Stephanie Daveson

Partner. Brisbane.

+ 61 7 3228 9493 | stephanie.daveson@corrs.com.au | vCard

Stephanie’s clients describe her as pragmatic, inventive and always on the ball with quality evident at all times – traits that serve her well in the fast-paced world of mergers, acquisitions and equity capital markets.

Stephanie’s dedication to the task, quality outcomes and common sense approach, has earned her the loyalty of large clients through successive deals. She is also an expert on securities industry law and corporate governance.

She was lead partner for Straits Asia Resources demerger to create an exciting new copper and gold focussed metals business and she was there for the takeover of Straits’ coal business by a Thai-government controlled company - advising bidders for companies based in Australia and overseas.

“Tenacious…has a good reputation and is a good negotiator” Australian Legal Business

Stephanie's Expertise

The Straits Resources demerger and takeover The separation of Straits’ metals business into a new ASX listed company, Straits Metals, created an exciting new gold and copper focused metals business. The demerger and IPO was followed by the $550 million takeover of Straits (which then only held the coal business) by a subsidiary of PTT International Company Limited. Corrs teams from nine technical disciplines advised on all aspects of both transactions under extremely tight deadlines. This included disclosure issues, takeovers law, the sale and purchase of the metals business, court procedures for the scheme of arrangement for the takeover, and the renegotiation of Straits’ financing arrangements.
Sale of international coal assets and joint venture Straits Resources on its creation of a significant incorporated joint venture with an entity controlled by the Thai government and the associated sale to it of 60% of its coal interests and other bulk commodities.
$2.1 billion secondary listing Straits Asia Resources secondary listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Sale of Queensland IVF The sale of the interests of 22 vendors in Queensland IVF to Quadrant Private Equity.

Stephanie's Leadership

Takeover’s Panel Panel Member
Corporations Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia Member
Financial Services Institute of Australia Regional Councillor and Member

What others say

“Best Lawyer - Corporate Governance” Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2011 & 2012
“I know a lot of Lawyers say they are commercial, Stephanie really is”
“Pragmatic and commercial when dealing with issues and comfortable in talking through solutions and was prepared to be inventive” Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession, 2011
“Stephanie Daveson led an excellent team in terms of professionalism, strength and ability - quality was evident at all levels”
“Leading Lawyer - M&A (QLD)” Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession, 2011

Stephanie's Thinking

Is a poll needed on a Remuneration Resolution? 5th October 2011
Recent amendments to the Corporations Act have changed the way listed companies are conducting their AGMs this year. Voting on the remuneration resolution has become more important and if companies don’t conduct the vote properly, it could create pro
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The importance of directing your undirected proxies 5th October 2011
New laws governing the counting of undirected proxies are not clear, but the consequences of not counting them are. Corporate partner Stephanie Daveson says the answer is turning your undirected proxies into directed proxies to get your remuneration
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