Simone Gould
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Melbourne,
Australia
Simone specialises in public and private M&A, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, and corporate restructures.
Simone has experience acting for a range of public and private clients across various industry sectors on a range of corporate transactions.
She has particular experience in:
- public and private M&A transactions
- shareholder and joint venture arrangements
- general corporate governance and commercial advice
- restructuring and turnaround transactions.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Ampol on its A$1.1 billion proposed acquisition of EG Australia
- Singapore Post on the sale of its Australian logistics business, Freight Management Holdings to Pacific Equity Partners, at an enterprise value of A$1.01 billion
- Genesis Care as Australian counsel in relation to its US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and restructure of US$1.8bn of debt
- JELD-WEN on the strategic review of its Australasian business and sale to Platinum Equity for A$688 million
- Integral Diagnostics on the acquisition of Horizon Radiology
- an international automotive manufacturer in connection with the restructure of its Australian network and implementation of a new business model*
- Michael Schreiber’s sale of the Funlab business to TPG Capital*
- acquisition of Australian Community Media and its printing business from Nine Entertainment by a consortium controlled by Antony Catalano and Thorney Investment Group*
- restructure and sale of Axsesstoday’s business to an affiliate of private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management*
- restructure of Slater & Gordon by way of interconditional creditors’ schemes of arrangement*
*Experience prior to joining the firm
Background
Simone holds a Bachelor of Arts (French and Journalism) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Monash University.
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