hong Kong public schools.
  • NGA Human Resources/Goldman Sachs: Jonathan advised NGA, a Goldman Sachs backed multi-national SaaS HR and payroll solutions provider, on the sale of its ANZ business to Ascender, valuing the combined business at A$500m ‒ completed in 2017.
  • WiseTech Global: Jonathan advised logistics SaaS provider WiseTech on its IPO valuing the company at over A$1.4bn and in respect of its pre-IPO round of equity and debt raising (including with Fidelity Investments) and in respect of its recent acquisition of Cargo Community Network Australia.
  • amaysim: Jonathan advised mobile virtual network operator amaysim Australia on its strategic review resulting in its IPO and ASX listing, giving it a market capitalisation of A$350m its novel tender block trade process and in respect of its recent M&A activity including its acquisitions of a Queensland based MVNO and AusBBS broadband network solutions provider.
  • OzForex Group Limited: Jonathan advised OzForex in relation to the ~A$900m unsolicited takeover approach by Western Union, on its dual track trade sale / IPO process and in respect of its ongoing strategic and corporate needs.
  • Accel Partners: Jonathan is the long-term adviser to Silicon Valley-based Accel on its investments in Australasia including in respect of its A$128m investment in online accounting software maker Xero, its $US35m investment in Invoice2go and in respect of its investment in OzForex.
  • Macquarie Group: Jonathan advised Macquarie in relation to its investment in Nuix.
  • Oneview Healthcare: Jonathan advised multi-national healthcare technology company Oneview Healthcare on its 2016 IPO and ASX listing (the first Irish company to list on the ASX).
  • Bravura Solutions Limited: Jonathan advised Bravura in relation to the A$170m take private of minority interests in Bravura by private equity fund Ironbridge Capital.
  • MySale Group: Jonathan advised on MySale on its acquisition of Grays Online's retail business in 2016, and also on its recent successful £340m initial public offering and listing on AIM on the London Stock Exchange and pre-IPO investment by Sir Philip Green's Shelton Capital.
  • ICM Airport: Jonathan advised ICM on its acquisition of Vedaleon Technologies, an aviation software solutions provider.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised Salmat on its recent unwritten rights issue in connection with its acquisition of MicroSourcing International.
  • Booktopia: Jonathan advised Booktopia on its strategic and corporate finance needs including its recent restructuring and its acquisition of Angus & Robertson and Bookworld from Penguin Random House.
  • Ingram Micro Inc.: Advised NYSE listed Ingram Micro Inc on its A$700m competitive trade acquisition of Tech Pacific from CVC Asia Pacific.

