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Brett Burns

Managing Partner

Brett Burns is a founding Partner of CBW Partners having worked in a variety of roles within Government, National and International Law Firms and ASX Top 50 Companies

During Brett’s 30-year career he has served in such diverse capacities as General Counsel, Australia for the ASX listed Transurban Group (ASX:TCL), in private practice with International Law Firm Baker & McKenzie and in regulatory roles with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Brett is a non-executive director of Austco Healthcare Limited (ASX:AHC) and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

  • Corporate Governance
  • ASX Listing Rules
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets
  • Financial Services
  • Managed Funds
  • Insolvency
  • Project Finance
  • Advising the owners of $30m consumer finance book on its sale to an industry participant
  • Advising a private equity backed mining company on it acquisition of multiple iron ore
    mines in far north Queensland;
  • Advising white knights in the recapitalisation and acquisition of the assets of one of Australia’s
    largest biscuit manufacturers;
  • Advising the shareholders of an education SaaS business on its sale to financial sponsors
  • Advising shareholders of a V2V and V21 technology company on its sale to a USA based automotive player;
  • Advising a large waste disposal organisation on its acquisition of operation in Victoria;
  • Advising an ASX Listed Technology organisations on two acquisitions of related systems integrators
  • A $60 million debt facility for the acquisition of marketing company;
  • Advising a ASX listed Healthcare company on its defence of a $75 million Hostile takeover offer;
  • The equity and debt financing for the $64 million acquisition of utility services company;
  • Advising a cornerstone investor on their placement and underwriting of a rights issue in an ASX listed technology company;
  • Advising a significant FMCG business on its $28m Senior Debt Facility and subsequent refinancing;
  • Advising an ASX listed environmental company on its recapitalisation plan including retail share offering;
  • Advising a ASX listed plastics manufacturer on its significant merger with a competitor including retail share offering;
  • Advising a group of 47 investors on the $45m sale of a media business to an ASX Listed entity; and
  • Advising an ASX Listed company on a $66m multi-business acquisition including an underwritten rights issuance.

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Jonathan Lindh

Partner
Jonathan Lindh is an Australian qualified lawyer with over 15 years’ legal and company secretarial experience. He has worked in private practice for Australian and international law firms, and for a boutique corporate advisory business. He also founded a corporate and commercial law firm prior to joining CBW.
Jonathan has experience advising listed and unlisted private and public companies on a broad range of matters including mergers & acquisitions, divestments, capital raisings, joint ventures & farm-in arrangements, supply/offtake agreements, foreign investment, corporate governance and corporate law issues. Jonathan also serves as company secretary of two ASX listed resources companies and various other private and public companies operating in various industries.
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  • Advising an ASX mining company on its international offtake and supply agreements
  • Advising an unlisted copper explorer on its IPO on the ASX including associated due diligence process
  • Advising various ASX listed companies on share placements, rights issues and share purchase plans
  • Advising various unlisted public companies on fundraising from public and sophisticated and professional investors
  • Advising a private investor on its acquisition of a copper mine from an ASX listed copper producer
  • Advising an ASX listed mid-tier gold producer on legal documentation associated with Loan and Hedging Facilities
  • Advising an ASX listed mineral explorer on its acquisition of a private graphite and nickel explorer
  • Advising an ASX listed mineral explorer on farm-in arrangements for various gold projects in Northern Territory
  • Advising a private dimension stone company on various acquisitions and divestments of marble mines throughout Australia
  • Advising an unlisted public company on its acquisition of lithium tenements in WA in preparation for a back door listing
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Hamish Walton

Senior Consultant

Hamish Walton is a Senior Consultant of CBW Partners and an experienced corporate transactional lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience advising on complex corporate transactions in Australia and internationally.

During his career, Hamish has been a partner of leading international law firms in Australia and the Middle East, including Baker & McKenzie, Clyde & Co, King & Wood Mallesons, Dechert and Dentons. He has extensive experience advising listed and private companies, financial institutions, private equity investors and government organisations on significant domestic and cross-border transactions.

Hamish specialises in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures and equity capital markets. His capital markets experience includes IPOs, backdoor listings, rights issues, dual listings, bookbuilds and securities-based employee incentives, acting for both issuers and underwriters.

Hamish has advised clients across a diverse range of industries including financial services, education, renewable energy, healthcare, media, technology, automotive and real estate.

Hamish holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees and a Graduate Diploma in Corporations and Securities Law from the University of Melbourne. He is admitted to practise in Victoria and England and Wales.

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Equity Capital Markets
  • Private Equity
  • Joint Ventures
  • Cross-Border Transactions
  • Corporate Governance
  • ASX Listing Rules
  • Corporate Advisory
  •  Advising the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Investment on seven of the first 12 projects supported under its Private Sector Partnership Reinforcement (Shareek) Programme, with an aggregate project value of approximately US$51 billion.
  • Acting as Australian counsel on the US$2.45 billion divestment by PerkinElmer of its Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses to New Mountain Capital.
  • Advising Dye & Durham on its $170 million acquisition of Australian technology business GlobalX.
  • Acting as lead partner on the restructure of the Transurban Group, at the time Australia’s largest toll road operator with a market capitalisation of approximately $7 billion.
  • Acting as lead Australian partner for DaimlerChrysler on the Australian aspects of the sale of the Chrysler business, with Australian consideration of approximately A$240 million.
  • Acting for Macquarie Bank as lead manager and underwriter on significant ASX capital markets transactions, including the $205 million listing of Orchard Property Fund, $250 million listing of Orchard Funds Management and $150 million listing of Ivanhoe Mines Australia.
  • Advising the shareholders of the Oceanis Group on its sale to MFS Living and Leisure for more than $150 million.

When not at work, Hamish enjoys travel, footy, skiing with family and friends, surfing and going out to dinner.

Karen Middlemass

Practice Manager
Karen has worked in the legal industry for more than 30 years, the last ten of which have been with CBW Partners. She is presently the firm’s Practice Manager and brings a practical approach to the position having been a legal secretary in previous years. In her role Karen is responsible for all the firm’s administration and financial affairs. She is passionate about supporting CBW Partners’ lawyers to provide high-quality service to clients.
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