Richard Lewis
Partner. Sydney.
+61 2 9210 6540 | richard.lewis@corrs.com.au | vCardRichard has been widely recognised for more than 10 years as one of Australia’s leading and most experienced private equity lawyers. His practice spans mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments, initial public offerings for domestic and international private equity funds and Australian and multi national corporations.
Richard is head of the firm’s corporate advisory practice in Sydney. Richard is also responsible for the firm’s relationships with leading law firms in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. In recent years he has been involved in a number of complex cross border mergers & acquisitions for European clients in particular.
As well as being the adviser of choice for many private equity funds, Richard has advised many leading Australian and foreign corporations on a wide range of cross border and Australian mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions over a period of 20 years.
Richard has been widely recognised for more than 10 years as one of Australia’s leading and most experienced private equity lawyers. His practice spans mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments, initial public offerings for domestic and international private equity funds and Australian and multi national corporations.
Richard is head of the firm’s corporate advisory practice in Sydney. Richard is also responsible for the firm’s relationships with leading law firms in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. In recent years he has been involved in a number of complex cross border mergers & acquisitions for European clients in particular.
As well as being the adviser of choice for many private equity funds, Richard has advised many leading Australian and foreign corporations on a wide range of cross border and Australian mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions over a period of 20 years.
Richard's Expertise
- $3.8 billion bid for APN News & Media Advised Independent News & Media Group on its ultimately unsuccessful multi-billion dollar bid for APN News & Media.
- Gresham Private Equity Advised Gresham Private Equity on a number of acquisitions including its acquisition of five logistics businesses simultaneously to form the Silk Logistics Group.
- French multi-national energy company Advised Areva on the NZD$207 million sale of its Australian and New Zealand transmission and distribution operations.
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Archer Capital
Advised leading Australian private equity manager Archer Capital on three acquisitions including its public to private acquisition of Keycorp by scheme of arrangement in 2010.
- Trading Post Group $280 million merger Advised the Trading Post Group on its merger with the Trader.com Group and the subsequent buyout of the McAllery family’s interests in the merged group.
- Other clients Other clients Richard has advised on mergers & acquisitions and other commercial transactions include Phillips Group, Siemens, Toyota, Primo, Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners, Anzon Energy, Goldman Sachs Private Equity, Rural Press, ANZ Private Equity, AMP Capital Investors, Catalyst Investment Managers, Helmsman Funds Management and Co-Investor Capital Partners.
What others say
- “Leading Lawyer - Corporate M&A” Chambers Global Guide, 2008
- “Best Lawyer - Private Equity and M&A” Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2008-2012
- “Highly Recommended - Private Equity” PLC Which Lawyer Guide to Private Equity, 2005-2010
Richard's Thinking
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Private equity returning slowly
10th October 2011
It’s been 10 years of ups and downs for private equity. First the ups, and then the downs. But it’s on its way back.
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Richard's Leadership
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth Corporate Advisory Head (Sydney)
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth Private Equity Group Head (Sydney)