Hamilton Locke

Hamilton Locke routinely advises private equity sponsors and corporates on high-value acquisitions and public-to-private deals from its Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, and Brisbane offices, focusing on the technology, mining, and hospitality sectors. The team is jointly led by national co-heads, Shaun Hardcastle, who often manages mining sector schemes of arrangement, and Gaynor Tracey, who expertly handles industrial services acquisitions. Justin Fox oversees cross-border hospitality M&A, while James Delesclefs navigates complex infrastructure acquisitions and is praised as ‘savvy, technical and business minded’. In February 2025, James Nicholls joined from DLA Piper, enhancing the group’s technology sector M&A expertise, Andrea Kennedy joined from Baker McKenzie, strengthening its private equity acquisitions offering, and Mark Payne joined from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, bolstering its public company takeover capabilities.