Shaun Clyne

Shaun Clyne has more than 25 years’ experience advising Australian and international public and private companies, private equity funds and financial institutions. I am regularly ranked as one of Australia’s leading mergers and acquisitions and capital markets lawyers by Chambers Global and Best Lawyers.

I regularly advise on public and private mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and secondary capital raisings, as well as all matters relating to foreign investment. I have also acted on numerous hostile and friendly takeover transactions and appeared in more than 15 proceedings before the Takeovers Panel.

My practice spans many industries including:

• technology media and telecom
• health and energy and resources.

• Rural Press Limited in relation to its merger with Fairfax Media Limited
• WPP plc in relation to the merger of its Australian portfolio with STW Communications
• L3 Technologies Inc on its acquisition of Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs
• Sonova AG on the Australian acquisitions of health care providers
• Lombard Insurance on the acquisition of Assetinsure
• Sedgman Limited on the acquisition by Cimic
• Industrea Limited on the acquisition by GE
• AXA Liabiliites Manager on the acquisition of the Australian subsidiaries of GLOBALE Ruckversicherungs AG
• WPP plc in connection with the disposal of its Australian Kantar business