Overview
Stephanie has over 25 years' experience advising on private and public mergers and acquisitions, restructures and demergers, equity capital market transactions, governance and Listing Rule and Corporations Law compliance.
Stephanie has a reputation for commercial and strategic advice, effective transaction execution and excellent legal project management skills in complex commercial transactions. Clients testify to her ""ability to deliver reliable, outstanding results time and time again, regardless of the time pressures. Her advice demonstrates her aptitude to think commercially and with the precision and clarity that is second to none, and in our view sets her above the pack for other legal providers in this market."" (Client quote, 2018)
This year Stephanie was recognised as Brisbane Corporate Lawyer of the Year and Lawyer of the Year - Capital Markets and as a Best Lawyer in Mergers and Acquisitions since 2013 in the peer reviewed “Best Lawyers” publication. Having recently been involved as a non-executive director of the ASX 300 company while it was the subject of a hostile takeover bid and as a former member of the Takeovers Panel, Stephanie is unique in that she has experience in acting as legal adviser, a regulator and a non-executive director in M&A transactions.
Stephanie is National Practice Group Leader – Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets.