Allens

Marc Kemp

Partner since 2012
LLB (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Sydney | +61 2 9230 4991
Marc.Kemp@allens.com.au
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Marc specialises in funds management and financial services regulation. He was previously a partner with Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, one of South Africa's largest law firms.

In recent years Marc has acted on several significant funds-related transactions, including:

• the sale of the Westpac Office Trust to the Mirvac Group by way of a trust scheme of arrangement;
• The DUET Group's 2011 portfolio asset swaps and 2009 and 2011 capital raisings;
• The GPT Group's disposal of its interests in the US component of its joint venture with Babcock & Brown, and the restructure, and distribution in specie, of its interests in the European component of the joint venture;
• The GPT Group's 2009 capital raising of A$1.2 billion capital raising;
• the acquisition of Charter Hall Office REIT by the consortium comprising an affiliate of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada and a member of the Charter Hall Group; and
• the investment by a listed South African financial services group of stakes in Australian financial services firms.

Marc is a member of the regulatory committee of the Australian chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association.

Marc has been recognised in Chambers Global Legal Guide.