Mr Gavin Douglas > Mills Oakley > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Mills Oakley Offices
LEVEL 7, 151 CLARENCE STREET
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES 2000
Australia
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Mr Gavin Douglas
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Gavin has over 20 years of experience advising clients on corporate and commercial law matters.
He advises publicly and privately owned corporate clients on both regulated and unregulated transactions, including fundraising, acquisitions, divestments, investments and restructuring.
Gavin is recognised as a specialist in advising companies on managing risks, liabilities and opportunities in commercial contracts.
Gavin’s career experience includes working as in-house legal counsel for Qantas Airways Limited (an ASX 50 company). From this, he brings a first-hand appreciation of the importance of providing sensible, pragmatic advice that satisfies commercial drivers and achieves desired business outcomes.
Gavin is valued by clients and their advisors for his ability to find practical solutions to legal and commercial problems.
He is the Author and Editor of the LexisNexis Practical Guidance series on private treaty transactions, takeovers and schemes of arrangement.
Before joining Mills Oakley in 2012, Gavin’s career included roles with leading global law firms in Sydney and Perth, in a specialist corporate advisory practice and with Qantas as in-house counsel.
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Corporate and M&A
Mills Oakley further strengthened its corporate offering with the recent hire of Gaurav de Fontgalland to its headquarters. The practice fields four skilled practice heads, one in each of its national offices: Tony Symons (Melbourne) is known for his ability to guide founders through full or partial exits to financial or corporate buyers; Gavin Douglas (Sydney) deals primarily with cross-border transactions; Tim Cox (Brisbane) specialises in private equity and joint ventures; and Simon Panegyres (Perth) has expert knowledge of the natural resources sector.
Australia > Transport: aviation
Mills Oakley‘s lawyers are particularly engaged in leasing work, especially practice co-heads Gavin Douglas, who is a member of the corporate advisory team, and Rechelle Brost, who sits within the projects and construction teams. Douglas is experienced when it comes to operational contracts, investment issues and M&A, while Brost is a key practitioner in relation to the construction of buildings and infrastructure in the aviation industry. The group also offers clients access to specialist knowledge of the legislative requirements under the Airports Act.
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Firm Rankings
- Transport: shipping
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
- Transport: aviation
- Banking and finance
- Competition and trade
- Corporate and M&A
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Infrastructure projects and construction
- Intellectual property
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Capital markets