Partner

Gaurav de Fontgalland

Gaurav acts for listed and private companies, investment firms and their portfolio companies, emerging businesses, family offices and high net worth individuals in Australia and internationally, across a range of transactional, advisory and strategic matters.

He advises businesses through all stages of their life cycle, from initial structuring, funding and scaling up, to organic and M&A driven growth and onwards to the gamut of liquidity events.

He is well known for his work on complex, large-scale matters with rapid turnaround times.

Expertise

Gaurav’s expertise includes:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Commercial Law and Contracts
  • Equity Capital Markets
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Joint Ventures
  • Shareholder Arrangements
  • Digital Law

Recent Projects

  • Acting for Virtus Health on its acquisition of Adora Fertility and three day hospitals from Healius Limited for $45 million.
  • Acting for a multinational health care business in respect of aspects of a takeover by private equity for $700 million.
  • Acting for a leading cosmetic treatment business in respect of aspects of a takeover by private equity for $650 million.
  • Advising a national cosmetic treatment business in respect of a range of corporate, commercial and regulatory issues.
  • Advising a global industrial group specialising in construction and civil engineering, headquartered in Italy, in respect of their Australian operations.
  • Acting for various stakeholders in respect of the proposed trade sale of a manufacturer to a multinational competitor for $180 million.
  • Acting for the seller in respect of a trade sale via roll-up of an aquaculture business for $70 million.
  • Advising a global manufacturer of banknote and coin sorting technology in respect of their distribution arrangements in Australia.
  • Advising a multinational optometry group in respect of their franchising, licensing and distribution arrangements in Australia.

Professional Memberships/Accreditation & Activities

  • Member of the Law Society of New South Wales
  • Lawyers Weekly Corporate Partner of the Year Finalist 2022

    Sector

location

Sydney

Partner

Brendan Sheehan

View the next profile