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Michael Dearden

Principal

Michael has more than 15 years’ experience practising in Australia and the UK advising a broad range of international, Australian and UK clients, including major corporations, private equity, financial institutions, investment funds and government entities, on a wide spectrum of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, infrastructure, energy transition and renewables projects and transactions, privatisations, company law and corporate governance.

Michael has extensive experience and expertise advising on significant and complex mergers and acquisitions, in both cross-border and domestic contexts, across a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, infrastructure, energy and renewables, technology, retail and hospitality, manufacturing and distribution, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals and healthcare. In particular, Michael has advised a number of investment funds and private equity firms on acquisitions of and investments into Australian assets, companies and businesses.

Admissions

  • Admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  • Admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Australia
  • Admitted as a solicitor in the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons), University of Liverpool (UK)
  • Graduate Diploma of Law, The College of Law (UK)
  • Legal Practice Course, The College of Law (UK)

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