Cynthia Sica
Leading Practitioner in franchise law in both Australian and Global Editions
November 2024
SBA Law, Richard Moshinsky, Steven Casper and Joshua Heard
Leading Corporate and Leading Business and Commercial Law Firms and Lawyers, Victoria
October 2024
Acting for IonOpticks, a leading global producer of high-performance chromatography columns, on its partnership with Nordic private equity firm Adelis Equity Partners.
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September 2024
Acting for Sequana, a leading water engineering and advisory business, on the sale of a majority interest to Pemba Capital Partners.
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Acting for US based Hussey Seating Company in its acquisition of select assets of Camatic Seating, an Australian based industry leader in the design, manufacture and installation of seating for stadiums and arenas.
July 2024
Acting for Merricks Capital (a prominent Melbourne based private lender) and its shareholders in relation to the $235 million sale of Merricks Capital to Regal Partners Limited.
SBA Law and Sam Bond
Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firms and Lawyers, Victoria
Australian legal counsel to Riskonnect, a world leader in integrated risk management solutions, in relation to its acquisition of Camms, a leading provider of enterprise cloud-based software for governance, risk and compliance.
June 2024
Acting for the Montague Group (Australian Fruit Supplier) and its shareholders in relation to the sale of the Montague Group to Pomona Valley, a subsidiary of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
SBA Law, Sam Bond and Andrew Green
Leading Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law Firms and Lawyers, Victoria
Advising the shareholders of The Lumery (a leading Melbourne-based martech consultancy) on its sale to Accenture.
May 2024
Acting for the Barro Group (a leading independent supplier and distributor of premixed concrete, quarry products and a range of associated products) in their partnership with CRH Group to privatise Adbri Limited by way of a Scheme of Arrangement.
March 2024
Acting for GlobeWest (a leading supplier of designer furniture to the Australian interiors industry) and its shareholders in the sale of an interest to Next Capital Private Equity.
Advising Payapps and Australian pension fund owned global institutional asset manager IFM Investors on the sale of global construction payment management solutions business Payapps to Nasdaq-listed multinational software company Autodesk.
The acquisition of AKIPS (a Brisbane-based network monitoring solutions company) by Tufin, a leader in network and cloud security policy automation owned by US based software-focused investment firm Turn/River Capital.
February 2024
Advising Roller (an all-in-one cloud based venue management software solution built for attraction businesses) on its US$50m funding round led by global software investor, Insight Partners.
January 2024
John Darmanin
December 2023
SBA Law, Jeremy Rosenthal, Richard Moshinsky, Steven Casper and Joshua Heard
August 2023
The sale of leading Australian virtual corporate services firm, The CFO Solution, to Acclime Australia, to become part of Acclime’s global professional services group.
SBA Law acted on the sell-side of the recently announced transaction where REA Group moved to 100% ownership of CampaignAgent (a fintech company and market leader for vendor paid advertising and home preparation finance). The transaction completed in July 2023.
In implementing the transaction, the SBA team of Steven Casper and Dave Szental together with Josh Heard worked closely with the founders of the business and the management team.
July 2023
Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Firms and Lawyers, Victoria
June 2023
The sale of SoundBay (the parent company of Store DJ and Mannys Music) to Australis Music Group.
December 2022
The sale of StrangeLove (one of Australia’s fastest growing premium beverages companies that was founded in Byron Bay in 2013 with a view to revolutionising the Australian soft drink market with eclectic, sophisticated flavours and local ingredients) to Asahi Beverages.
October 2022
The sale by Midway Limited (ASX:MWY) of its 17,000 hectare plantation estate to the Munich Re Group. This transaction included the design and implementation of a binding contractual framework for the additional investment of AUD$200 million in land to be purchased for the development of new hardwood plantations in Victoria.
The sale of Compass Medical Group to Partnered Health (controlled by Quadrant Private Equity).
The sale of Compare Club, one of Australia’s largest price comparison businesses with coverage stretching across health and life insurance, utilities, mortgages, car financing and personal loans, to independent private equity firm Next Capital.
Defended a complex, litigation funded class action on behalf of Pitcher Partners through 8 weeks of trial. The proceeding involved complex auditing and accounting issues and was satisfactorily settled after trial and before judgment was delivered. Hall v Pitcher Partners (a firm) [2022] FCA 1524.
The sale of Mojo Motorcycles and Mojo Electric Vehicles (one of Australia’s largest importers and wholesalers of motorcycles, genuine spare parts and accessories) to ASX-listed MotorCycle Holdings Limited for up to $60m.
David Szental
Corporate and Commercial Law Rising Stars, Victoria
September 2022
SBA Law, Richard Moshinsky, Jeremy Rosenthal and Steven Casper
Leading Business and Commercial Lawyers and Leading Corporate Law Firms and Lawyers, Victoria
August 2022
The sale of Transpire Technology Pty Ltd (technology partner to some of Australia’s most innovative organisations which delivers digital experiences with a design-led, mobile-first, cloud-native approach) to CI&T (NYSE: CINT). CI&T is a global digital specialist and a partner in end-to-end digital transformation.
Taylor Elterman
Commercial Litigation and Insolvency Law Rising Stars, Victoria
July 2022
Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Law Firms and Lawyers, Victoria
June 2022
Exclusive winner in the Franchise category for Australia
The sale of a controlling interest in Australian air conditioning company Australian Airconditioning Distributors Pty Ltd and HVAC Consolidated Pty Ltd to Beijer Ref AB (publ) (OM:BEIJ B).
March 2022
The sale of industry-leading real estate customer relationship management solution provider, Box+Dice, to MRO Software, a global leader in real estate software with an extensive PropTech portfolio.
September 2021
Advising MaxCap Group (a leading Australasian CRE financier and fund manager) and its founders on the acquisition of up to a 50% equity stake in MaxCap Group by clients managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc (NYSE: APO).
Advising SEEK Investments on its $40m investment in Hireup, an online platform for National Disability Insurance Scheme participants to enable them to find, hire and manage support workers.
August 2021
July 2021
The sale of OpenCities Pty Ltd to Granicus (backed by Vista Equity Partners and Harvest Partners), a leading provider of cloud-based civic engagement technologies and services for the public sector. OpenCities is an Australian govtech innovator and the public sector’s leading digital customer journey platform that helps local governments transform their websites, digital forms and service delivery experiences.
June 2021
Advising DWS (ASX:DWS) on its scheme of arrangement pursuant to which HCL Australia Services acquired all of the issued shares in DWS for in excess of $150m.
April 2021
The merger of independent Australian fund manager Yarra Capital Management and the Australian business of global funds management group Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd to create one of Australia’s largest independently owned Australian funds management businesses, with approx. A$20b of funds under management.
Advising RXP Services (ASX:RXP) on its scheme of arrangement pursuant to which Capgemini Australia acquired all of the issued shares in RXP.
March 2021
Successfully opposed an application in the Supreme Court of Victoria for directions by the liquidator of APCHL pursuant to ss 90-15 and 90-20 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations). The liquidators sought to implement a proposal allowing them to admit a “global proof of debt” treating all Eligible Unitholder Claims as unsecured claims with a value of $1 per unit held, rather than considering individual proofs of debts on their own merits. Australian Property Custodian Holdings Ltd (In Liq), Re [2021] VSC 51.
February 2021
The sale of Australian Biotechnologies, a specialist in allograft tissue processing, to Lifehealthcare (owned by Pacific Equity Partners).
December 2020
Advising Payapps Limited (previously Zuuse Limited), a global provider of construction payment management Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to the global construction and building operations sector, in relation to a significant minority investment in the company by IFM Investors (through its new private equity growth fund) together with a co-investment by Leigh Jasper.
November 2020
The sale of Premier Technologies’ market leading payment platforms including MerchantSuite to Linkly (backed by technology-focused private equity firm, Potentia Capital).
October 2020
Advising Breville Group (ASX:BRG) on its $94m institutional placement and share purchase plan underwritten by Goldman Sachs and UBS, which included an institutional offer undertaken in the US.
June 2020
Advising The Reject Shop (ASX:TRS) on its traditional non-renounceable rights issue which raised $25M and was underwritten by Ord Minnett.
February 2020
The sale by the RIFA group of its Australian farmland portfolio.
December 2019 to October 2022
