Tom Hoare
Partner
Partner
Sydney
Tom acts for financial sponsors, listed companies and founders on private M&A and other negotiated transactions.
Tom advises a range of Australian and international clients on acquisitions, disposals, restructures, capital raisings, joint ventures, management equity and W&I insurance.
He is actively involved in managing some of the firm’s key private equity client relationships and has previously undertaken a secondment as legal counsel at Archer Capital, a leading Australian private equity firm.
Prior to joining the firm, Tom worked for a number of years at the Macquarie Group.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
Private equity transactions
- Adamantem Capital on its acquisition of Mason Stevens by way of scheme of arrangement
- Adamantem Capital on its acquisition of Zenitas Healthcare by way of scheme of arrangement
- Alceon on portfolio company matters
- American Securities on its acquisition of Hexion
- Apollo Global Management on its acquisition of Ingenico
- Apollo Global Management and its portfolio company, Ventia, on Ventia’s acquisition of Broadspectrum from Ferrovial
- Apollo Global Management and its portfolio company, Ventia, on Ventia’s initial public offering and listing on the ASX
- Apollo Global Management and its portfolio company, Ventia, on the sale of APP Corporation to Five V Capital
- Apollo Global Management on Australian law aspects of global acquisitions
- Archer Capital on the sale of Autopact to Optimus Group
- Archer Capital on the sale of Brownes Dairy to Shanghai Ground Food Tech
- Archer Capital on the sale of Craveable Brands to PAG Asia Capital
- Archer Capital on the refinancing of Brownes Dairy
- Carlyle on its acquisition of Waste Services Group from Livingbridge
- Catalyst on the dual track sale / IPO of Dusk
- EQT on its proposed acquisition of IRESS via scheme of arrangement
- Fidelio Capital and its portfolio company, Vimian, on the acquisition of Bova Compounding
- Fidelio Capital and its portfolio company, Vimian, on the acquisition of DAVID X-ray
- Fidelio Capital and its portfolio company, Vimian, on the acquisition of iM3
- Fidelio Capital and its portfolio company, Vimian, on portfolio company matters
- InfraRed Capital Partners on proposed investments
- Mercury Capital on its acquisition of Fyfe
- Mercury Capital and its portfolio company, Fyfe, on the acquisition of Ecology and Heritage Partners
- Mercury Capital and its portfolio company, Fyfe, on the acquisition of NGH Group
- Mercury Capital and its portfolio company, Fyfe, on the acquisition of Middleton Group
- Mercury Capital on its acquisition of JMC Academy
- Mercury Capital on the sale of Australian Animal Hospitals to Vet Partners
- Mercury Capital on the sale of MessageMedia to Sinch
- Pacific Equity Partners and Blum Capital on the sale of Xtralis to Honeywell
- Pacific Equity Partners and Blum Capital on the refinancing of Xtralis
- Pacific Equity Partners on its bid for Lion Dairy and Drinks
- Potentia Capital on its acquisition of Education Horizons Group by way of unlisted takeover bid
- Roc Partners on its acquisition of Story House Early Learning
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of AFS Logistics
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of Askin Performance Panels
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of CareTrac
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of Fitness Passport
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of Black Mount Spring Water
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of Guest Group
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of M&J Chickens
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of My Pet Warehouse
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of Quantum Radiology
- The Growth Fund on its acquisition of Soar Aviation
- The Growth Fund on the sale of Black Mount Spring Water to Tasman Capital
- The Growth Fund on the sale of AFS Logistics to FMH (a portfolio company of Pacific Equity Partners)
- The Growth Fund on portfolio company matters for the portfolio companies above and also for Ekera Dental, Obex Medical, Best Friends Pets, CompassCorp, GoGet, Royans and PlanIt
Corporate transactions
- ACE Specialist HSC Tuition on its sale to Matrix Education (a portfolio company of Mercury Capital)
- Ansarada on its Series A capital raise
- ANZ and CBA as financiers for the acquisition by Stockland and Supalai of 12 master-planned communities from Lendlease
- CIMIC on the sale of Leighton and Thiess Services and the creation of the Ventia joint venture with Apollo Global Management
- City Developments Limited on its acquisition of Sofitel Brisbane from Brookfield
- Ennismore on its joint venture with Accor
- GenesisCare on its investment from KKR
- GenesisCare on its acquisition of Burwood Cardiology
- GenesisCare on its acquisition of CardioNexus
- GenesisCare on the sale of Advara HeartCare to Adamantem Capital
- GreenMount Advisory on its investment from Ngāi Tahu Holdings
- GUD Holdings on its acquisition of ACAD from AMA Group
- Link Group on the proposed sale of its corporate markets and banking and credit management businesses to Dye & Durham
- OPW on its acquisition of Liquip
- Permodalan Nasional Berhad on its investment in the Elanor Healthcare Real Estate Fund
- SafetyCulture on its Series B capital raise
- SoftBank on portfolio company matters
- Spark Infrastructure on its acquisition of Bomen Solar Farm from Renew Estate
- Upper Hunter Hydro on management equity arrangements
- Ventia on the sale of its interest in the MTC Broadspectrum joint venture
- Ventia on its acquisition of PowerNet Constructions
- Ventia on its acquisition of Kordia Solutions
- Ventia on its EarthSure joint venture with Veolia
Background
Tom holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Industrial Relations) from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Technology Sydney.
