About Noah Obradovic
Noah is Co-head of the Allens' market leading/Band 1 ranked Private Equity Group and a Corporate/M&A Partner. He advises PE and other financial investor clients on all types of cross border leveraged M&A including public and private acquisitions, carve-outs, take privates, consortium deals, distressed acquisitions and disposals.
Noah is sought after by clients who value his technical and commercial excellence on a full range of financial sponsor deal types. He works across sectors, specialising in financial and business services, media/technology and healthcare. He has also advised on a number of high-profile public M&A situations involving some of the leading international and domestic financial investors.
Noah is regarded as one of Australia's leading M&A/PE partners by Legal 500. Prior to joining Allens, Noah was in the PE team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.
Noah's recent experience includes advising:
- Bain Capital
- on the proposed acquisition of Estia Health Limited
- on the sale of Only About Children
- on the acquisition of Camp Australia
- on the proposed acquisition of BWX Limited
- on the proposed acquisition of EML payments
- The Access Group – on its proposed acquisition of ASX-listed IntelliHR Limited via a scheme of arrangement and simultaneous takeover bid
- EQT – on the proposed consortium acquisition of Perpetual Limited
- Nitro Software Limited
- on the proposed scheme of arrangement and simultaneous takeover bid from KKR-backed Alludo
- on the acquisition of Nitro by Potentia Capital via takeover bid
- Pacific Equity Partners
- on the $1.167 billion sale of Lifehealthcare to EBOS
- on the sale of WINconnect
- on the sale of AutoPacific Group to GUD Holdings for $744.6 million
- on the acquisition of Horizon Global Corporation's Asia Pacific business
- on the acquisition of LifeHealthcare Limited by way of scheme of arrangement
- on the acquisition of WINconnect
- Cerberus Capital Management
- on the acquisition of Westpac's auto finance business, one of the largest PE transactions of 2022
- on the acquisition of Westpac's Strategic Alliances
- on the acquisition of Bluestone Group
- KKR – on the acquisition of certain international operations from Campbell for $3.4 billion. The largest Australian private equity buyout of 2019
- Hg – on the acquisition of Zenith Investment Partners from 5V Capital
- Laureate Education, Inc – on the competitive auction process for the A$900 million sale of its operations in Australia (Torrens University Australia and Think Education) and New Zealand (Media Design School) to Strategic Education, Inc
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners – on its participation in the Link consortium that acquired Property Exchange Australia Limited (PEXA) for $1.6 billion
- Quadrant Private Equity – on its acquisition of Konekt Limited by way of scheme of arrangement
- Madison Dearborn Partners – on its acquisition of Quadrant-backed APM Group for $1.6 billion
Before joining Allens, Noah advised the following international PE funds:
- BC Partners – on its acquisition of Pharmathen
- Cinven – on its acquisition of ERGO Italia, an Italian life insurance provider, from Munich Re and Old Mutual Wealth Italy
- Warburg Pincus – on its acquisition of Reiss, a fashion brand and retail store chain
- Hellman & Friedman – on its acquisition of Wood Mackenzie
- AEA Investors – on its acquisition of NES Global Talent
- CVC – on its acquisition of Moto Group
- Permira – on its acquisition of Tilney