Peter's Expertise

• Corporate
• Energy & Resources
  • Oil & Gas
• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Mergers and Acquisitions Advised on a long list of mergers and acquisitions over almost three decades, including Bell Group’s acquisition of shares in BHP, News Corporation’s acquisition of Herald & Weekly Times, Qantas’ acquisition of Australian Airlines, Telstra’s acquisition of OTC, Interco’s acquisition of Julius Marlow, Broken Hill Holdings’ acquisition of Gulf Resources, Austereo’s acquisition of Hoyts Media and Triple M, Colonial Mutual’s acquisition of State Bank of New South Wales, Village Roadshow’s acquisition of Austereo, Daily Mail’s acquisition of Broadcast Media, DMG Radio’s acquisition of Rural Press Radio, Daily Mail’s acquisition of GWR, AXA SA’s acquisition of National Mutual, Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s acquisition of Colonial, ABN Amro’s acquisition of Ausdoc, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings’ acquisition of Wintethur, DMG World Media’s acquisition of ATE, Macquarie Regional Radio’s acquisition of RG Capital, Illyria’s acquisition of shares in DMG Radio Australia, AED Oil’s acquisition of Nations Petroleum, Sinopec’s acquisition of Puffin and Talbot, and Southern Cross Media’s acquisition of Austereo.
• Parliamentary and Other Inquiries Appeared before various inquiries, including the Parliamentary Inquiry into Regional Radio conducted by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications Transport and Arts in 2001, the Senate Inquiry into the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bills in 2002, the Senate Inquiry into the Cross Media Amendment Bills in 2006, and the Productively Commission Inquiry into Broadcasting in 2004.
• Broadcasting and Telecommunications Licensing Advised Telstra on successful bids for mobile telecommunications licences between 1992 and 1998, advised Daily Mail on successful bids for commercial radio broadcasting licences between 1996 and 2004, advised Foxtel on successful bits for subscription television licences between 1996 and 1999, and now advises Vodafone Hutchison, DMG Radio Australia and Southern Cross Media on licensing matters.
• Commercial Radio Australia Prepared draft licence area plans and variations, and draft technical specifications, under the broadcasting services legislation, between 1996 and 2006, and represented CRA and DMG Radio Australia with the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
• Key Advisor Has been the exclusive or primary advisor to significant international and local companies such as Bell Group, National Australia Bank, Daily Mail and General Trust, Viacom, MTV Networks, ABN Amro, Smith & Nephew, Standard Chartered Bank, Asia Securities, Sun Alliance, Colonial Mutual, National Mutual, AXA Asia Pacific Holdings, Amcor, Austereo, Broken Hill Holdings, AED Oil, Seven Network, AMP and BHP Petroleum.