About Adrian Amer
Adrian specialises in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and corporate advisory (listed and unlisted entities). Adrian is a core member of Allens' equity capital markets and private capital working groups.
Adrian commenced his career in Australia and joined the Allens team in 2018 after a four-year stint in the United Kingdom, where he first studied at the University of Cambridge and then worked in London in the M&A and Capital Markets team of Slaughter and May. During that time, he also had the opportunity to work across Europe (including alongside Linklaters) as a consultant to Ørsted, Denmark's largest energy company and owner of the world's largest offshore wind farms.
M&A
Adrian’s relevant M&A experience includes advising:
- Symphony Infrastructure Partners – $488 million energy transition infrastructure equity investment and financing by Blackstone.
- AUB Group – acquisition by MGA of Whittles.
- AUB Group – acquisition of Pacific Indemnity.
- LOGOS – joint venture with Qube and National Intermodal Corporation in respect of the construction and operation of the interstate rail terminal at the $4.2 billion Moorebank Logistics Park.
- Malteries Soufflet – $1.5 billion proposed acquisition of United Malt Group by way of scheme of arrangement.
- Stonepeak Partners and Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund – consortium arrangements, acquisition of 19.9% interest in Genex Power and $350 million proposed acquisition of Genex Power by way of scheme of arrangement.
- AUB Group – up to $1.05 billion (comprising $880 million purchase price and up to $176 million deferred consideration) acquisition of Tysers Insurance Brokers, the London-based Lloyd's insurance broker.
- Australian Clinical Labs – investment in Geneseq, a leading biosciences cancer diagnostics business.
- Aliro Group – $403 million proposal to acquire to Australian Unity Office Fund by way of scheme of arrangement.
- Global Infrastructure Partners – acquisition by GIP of a 49% stake in Pluto Train 2 from Woodside with a $7.6 billion (US$5.6 billion) capital expenditure.
- AUB Group – acquisition of Strata Unit Underwriting Agency from IAG.
- Aristocrat – $5.0 billion recommended cash offer for Playtech plc.
- AUB Group – acquisition of SRS Broking.
- Class – $386 million takeover by HUB24 implemented by way of scheme of arrangement.
- AUB Group – acquisition of Vaughan & Monaghan.
- LOGOS – $7.04 billion (US$5.2 billion) acquisition of ARA Asset Management by ESR, consolidating the largest logistics real estate platform in Asia Pacific to create a platform with combined assets under management of US$129 billion.
- AUB Group – acquisition of iaAnyware.
- Global Infrastructure Partners – US$750 million investment into a newly established JV with TotalEnergies in relation to its interest in the Gladstone LNG Project downstream infrastructure facilities.
- LOGOS – the LOGOS consortium on the $1.67 billion acquisition of the warehousing and property components of Qube's Moorebank Logistics Park.
- Infratil – Powering Australia Renewables and Mercury NZ's NZ$2.7 billion takeover offer for Tilt Renewables.
- Global Infrastructure Partners – $3.3 billion acquisition of a 26.25% interest in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) common facilities from Shell.
- Stockland – establishment of a $1 billion logistics, industrial capital partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management.
- AUB Group – restructure of its underwriting agencies division and the acquisition of 360 Underwriting Solutions.
- LOGOS – $418 million sale of a portfolio of 5 east coast Australian industrial logistics properties to the Singaporean-listed ARA LOGOS REIT.
- AUB Group – acquisition of Experien Insurance.
- Aristocrat – various M&A matters, corporate governance and disclosure advice.
- Zenith Energy – the $250 million takeover by consortium comprising Pacific Equity Partners, OPTrust and ICG implemented by way of scheme of arrangement.
- LOGOS – sale of a majority stake to ARA Asset Management and sell down by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Real Estate.
- Qube – successful cash or scrip takeover bid of Chalmers Limited.
- AUB Group – proposed acquisition of Coverforce.
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board – sale of 25% stake in the $1.4 billion DP World Australia business to DP World and Corsair Capital.
- Sunsuper – various investment mandate and M&A matters.
- NSW Treasury Corporation – sale of its 25% stake in International Parking Group.
- China Communications Construction Company – foreign investment approval aspects of the acquisition by John Holland Group of assets of RCR Thomlinson Limited.
- TPG Capital – acquisition of Safe Work Laboratories by Pathology Asia Holdings.
- Ørsted – development of the Formosa I offshore wind farm.
- Ørsted – acquisition by Green Investment Group of a 25% stake in Westermost Rough wind farm from Marubeni Corporation.
- GoCompare Group – £460 million unsolicited takeover approach from ZPG plc.
- Arrow Global Group – acquisition of Mars Capital's Irish mortgage servicing business.
- UGL – $1.215 billion sale of its global property services business, DTZ.
Equity Capital Markets
Adrian’s relevant equity capital markets experience includes advising:
- Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, Truist Securities and William Blair – as joint book-running managers for the proposed IPO of Telix Pharmaceuticals.
- AUB Group – $200 million placement to fund the acquisition of Pacific Indemnity and future M&A and $25 million share purchase plan.
- Talga – $9.5 million placement and $5 million offer of new shares under prospectus.
- Jefferies – as lead manager and underwriter to Generation Development Group's $155 million entitlement offer to fund the $197 million acquisition of the remaining stake in Lonsec.
- Macquarie Capital – as lead manager to Cyclopharm's $20 million placement.
- Barrenjoey and Macquarie Capital – as joint lead managers and underwriters to Metcash's $300 million placement and share purchase plan to fund the acquisitions of Superior Food, Bianco and Alpine Truss.
- Morgans, National Australia Bank and E&P – as joint lead managers to Gryphon Capital Income Trust's $97.3 million entitlement and shortfall offer.
- Taylor Collinson, E&P, Morgans and Ord Minnett – as joint lead managers to Metrics Master Income Trust's $175 million placement and unit purchase plan.
- Macquarie Capital – as sole lead manager and underwriter to Karoon Energy's $480 million entitlement offer.
- Jeffries and Bell Potter – as joint lead managers and underwriters to Aeris Resources' $30 million entitlement offer.
- Macquarie Capital and Jarden – as joint lead managers and underwriters to 29Metals' $151 million entitlement offer.
- Morgan Stanley – as underwriter to Domino's Pizza Enterprises' dividend reinvestment plan.
- AUB Group – $150 million placement and $15 million share purchase plan.
- Aristocrat – $1.3 billion entitlement offer.
- AUB Group – $350 million entitlement offer.
- Qube – $500 million entitlement offer.
- Magellan Asset Management – $275 million offering and ASX listing of Magellan High Conviction Trust.
- esure Group – £302 million demerger and premium listing of Gocompare.com Group plc on the London Stock Exchange.
- The Commonwealth Government of Australia – $5.9 billion initial public offering and ASX listing of Medibank Private.
- Morgan Stanley – as sole lead manager and underwriter to National Storage REIT's $59 million placement and share purchase plan; as sole lead manager and underwriter to the $240 million initial public offering and ASX listing.
- Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS, ANZ Securities and Westpac Institutional – ANZ's $1 billion offer of Capital Notes 2 and concurrent CPS1 reinvestment offer.
- SG Fleet Group – $454 million initial public offering and ASX listing.
- Pact Group – restructuring aspects of $650 million initial public offering and ASX listing.
- ASX Limited – $553 million entitlement offer.