Rory Moriarty
Clayton Utz
He's very, very good; investment bankers regard him very highly.
– Chambers Asia Pacific
a public M&A guru with a great level of commerciality and a go-to lawyer on complex M&A questions, thanks to his ability to assess an issue quickly and provide a response
– Chambers and Partners
Rory is one of Australia's leading M&A lawyers. Rory's expertise covers a broad range of transactions, including Australian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and corporate structuring. He represents Australian and offshore major corporations as well as private capital investors. He regularly advises on Australian corporate law, including directors' and officers' responsibilities and duties and ASX Listing Rule issues and has had extensive dealings with Government and other regulatory bodies, including the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, the Foreign Investment Review Board, ASX, the Takeovers Panel and probity approvals.
Rory has been appointed by the Australian Government as a member of the Takeovers Panel since 2018, which oversees the conduct of M&A in Australia.
Rory is the National Practice Head of the Corporate M&A team. He is also, as Co-Head of International, responsible for our international firm relationships.
Corporate and M&A Experience:
Blackstone:
Advised Blackstone on its acquisition of Crown Resorts Limited by way of scheme of arrangement for A$8.9 billion, Blackstone's largest ever take private transaction in the southern hemisphere.
Advised Blackstone on the dual track disposal (simultaneous IPO and trade sale auction) of its Australian logistics portfolio, "Milestone". This transaction was ultimately executed as a A$3.8 billion trade sale to ESR Partnership.
Advised Blackstone on its A$590 million investment in carbon trading platform Xpansiv.
Advised on the acquisition of Student One, a student accommodation business operating in Brisbane.
Brookfield: Advising Brookfield private equity on its proposed dual track disposal of leading alternative asset manager La Trobe Financial.
Uniti Group Limited: Advised Uniti Group Limited on its contested take private by the consortium led by HRL Morrison & Co. and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners for A$3.4 billion.
Virgin Australia Holdings Limited: Advised on the sale of Virgin Australia to Bain Private Equity for A$3.5 billion.
MYOB: Advised MYOB on its take private by KKR by way of scheme of arrangement for A$2.2 billion.
Blackmores: Advised on the A$1.88 billion takeover of Blackmores by Kirin Holdings.
InvoCare Limited: Advised InvoCare Limited on its take private by TPG Capital by way of scheme of arrangement for A$1.8 billion.
Westpac Banking Corporation: Advised on the sale of its A$1.6 billion auto finance loan and lease portfolios to Resimac.
Macquarie Group Limited: Advised Macquarie on the A$8.2 billion purchase of ANZ's Esanda receivables business.