Specialisation
Sophia’s experience includes advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions transactions, capital raises, and corporate governance, alongside day-to-day commercial matters, with a focus on prioritising the strategic and commercial objectives of clients.
Sophia’s transactions experience spans advising:
- ResourceCo group on its capital re-organisation in preparation for a capital injection from private equity firm Mercury Capital, addressing the company’s need for an updated capital structure prior to the investment;
- Koonenberry Gold (ASX:KNB), a mineral exploration company, on its IPO. KNB holds the 1,339 sq kilometre Koonenberry Gold Project in north-western New South Wales;
- Adore Beauty (ASX:ABY) on its majority sale to Quadrant Private Equity;
- Adelaide Insurance Builders on their sale to Kase Building & Restoration Group, a portfolio company of Straight Bat Private Equity;
- Lighthouse Industries (a subsidiary of Symphony Infrastructure Partners) on its acquisition of RJE Global Pty Ltd, Catalpa Group, Energy3 Limited, and Clutch, furthering its mission to accelerate the energy transition to renewables and build a world-class energy infrastructure services group; and
- several Australian businesses on their privacy obligations.
Sophia has been personally engaged in corporate governance as a director of an incorporated association and on various committees. Sophia also brings a cross-border perspective to her client work, having studied Company Law in the United Kingdom, at the School of Business and Social Sciences in Denmark, and holding a Bachelor of International Development. Sophia’s diverse international education and hands-on governance experience complement her corporate legal expertise, enabling her to provide a well-rounded, strategic legal perspective.