Michael Gajic
Michael Gajic
Biography
Michael is a corporate lawyer based in Sydney. Michael has over two decades’ experience advising on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
He is a highly regarded advisor on Australian public M&A transactions, having advised on several of Australia’s landmark takeovers and schemes. Michael also has significant experience in private M&A and capital markets transactions.
Michael’s practice focuses on advising publicly listed companies on transactions as well as corporate and securities law in a broad range of industry sectors.
He also advises investors and listed companies on shareholder activism issues.
Michael has previously been a partner at both Australian and international law firms.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Advised Millstreet Capital Management on its recapitalisation and take-private of ASX-listed rare-earths company Jervois Global using a US Chapter 11 prepackaged plan and a concurrent Australian voluntary administration.
- Advised on the sale of Australian consultancy business Aware Services, specialising in Salesforce, data and analytics, to dentsu / Merkle, a multi-national media and digital marketing communications firm.
- Advised Rouse International, an investee company of private equity firm MML Capital, on its proposed take-private of ASX-listed QANTM Intellectual Property by scheme of arrangement.
- Advised Thiess, the world’s largest mining services provider, on its successful A$375 million off-market takeover bid for ASX-listed MACA Ltd.
- Advised ASX-listed US-based payment platform provider Sezzle on its proposed merger with ASX-listed Zip by scheme of arrangement.
- Advised Caledonia on its sale of a A$600m pre-bid stake in ASX-listed Challenger Limited investment management company to a consortium of Apollo Global Management and Athene Life Re Ltd.
- Advised a consortium of Wattle Hill Capital and ROC Partners on their take-private of ASX-listed honey business Capilano by scheme of arrangement – Winner of Consumer M&A Deal of the Year at the Mergermarket Australia M&A Awards.
- Advised on the take-private of ASX-listed luxury goods retailer Oroton by a deed of company arrangement – Winner of Turnaround Deal of the Year at the TMA Awards.
- Advised NYSE-listed consumer packaging manufacturer Bemis, Inc on its merger with ASX-listed packaging manufacturer Amcor and dual-listing on ASX and NYSE with a combined market capitalisation of over US$10 billion – Winner of International Deal of the Year at the Australasian Law Awards.
Rankings and recognitions
Rankings and recognitions
- Recognised for Mergers and Acquisitions Law by Best Lawyers in Australia 2022 (14th edition), 2023 (15th edition) and 2025 (17th edition).
- Recommended as a leading Business and Commercial Lawyer in New South Wales by Doyle’s Guide 2024.
Education
Education
- University of Technology, Sydney, LL.B., 2002.
- University of Technology, Sydney, B.Bus., 2002.
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries, Australia, Graduate Diploma of Company Secretarial Practice, 2004.
- Securities Institute of Australia, Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment, 2006.
Admissions
Admissions
- Supreme Court of New South Wales 2002
Memberships and activities
Memberships and activities
- Corporations Committee of the Law Council of Australia.
Languages
Languages
- English
- Serbian
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