Mark Malinas
Clayton Utz
Mark is an excellent legal and commercial operator. He's constantly thinking about the client, the matter and how he can add value.
– Chambers Asia Pacific
With more than 20 years’ experience, Mark is one of Australia’s leading private equity lawyers. He is Head of Private Equity at Clayton Utz.
He advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity buyouts and exits, corporate governance, board advisory matters, and securities law, with deep expertise in both domestic and cross-border transactions.
Mark is widely recognised as a leading lawyer in his field, with accolades from prominent legal directories including Chambers Asia-Pacific and IFLR1000.
Before joining Clayton Utz, Mark held several leadership roles at a major law firm, including Co-Head of Private Equity and, serving on the firm’s board for 10 years.
* Private Capital
InfraRed Capital Partners: on the sale of a 100% interest in the Curtin University Student Accommodation project to Infranexus, a firm owned by IFM Investors.
LK Group: on the sale of the Tasmanian Jack Jumpers to Altor Capital.
Livingbridge: on the competitive auction process and ultimate sale of a majority stake in Waste Services Group to Carlyle.
ISPT: on the merger of asset managers IFM Investors and ISPT.
TA Associates: acquisition of insurance broking business Honan Insurance Group and the subsequent auction process and disposal to Marsh McLennan.
Vodafone NZ Towers: advising private capital firms InfraRed Capital Partners and Northleaf Capital Partners on the acquisition of an 80% interest in Vodafone NZ's passive mobile tower assets.
Perfection Fresh: advising private equity sponsor Equilibrium Capital led consortium on the acquisition of a majority interest in Australian agribusiness Perfection Fresh.
QIC Private Equity: on its acquisition of Evolution Healthcare.
Livingbridge: advising global private equity sponsor Livingbridge on the acquisition of Waste Services Group from The Riverside Company, The Silverfern Group and other shareholders.
TPG Asia: advising portfolio company Pathology Asia Holdings on the acquisition of TissuPath.
Livingbridge: advising global private equity sponsor Livingbridge on the acquisition of Australia's largest teleradiology provider, Everlight Radiology, from Intermediate Capital Group.
Hg Capital: advising portfolio company Litera, Inc on its acquisition of software business DocsCorp.
Hg Capital: on minority investment in Hyperion Insurance Group.
Advent International: advising portfolio company TSG on the bolt-on acquisition of MyXplor.
Advent International: advising on acquisition of payment systems business Transaction Services Group.
TPG Asia: acquisition of pathology business Safe Work Laboratories.
* Corporates
Australian Unity: on various transactions including the sale of Australian Unity Investments Ltd, the manager of the Property Income Fund, to Newmark Property Group and the acquisition of independent living and aged care provider Greengate.
National Basketball League: on investment in the Womens NBL.
Canva Inc: on the acquisition of generative ai business Leonardo.ai.
Experian: advising LSE-listed Experian plc on the acquisition of illion from Archer Capital.
David Jones: advising Woolworths SA on the sale of David Jones to Anchorage Capital Partners.
Seasons Ranch: advising Deloitte on the sale of an organic egg farm business out of receivership.
Foresight Group: advising LSE-listed Foresight on the acquisition of Infrastructure Capital Holdings, a specialist infrastructure manager.
Mitsubishi Corp: on its investment in acquiring a 40% stake in Australian Integrated Carbon Pty Ltd, a carbon farming developer.
Vocus Group: on take-private proposal from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Holdings and Aware Super and agreed scheme of arrangement.
QAF Ltd: on the sale of its Australian primary production businesses Rivalea and Oxdale Dairy to JBS.
Experian: on acquisition of Australian fintech Look Who's Charging.
LifX: sale of Australian and US tech business to ASX-listed Buddy Platform.
Bulletproof Networks: response to takeover bid by Macquarie Telecom, Takeovers Panel proceedings and merger with AC3 by way of scheme of arrangement.
Australia Post: advising the Board on its response to an investigation into the proper use of public resources conducted by the Shareholder Ministers.
Coles: demerger from Wesfarmers.
Freudenberg: acquisition of the Oates janitorial business from GUD Holdings.
Australia Post: acquisition of Mail Call Couriers from Aramex.
Australia Post: global e-commerce joint venture with Dubai headquartered logistics operator, Aramex and transfer of Star Track International to the joint venture.
Vocus Communications: $807 million acquisition of the telecommunications infrastructure assets of Nextgen and associated $652 million equity capital raising.
M2 Group: merger with Vocus Communications Ltd by scheme of arrangement.
iSelect: takeover of ASX-listed Infochoice.
* Experience prior to joining Clayton Utz