Braddon Jolley

Braddon Jolley is one of Australia's leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers.

Braddon specialises in complex and/or hostile transactions and has been involved in many of the largest, most complex and innovative transactions in the Australian M&A market. They include advising Rinker on the $17.5 billion hostile takeover by CEMEX (the biggest takeover in Australian corporate history), Fairfax Media on its $9 billion merger with Rural Press, and Promina on its $7.87 billion merger with Suncorp Metway.

He deals with a broad range of corporate and securities law issues for public listed companies including takeovers, schemes of arrangements and capital reductions, and also with equity raisings and significant non-public M&A transactions.

Braddon has recently advised:

• BG Group on its successful $1 billion hostile takeover bid for Pure Energy Resources (defeating the competing offer from Arrow Energy);
• Sydney Gas in relation to the takeover bid by AGL;
• the independent directors of FreightLink on the sale process for the Adelaide to Darwin rail operator and subsequent administration of FreightLink;
• Adelaide Brighton on its $100 million capital raising, including an innovative related-party placement and sell down; and
• Iluka Resources on the disposal of its 51% shareholding in Consolidated Rutile.

Braddon is a member of the Takeovers Panel. He was instrumental in introducing pre-bid arrangements to the Australian market and pioneered the pre-acceptance agreement and bear hug conditions.

Braddon is acknowledged as one of Australia's leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers by Legal Guides including Chambers Global, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Best Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers and PLC Which Lawyer.