Specialisation
Hayden is an experienced corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions. equity capital raisings and corporate structuring. Hayden has been involved in domestic and cross border transactions across a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare, retail, tourism, hospitality, professional services and industrials.
Hayden’s experience includes advising:
- Red Earth Engineering in relation to its acquisition by Geosyntec Consultants, a global consulting and engineering firm backed by Blackstone;
- leading global provider of alcohol monitoring and interlock systems, 1A Smart Start, LLC on its acquisition of Ajen Monitoring Systems;
- the majority shareholder in Pureform Golf in respect of its divestment to Club Champion, a Levine Leichtman Capital Partners portfolio company;
- Singaporean headquartered global pathology business in relation to the reorganisation of its Australian domiciled subsidiaries, the structuring and establishment of a separate Australian business, along with its eventual recapitalisation (including related Foreign Acquisitions and takeovers Act 1975 compliance requirements);
- Point Advisory in relation to its acquisition by ERM, the worlds largest pure play sustainability advisory firm;
- the founding shareholder in climate change and human rights advisory firm NDevr Environmental in relation to its merger with Anthesis Global, a Carlysle Group backed company;
- National Windscreens, backed by Nash Capital, in relation to its acquisition of multiple targets across various Australian jurisdictions, implementing its ongoing national expansion strategy;
- Australian based med tech company in relation to multiple capital raisings through the issuance of convertible notes and preference shares to support its development, scaling and commercialisation of cutting-edge technology, along with its ultimate divestment to a swiss based global company;
- the founders of La Bella Life, a leading provider of home care package management and home care services, in relation to the divestment of their ownership interests;
- Bartletts Environmental in relation to its acquisition by TDG Environmental, a waste management, treatment and industrial services business backed by Quadrant PE and Nash Capital;
- the founder and majority shareholder in its divestment of a leading compliance software provider to UK based global competitor; and
- the founder and majority shareholders in relation to their divestment of the Q-Tox Group to Contour Clinics.
In addition to his extensive transaction experience, Hayden has expertise in assisting clients with their day-to-day commercial and corporate matters.