Johnson Winter & Slattery (JWS) has a longstanding strength in M&A transactions and the energy and resources sector. "JWS often leverage their knowledge and experience of working with clients to provide commercially-targeted advice," says one client....
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Johnson Winter & Slattery (JWS) has a longstanding strength in M&A transactions and the energy and resources sector. "JWS often leverage their knowledge and experience of working with clients to provide commercially-targeted advice," says one client.
Last year saw JWS advise Abacus Property Group on a $190 million club facility. The refinancing of existing single bank facilities consisted of securing over different ring fenced security pools, with a club facility plus one cross-collateralised security pool.
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Johnson Winter & Slattery is the principal finance advisers to Envestra, Abacus Property Group, Gerard Lighting Group, SEA Gas and OneSteel. Other finance clients include Australand Holdings and Cochlear....
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Johnson Winter & Slattery is the principal finance advisers to Envestra, Abacus Property Group, Gerard Lighting Group, SEA Gas and OneSteel. Other finance clients include Australand Holdings and Cochlear.
"We find the turnaround time to our inquiries and instruction is very quick. It is proactive in proposing practical legal solutions and has kept abreast of key legislative changes", comments a client.
Last year the firm acted for the Gerard Lighting Group in negotiation with its bank to restructure the Group and implement a A$127 million ($137 million) refinancing facility for the purpose of the group's IPO.
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A client picks out Damien Reichel of Johnson Winter & Slattery "as a person who has a very strong background in M&A. Completed transactions against them and with them for over 20 years and so I know that he's a very good practitioner and maybe near the top of Australia in this practice....
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A client picks out Damien Reichel of Johnson Winter & Slattery "as a person who has a very strong background in M&A. Completed transactions against them and with them for over 20 years and so I know that he's a very good practitioner and maybe near the top of Australia in this practice."
The firm advised global biopharmaceutical company and relationship client Cephalon on its strategic alliance with Mesoblast. Cephalon being granted exclusive world-wide rights to commercialise specific products based on Mesoblast's proprietary adult stem cell technology platform in exchange for an upfront payment of $130 million and agreement to regulatory milestone payments of up to $1.7 billion.
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A client of Johnson Winter & Slattery notes that "the principal reason that I would recommend both the firm as well as David Proudman is that the work was all based upon commercial practicalities." The same client continues the team has "very hands on, commercial, pro-active and well-structured"....
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A client of Johnson Winter & Slattery notes that "the principal reason that I would recommend both the firm as well as David Proudman is that the work was all based upon commercial practicalities." The same client continues the team has "very hands on, commercial, pro-active and well-structured".
Acting for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding the claims in compensation arising out of the Westpoint Group, four thousand investors suffered losses in excess of A$300 million ($323 million). ASIC commenced proceedings under legislative power in the name of Westpoint companies and on behalf of investors to seek compensation for the losses suffered. The team acted for ASIC in litigation commenced in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria against the directors and auditors of the companies concerned.
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