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Thomson Geer

Thomson Geer

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Australia

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Corporate and M&A

Thomson Geer offers practical corporate and M&A advice from its national offices, specialising in cross-border transactions across the resources, technology, and logistics industries. Clients praise the team’s ‘big picture thinking overarching the legal detail’, combining deep technical expertise with sound commercial overlay to achieve practicable outcomes. Scott Gibson advises mining companies on acquisitions and IPOs, drawing on geology knowledge for tenement deals. Michael Bowen handles public takeovers and capital raisings in energy, integrating ASX compliance, while David Schiavello manages technology company sales, focusing on share purchase agreements. Adam Brooks, who is lauded as ’exceptional in cutting through details’, oversees matters arising from the entertainment sector, including M&A and joint ventures, and David Church navigates international acquisitions with regulatory precision.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The key element is collaboration. Being able to integrate into a deal team and bring experience and ideas beyond the agreements is the key differentiator.'
  • ‘Adam Brooks has unique industry experience in entertainment deals, including the nuances of the personalities in the industry.'

Key clients

  • Westgold Resources
  • MMA Offshore

Work highlights

Acted as Australian counsel to ASX-listed gold miner Westgold Resources in its AUD1.1bn cash and scrip merger with Canadian-listed Karora Resources.
Practice head

Dan Kramer; Matthew Reynolds; Adam Brooks; Michael Bowen

Other key lawyers

Scott Gibson; David Schiavello; David Church

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