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Jones Day

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Jones Day delivers cross-border M&A expertise from its Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne offices, routinely advising on public takeovers, schemes of arrangement, and private equity transactions in the resources, technology, and infrastructure sectors. Clients praise the firm’s ‘great understanding of the subtleties of negotiations and complexities of an ASX listed company’s requirements’. Hemang Shah expertly manages public company acquisitions and IPOs, leveraging extensive mining and financial services experience, while Isaac West oversees complex resources sector acquisitions, including coal mine purchases. Simon Brown handles energy and mining deals across the Asia-Pacific, and Charles Bogle, who joined from Hogan Lovells in February 2025, advises financial investors on infrastructure and technology acquisitions. Courtney Dixon navigates contested public takeovers and schemes whilst Andrew Felton focuses on detailed business division sales.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Our primary Jones Day Senior Associate contact and Partner have a great depth of knowledge in this area, and a very capable team of senior staff available to undertake the work, while remaining personally available and active at all times of the day and night.'

  • 'Great understanding of the subtleties of negotiations and complexities of an ASX listed company's requirements.’

  • ‘Our nominated Senior Associate, Max Rose, and Partner, Isaac West, are available at all times. Even when projects are allocated to other associates within the firm, they remain close and fully informed. They make Jones Day a very easy firm to work with.’

  • 'Jones Day's Corporate and M&A team are responsive and helpful with their advice and document preparation.'

  • 'Courtney Dixon is responsive and proactive with matters briefed and will ensure advice & documents are provided in a timely manner, aligned with our requirements.'

  • 'They have a great team, especially in the Brisbane office. This group handled an extremely complex transaction and was able to do so without missing anything. They are deal-makers first and always try to find a way to move a transaction forward despite the obstacles.'

Key clients

  • Peabody Energy Corporation
  • Woolworths Group Limited
  • Anteris Technologies Global Corp
  • Altium Limited
  • JFE Steel Corporation
  • John Sample Group
  • Centuria Capital Group
  • PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Intelligent Monitoring Group Limited

Work highlights

Advised Altium Limited, a global leader in electronics design systems, on its sale to Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, for a total equity value of AUD9.1bn.
Advised Peabody on the pending acquisition of significant Tier 1 Australian Metallurgical coal assets from London-based Anglo American plc for a cash consideration of up to USD3.775bn (approximately AUD5.8bn).
Advised Peabody on the USD455m sale of a 51% interest in the Dawson mining complex to PT Bukit Makmur International, a subsidiary of Indonesian-listed BUMA International Group.

Practice head

Hemang Shah; Isaac West  

Other key lawyers

Simon Brown; Charles Bogle; Courtney Dixon; Andrew Felton; Max Rose