Specialisation
Rocco is a transactions lawyer with a focus in the areas of private mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and funds management.
With a background in insolvency, Rocco brings commercial acumen to transactions to help clients to achieve their business objectives.
Rocco has experience in the preparation of corporate materials, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts and transaction documents, and advising fund managers on structuring a wide range of retail and wholesale funds including Section 128F bonds, venture capital limited partnership (VCLP) / early-stage venture capital limited partnership (ESVCLP) and managed investment trust stapled structures, Australian domiciled feeder trusts into Cayman structures and Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensing.
Rocco’s experience includes advising:
- Venture Capital firm EVP on the establishment of their open-ended, evergreen ‘Opportunities Fund’, which sought to raise $100 million to make growth stage investments in Australian and New Zealand software businesses;
- Atheltic Ventures, an investor community of professional Australian sports stars, on the establishment of the ‘Athletic Ventures Champions Fund’, a stapled ESVCLP and unit trust;
- on the sale of Midwest Foods to Bidfood Australia;
- ZEN Energy on its $43 million capital raising from a $1.1 billion Taipei-listed renewable energy developer; and
- Waveconn on its acquisition of AT Australia Pty Ltd and AT Australia Operations Pty Ltd from American Tower Corporation (NYSE:AMT), acquiring approximately 170 mobile tower sites.