About Elise Blume
Elise specialises in public M&A and general corporate advisory advice and has advised on a number of significant M&A transactions across the real estate, resources and energy sectors.
She advises large listed companies and private investors on public M&A control transactions, capital partnerships, listing rule compliance and corporate governance. She has particular experience across a range of complex public M&A matters, from takeover bids and defences to company and trust schemes of arrangement, appearances before the Takeovers Panel, shareholder activism situations and compulsory acquisition processes.
Elise's public market experience includes advising:
- XRG consortium: on its proposed acquisition by scheme of Santos for an implied equity value of $36.4bn
- AVJennings: on its response to the competing $391m takeover proposals from Ho Bee Land and AVID / Proprium Capital
- Livent Corporation: on the all-stock merger of equals with Allkem to form a leading $15.7bn global integrated lithium chemicals producer Arcadium Lithium
- Codelco: on the acquisition of Lithium Power International
- Brookfield on its proposed acquisition of the Energy Markets division of Origin Energy pursuant to an acquisition in consortium with EIG of Origin Energy for an implied enterprise value of A$18.7bn
- Warrego Energy: on its response to competing takeover bids from Hancock Energy, Beach Energy and Strike Resources
- Charter Hall: on the acquisition by trust scheme on behalf of Charter Hall and PGGM to acquire the Irongate Group
- Talon Energy: on its response to a proposed all scrip acquisition by Strike Energy by way of scheme of arrangement
- New Century Resources: on its response to a recommended off-market takeover bid by Sibanye-Stillwater
- Grok Ventures: on its acquisition of a combined relevant and economic interest of 11.27% in AGL through various equity derivative trades, its successful campaign against AGL's proposed demerger and its successful campaign to reconstitute the board of AGL
- Brookfield and Grok Ventures: on their proposed $9bn acquisition of AGL Energy by scheme of arrangement
- KKR, Ontario Teachers and PSP Investments: on the $5.2bn acquisition of Spark Infrastructure by way of inter-conditional creditor and trust schemes
- Oil Search: advised Oil Search on the $23bn merger of Santos and Oil Search
- Vocus: in relation to the $3.5bn takeover by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and Aware Super
- Charter Hall: on the acquisition of Folkestone Limited
- Kiland Limited: in relation to its off-market buyback and subsequent accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer
- Samuel Terry Asset Management: in relation to various matters, including:
- its off-market takeover bid for Eildon Capital
- its on-market takeover bid for Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers
- the acquisition of a 19.9% stake in Horizon Oil Limited
- its successful campaign to appoint a director to the board of Namoi Cotton, the contested takeover of Namoi Cotton and associated takeover panel proceedings
- Qube Holdings: on the off-market cash and scrip takeover of logistics operator Chalmers Limited
- Investa Office Fund: on its response to the competing $3.3bn proposals from Oxford Properties and Blackstone Real Estate.
Elise's advisory experience includes:
- Brookfield: on the sale of Aveo Group to Scape for $3.85bn, Australia's largest direct real estate M&A transaction
- Rio Tinto: on its response to Palliser's unification proposal
- Stockland: on capital partnerships with KKR, M&G real estate, La Caisse, funds advised by JPM
- Rio Tinto: on the recapitalisation of Energy Resources of Australia
- Stockland: on the Waterloo Renewal Project to deliver social and affordable housing to inner city Sydney
- Kiland: On the world's largest biochar carbon removal project.