Experience
Conquest Capital has a team with decades of experience in strategic advisory, M & A and capital raising for large, listed and global multi-nationals through to small, family-owned businesses. A selection of our experience includes
BCAL Diagnostics
Advisory services on listed equity raising ($2.4m)
East 33 (ASX-listed)
Advisor to Independent Directors in relation to financing proposals ($15 m)
Macsim
Unlisted debt raising
ASX-listed property group
(>$2 bn market cap) Adviser on strategy and potential transaction
MCRI
Valuation and commercial adviser
Hammond Care
Commercial scoping studies and M & A adviser
Arinex
Commercial adviser and Advisory Board member
Defence Housing Australia
(Federal Government GBE) - Capital management and property monetisation strategy
Retirement Villages Group Funds Management
Establishment of A$1.5 billion wholesale unlisted property fund
Gale Pacific
Shareholder Value Realisation Review
Tru Blu Beverages
Sale to Refresco
Fleetsu
Fleetsu Merger with Rand McNally Fleet (owned by Teleo Capital)
Thorn
Sale of Radio Rentals to Credit Corp ($45m)
Thorn Group
Defence advisor to Thorn Group on on-market takeover offer from Somers
Potential (x)
Merger of Potential(x) with ASX-listed Beamtree ($20m)
Organic Dairy Farmers Australia
Sale of dairy assets and milk supply agreements
Model Answers
Sale to Parexel (owned by Pamplona Private Equity)
Kyocera Document Solutions
Acquisition of Huon IT
HealthcareLink
Acquisition of Newly
rt health fund
Acquisition of Transport Health
EstateMaster
Sale to Altus Group
Rawson Group
Sale to Daiwa House
Zurich
Sale of NSW CTP motor accident portfolio to Enstar
EFT NZ
Sale to Potentia backed PC EFTPOS (Linkly)
eWAY
Sale to Global Payments
Sportstec
Sale to Accel-backed Hudl
Enterprise Data Corporation
Sale to Vocus Communications
S Kidman & Co
Sale of cattle farm business to Australian Outback Beef (A$387m)
Inghams Enterprises
Sale to TPG via dual track sale / IPO process (A$880m)
Apparel Group
Acquisition of JAG from Fusion Retail Brands
PAG Asia
Acquisition of The Cheesecake Shop for c A$100m
McPherson’s
Sale of Housewares business to Facklemann (A$38m)
RELX [Reed Elsevier]
Sale of Cordell to CoreLogic ($70m)
Ingeus
Sale to Providence Service Corporation (£124m)
Bilfinger Berger
Sale (dual track / IPO) of Valemus to Lend Lease ($1.1bn)
Adcorp
Acquisition of Paxus ($60m)
Kirin
Buyout of Lion Nathan ($3.3bn)
Elgin National Industries
Sale of Roberts and Schafer to KBR (US$280m)
Retirement Villages Group
Acquisitions of Metlifecare (NZ$406m NZ-listed takeover), Private Lifecare (NZ$60m), Retirement Services Australia (A$70m), Gandel Lifestyle (A$105m) and Zig Inge (A$641m)
42 Below
Sale by takeover to Bacardi (NZ$138m)
Constellation Brands
Scheme of arrangement acquisition of BRL Hardy (A$2.4bn) following establishment of USA Pacific Wine Partners joint venture (US$100m)
The Coca-Cola Company
Acquisition, in conjunction with San Miguel, of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines from Coca-Cola Amatil (A$2.25bn)
Southcorp
Acquisition of Rosemount (A$1.4bn)
Lion Nathan
Sale of Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Australia business to Schweppes
Pepsi-Co, Inc
Sale of Snack Brands Australia, which had not previously traded, to Dollar Sweets Holding
Nuzest
Unlisted equity raising (current)
Vudoo
Unlisted equity raising
CannaPacific
Private equity raising from high-net-worths
Safe Work Laboratories
Equity / debt raising and majority sale to Pathology Asia Holdings (TPG Capital Asia)
JRB Technologies
Private raising from Avant Mutual
HealthcareLink
Acquisition of Newly and equity raising from Novita
GP2U
Private equity raising, including from HCF and Sonic Healthcare
Redback Technologies
Two capital raisings
Healthscope (owned by TPG and Carlyle)
Joint Lead Manager on IPO (market value A$3.6bn) and equity raising of A$2.26bn
Wesfarmers / Bunnings
Sale and leaseback of 15 Warehouse properties via lease securitisation (A$304m)
Wesfarmers / Coles
Neighbourhood-shopping joint venture property fund with ISPT (A$532m + development pipeline)
Retirement Villages Group
A$1.3bn unlisted equity raising from Australian and overseas investors
Retirement Villages Group
Raising / refinancing more than A$2bn in debt
Growthpoint Properties
Recapitalization of Orchard Industrial Fund (A$56m)
Collgar Wind Farm
$750m funding of first private sector renewables project post-GFC