Track Record
The transactions that shaped our
unique studio approach
Thirty-five years of strategies and deals that have shaped our leadership, from landmark privatisations and billion-dollar project financings through a quarter century of independent advisory, strategy and transactional mandates under the NLC banner. The methodology was not invented. It was earned.
Privatisation IPOs · Australia
Alinta Gas $517m, Bankwest $900m and T2 $16bn Privatisations + IPOs
Advised on three of Australia's largest government privatisation IPOs, including investment thesis, structuring, and capital markets strategy for $360m Alinta Gas and $437m BankWest IPOs and $16bn second tranche IPO of Telstra (still among the largest privatisation IPOs ever undertaken in Australia) as well as the privatisation of Perth Airport under the FAC's Phase 1 airports sale program.
Alinta Gas · Bankwest · FAC Phase 1 Privatisation of Perth Airport · Telstra2
Primary Listings & IPOs
$1bn+ raised through notable IPOs
Advised on a range of significant corporate spin-offs, demergers and IPOs across Australian and international markets, helping businesses raise over $1bn in public equity capital and unlock value through well-structured capital markets transactions — each aligned with prevailing macro conditions and specific client strategies.
Notable IPO engagements with: Alinta Gas $198m raised · BankWest $437m raised · Bristile $150m raised · Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust $99m raised · Colly Cotton $107m raised · PearlStreet Limited $8m raised · ProTel $47m raised · Ramsay Healthcare $80m raised · Renewable Energy Holdings Plc GBP10m raised · Tat Hong $39m raised · Westralian Gas & Power $4m raised
M&A · Multiple Sectors
Mergers & Acquisitions
Over 50 announced M&A transactions plus multiple offer evaluations and target responses across mining, resources, industrial services, technology, fintech and defence, including takeovers, shemes of arrangement, private treaty sales, takeover responses, proactive acquisitions and mergers.
50+
Past engagements with: Austal · BGC · BGC Contracting · BGC Plasterboard · Big River Gold · Boral · Byrnecut · Crest Resources · Dominion Mining · Elmina · Engenium · FairGo Finance · Fibertel · GBF · General Gold · Geraldton Fishermen's Co-operative · Gold Mines of Sardinia · Glendinning & Associates · Golden West Resources · Hardman Resources · Jabiru Metals · Kalmet · Kansai · Kobelco · Liberty Liquors · LMW (WA) · Midas Resources · Mt Burgess Gold · Orion Resources · Pit n Portal · Retravision · Satalyst · Shinsho Corporation · Sime Darby · Tanami Gold · Toll Holdings · TMA Corp · Universal Coal · Western Stevedores · Wesfarmers · Wolf Minerals, and many others.
Equity, Debt & Alternative Capital Markets
Equity, Debt & Alternative Capital Markets
Over 70 announced equity capital markets and 400 structured debt transactions, including IPOs and 2POs, equity underwritten placements and rights issues, bridges, royalties, convertibles, high yield convertible bonds, hybrids and structured fundraisings across traditional and emerging sectors in Australia and internationally.
470+
Past engagements with: Advanced Energy Systems · Amcom · Atlas Copco · Ausdrill · Australian Vintage Ltd · Ballarat Goldfields · Boral · Burrup Fertilisers · Consolidated Gold · Co-operative Bulk Handling · Education Department of WA · Emanuel Exports · Gascoyne Gold · Green Drilling · Hardman Resources · Ingersoll Rand · Kerr McGee · Komatsu · Lester Group · Major Drilling · Marathon Petroleum · NT Power & Water Authority · Orbit Fitness · Orion Resources · Pacific Hydro · Paladin · Perilya Mining · Peters & Brownes · Pier 21 Development Trust · Portman Mining · ProTel · Quickstep Holdings · Ranger Minerals · Red Back Mining · Robe River Aboriginal Corporation · Ross Mining · Roxbury Mining · Sedgwick Mineral Resources · SGIO · St. John of God Healthcare · Thyssen Mining · TNG · Western Mining Corporation · Wolf Minerals, and many others.
Sovereign Capability Financings
Burrup Fertilisers - US$720m and other complex project development/financings
Originated and structured the US$720m project financing for Burrup Fertilisers, the world's largest ammonia processing plant including orginating and negotiating the offtake. This was a landmark transaction, enabling construction of Western Australia's first and only downstream gas to liquids processing plant. Also structured and arranged a first-of-its-kind Commonwealth Governmemt credit-wrapped 10-year structured debt facility, and hedging, to support F-35 Joint Strike Fighter parts manufacturing in Australia.
Past engagements with: Burrup Fertilisers Ammonia Plant (now Yara) · James Point · Northwest Infrastructure Operations · Oswal Chemicals & Fertilisers · Tiwest Joint Venture · TNG Limited · Quickstep Technologies
Innovation · New Economy
Innovation Companies
Decades of hands-on experience advising, financing and principal investing in innovation companies, from early-stage start-ups and growth-stage scaleups through to technology spin-outs from mature businesses. Backing founders and new economy companies long before it became fashionable, across biofuels, wave power, blockchain, fintech, defence technology and frontier industries.
Past engagements with: AES · Airboss · Biodiesel Australia · Blacktree Technologies · Brandrill · Chemeq · Cool Energy · D1 Oils · Lasata Software · Less Common Metals · Nautronix · ProTel · Quickstep Holdings · Renewable Energy Holdings Plc · Seapower Pacific · Sonsub · Tape Ark, and many others.
No Corpdev and succession strategy work has been disclosed. Some NLC transactional mandates are not publicly disclosed by client request. Pre-2001 transactions preceding NextLevelCorporate are presented as formative experience.