Taseen Rafi

Senior Associate

Sydney, Australia

Taseen acts for financial sponsors on private treaty transactions.

Taseen advises global and leading domestic alternative asset managers across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, private credit and venture capital.

Taseen advises clients across the full investment life cycle. This covers the spectrum of matters from initial investments and fundraising, mergers & acquisitions, equity arrangements (including joint ventures, shareholders deeds and management equity plans) to exits (including competitive auction processes), and the spectrum of corporate matters in between.

Prior to joining HSF Kramer, Taseen was a tax lawyer at a top tier law firm. His tax background allows him to advise on complex deal and equity structures requiring novel solutions, as well as giving him an understanding of tax drivers in transactions, which in turn drives legal efficiency.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

Private equity and infrastructure funds

Pacific Equity Partners on its joint venture with Mirvac and Tasman Capital and acquisition of the Serenitas Group from GIC for A$1 billion
Carlyle on its acquisition of Waste Services Group from Livingbridge (following a competitive auction process) and associated equity arrangements with Livingbridge and management
OneIM on its acquisition of Insignia by way of Scheme of Arrangement for A$3 billion + and its associated equity arrangements with CC Capital and Carlyle
Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of their stake in Intellihub to a newly formed continuation fund – the first transaction of its kind in Australia
Tasman Capital on its acquisition of Acis and associated equity arrangements with Pemba and management
IFM Investors on its arrangements with Black Kite following the spin out of its private equity unit
Allegro on its acquisitions of Team Global Express from Toll Group and Scyne (previously the PwC government consulting business) from PwC Australia and associated equity arrangements
CBA on its shareholder arrangements with KKR following the sale of a 55% interest in Colonial First State
various private equity portfolio companies (including Serenitas and Intellihub) on general corporate and transactional matters, including acquisitions as part of the implementation of private equity roll-up strategies
private equity funds and management teams on management incentive plans and equity arrangements for portfolio companies, including Pacific Equity Partners, Carlyle, Brookfield, Allegro, KKR, HPS Partners, IFM Investors and others

Real estate funds

Brookfield on its successful competitive auction for the sale of Luna Park Sydney (ultimately sold to Oscars Group)
BlackRock on its acquisition of StoreLocal from Partners Group and associated equity arrangements
Mirvac on the sale of a 66% interest to Mitsui Fudosan for a ~A$2 billion landmark new office development at 55 Pitt Street in Sydney
Scape Australia on its establishment of a A$1.5 billion build-to-rent fund
Lendlease and Charter Hall on various fund transactions

Credit funds and credit platforms

Apollo Global on its joint venture with Challenger Limited to create a non-banking credit platform
Carlyle on its joint venture with amicaa to create a credit platform
Brookfield on its equity arrangements for its acquisition of La Trobe Financial
Milford Capital on its investment in Bridgit

Venture capital and technology transactions

founders and venture backed companies on their capital raises, including Deputy Group on several strategic investments, CarExpert on its pre-IPO fundraising, OpenSolar on its Series B raise, Style Arcade on its Series A raise, Clear Dynamics on its Series A raise, Greenr on its Series Seed raise and RentBetter on its Series Seed raise
financial sponsor backed founders on corporate carve-out transactions, including CrescoNet, Fortiro, Jevons Robotics and Vypex