Andrew Chan Director

Contact: T +61 3 8681 4413 M +61 458 400 304 E andrew.chan@ clarendonlawyers.com.au

Andrew has over 13 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer and is experienced in advising founders, listed companies and private equity firms on a range of issues, including negotiated cross-border M&A, public company takeovers, equity capital raisings, debt restructuring, joint ventures, interaction with regulators and general corporate/commercial advice. His recent focus has been directed at mid-market and private M&A and foreign investment into Australia.

Andrew is highly regarded as a corporate lawyer with over 13 years’ experience. Andrew is experienced in advising listed companies, founders and private equity firms on a wide range of corporate matters, with a focus on mid-market private M&A, foreign investment into Australia, capital raisings and restructures.

Prior to joining Clarendon Lawyers in 2021, Andrew was a partner in a global law firm, worked in the M&A groups of Gilbert + Tobin and Freehills and spent three years in London with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Monash University. He is admitted in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.

Andrew’s experience includes advising:

• The founders of Ballarat based Porter Plant on its sale to Tokyo listed Kanamoto Corporation.

• Wheatsheaf Group on its investment in Agriwebb (Cloud based farm management software) and follow up investment.

• Garrett Motion Inc on Australian aspects of its agreement with KPS Capital Partners, LP to purchase its business for $2.1 billion and the commencement of voluntary Chapter 11 case with the United States Bankruptcy Court to implement the purchase.

• Canopy Growth Corporation on its Australian business • Leidos Inc: (General Corporate) (a Fortune 500 business that

provides innovative government, science, and technology solutions) Australian General Counsel on secondment and ongoing governance and corporate advice.

• KKR on Australian aspects of its US$8 billion acquisition of Unilever’s spreads business (Upfield).

• Dentsu Aegis Network and Dentsu Inc. on multiple acquisitions in the technology, SEO, advertising, digital creative sectors - Accordant, WiTH Collective, BWM, Soap Creative, Scorch and Search Factory.

• Asahi on its purchase of Mountain Goat Beer including following the acquisition, general commercial contracting advice, advising re Australian Consumer Law and labelling and advertising, liquor licencing issues.

• Orica on the sale of its chemicals business to Blackstone for $750 million.

• Windlab on equity aspects of its Coonooer Bridge Wind Farm joint venture with Eurus Energy (Japan) and the local farming community.

• Falck Renewables S.p.A ,(Italy) on the £225m sale of 49% of its UK project companies (which operate onshore wind farms) and the creation of a co-investment partnership with a Danish infrastructure fund.

• Rosneft on its US$40bn acquisition of TNK-BP from BP and the AAR consortium

• Melbourne IT Limited on its acquisitions of Outware Systems (mobile app development) and Uber Global (hosting and cloud services provider).

• Cleanaway on its $671m purchase of Tox Free Solutions by Scheme of arrangement.

• Dexia SA (Belgium) its sale of 50 per cent of RBCD to Royal Bank of Canada for €837.5 million

• AXA SA (France) in relation to the sale of its 54 per cent interest in AXA Asia Pacific Holdings to AMP as part of its $13.3bn takeover, and AXA’s subsequent purchase of AXA Asia Pacific Holding’s Asian assets.

• Becton Property Group on its recapitalization. • AWB on its sale to Agrium for A$1.2 billion by scheme of

arrangement. • Jemena on its acquisition of Alinta Asset Management.) • Jemena on its $A200m acquisition of 34% of United Energy

Distribution Holdings Limited. • National Foods on its $A910m acquisition of Dairy Farmers. • MYOB on its takeover by Manhattan Software • Singapore Power International (in its consortium with Babcock and

Brown) on its A$8bn acquisition of Alinta by scheme of arrangement.