See Telecommunications, Media and Technology

Equity Capital Markets / IPOs

  • Nuix Limited: Jonathan acted for Nuix Limited on its dual track M&A and IPO process.
  • Tyro Payments: Jonathan advised Tyro on its IPO and listing on the ASX with a market capitalisation of A$1.36 billion. Tyro was the largest and most anticipated float of 2019.
  • Fineos Corporation: Jonathan advised Fineos Corporation on its IPO and listing on the ASX with a market capitalisation of A$661 million upon listing, this is the largest foreign technology company to list on the ASX to date.
  • Limeade, Inc.: Jonathan advised in relation to its IPO and listing of CDIs on the ASX.
  • SpotCap: Jonathan advised Fintech leader SpotCap on the establishment of its 2017 funding lines from NZX-listed bank Heartland.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised Salmat on its recent unwritten rights issue in connection with its acquisition of MicroSourcing International.
  • Booktopia: Jonathan advised Booktopia on its strategic and corporate finance needs including its recent restructuring and its acquisition of Angus & Robertson and Bookworld from Penguin Random House.
  • Oneview Healthcare: Jonathan advised multi-national healthcare technology company Oneview Healthcare on its 2016 IPO and ASX listing (the first Irish company to list on the ASX).
  • Marley Spoon AG: Jonathan advised Marley Spoon on its funding round of US$11.4 million with two funds affiliated with US-based venture capital firm Union Square Ventures (USV), initially in the form of a bridging loan facility.
  • Xenith IP Group: Jonathan advised ASX-listed Xenith on its A$150m acquisition of patent attorney and law firm Griffith Hack, and Xenith's underwritten rights issue to fund the transaction ‒ completed in 2017. Generally, he advises Xenith on its corporate and strategic needs.
  • WiseTech Global: Jonathan advised logistics SaaS provider WiseTech on its IPO valuing the company at over A$1.4bn and in respect of its pre-IPO round of equity and debt raising (including with Fidelity Investments) and in respect of its recent acquisition of Cargo Community Network Australia.
  • Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised Salmat on its recent unwritten rights issue in connection with its acquisition of MicroSourcing International.
  • amaysim: Jonathan advised mobile virtual network operator amaysim Australia on its strategic review resulting in its IPO and ASX listing, giving it a market capitalisation of A$350m its novel tender block trade process and in respect of its recent M&A activity including its acquisitions of a Queensland based MVNO and AusBBS broadband network solutions provider.
  • OFX Group: Jonathan advised OFX in relation to the ~A$900m unsolicited takeover approach by Western Union, on its dual track trade sale / IPO process, and on its ongoing strategic and corporate needs.
  • MySale Group: Jonathan advised on MySale on its acquisition of Grays Online's retail business in 2016, and also on its recent successful £340m initial public offering and listing on AIM on the London Stock Exchange and pre-IPO investment by Sir Philip Green's Shelton Capital.

See Equity Capital Markets/ IPOs

Digital Economy

InLoop Pty Ltd: Advised InLoop, and its major shareholder Macquarie, on the strategic sale of its LanternPay digital payment claiming business to HICAPS, a subsidiary of National Australia Bank.

Songtradr: Adviser to Songtradr on strategic matters and M&A including its investments in Jaxsta and SongZu.

Idera, Inc: Advised on the acquisition of Yellowfin International, an embedded data analytics and business intelligence platform for augmented business users and developers.

TA Associates: Jonathan acted for TA Associates on its acquisition of ANIXIS.

Lorica Health Pty Limited: Jonathan advised Lorica Health on its acquisition by US-based healthcare analytics and technology company HMS.

Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised on the sale of its Marketing Solutions business to IVE Group Limited.

Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised on the sale of its MircoSourcing business to Probe BPO Holdings Pty Ltd.

Insightsoftware: Jonathan advised Insightsoftware, a portfolio company of TA Associates on the acquisition of Excel4Apps, a leading provider of Microsoft Excel-based reporting software for Oracle E-business Suite and SAP.

WiseTech Global: Jonathan advised logistics SaaS provider WiseTech on its IPO (valuing the company at over A$1.4 bn) and its pre-IPO round of equity and debt raising (including with Fidelity Investments). He also advised WiseTech on its recent acquisition of Cargo Community Network Australia.

amaysim: Jonathan advised mobile virtual network operator amaysim Australia on its strategic review resulting in its IPO and ASX listing, giving it a market capitalisation of A$350m its novel tender block trade process. He's also advised it on its recent M&A activity, including its acquisitions of a Queensland-based MVNO and AusBBS broadband network solutions provider.

OFX Group Limited: Jonathan advised OzForex in relation to the ~A$900m unsolicited takeover approach by Western Union, on its dual track trade sale / IPO process, and on its ongoing strategic and corporate needs.

Accel Partners: Jonathan is the long-term adviser to Silicon Valley-based Accel on its investments in Australasia including in respect of its A$128m investment in online accounting software maker Xero, its $US35m investment in Invoice2go and in respect of its investment in OzForex.

Macquarie Group: Jonathan advised Macquarie in relation to its investment in Nuix.

Salmat Limited: Jonathan advised Salmat on its recent unwritten rights issue in connection with its acquisition of MicroSourcing International.

Ingram Micro Inc.: Advised NYSE listed Ingram Micro Inc on its A$700m competitive trade acquisition of Tech Pacific from CVC Asia Pacific.

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