Panashi Devchand

Senior Associate

Perth, Australia

Panashi is a Senior Associate in the Corporate group.

Panashi has experience in advising Australian and foreign companies on a range of transactions including equity capital raisings, public company takeovers and private M&A, as well as providing advice on general corporate, compliance and governance issues. Prior to returning to the Perth office in 2019, Panashi spent over 3 years working in London.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

ASX-listed Guinean gold developer, Predictive Discovery on its $2bn merger of equals with Robex Resources by way of Canadian plan of arrangement
West Australian gold developer Spartan Resources (formerly Gascoyne Resources) on various M&A and equity capital market transactions, including its recapitalisation and relisting on ASX in 2020 and $4.2 billion merger with Ramelius Resources by way of scheme of arrangement and fall-back takeover bid
IGO on various transactions including its $1.9 billion acquisition of 49% of Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia, a subsidiary of China’s Tianqi Lithium Corporation that holds a 51% interest in the Greenbushes Lithium Mine – the world’s largest hard rock lithium mine – and a 100% interest in a lithium hydroxide plant, both located in Western Australia
Australian Finance Group on the demerger of its property business and subsequent IPO and listing of shares on the ASX
a range of Australian, European and US-based private equity funds in relation to cross border acquisitions of mining and oil and gas assets and businesses
ASX-listed and private companies on a range of M&A transactions, capital raisings and ASX Listing Rule compliance matters