Thomson Geer is proud have been named Australian Mid-Market M&A Legal Advisor of the Year by global mergers and acquisitions research firm Mergermarket.

Thomson Geer won the award at Mergermarket’s Australia M&A Awards for 2021.

Over the past 12 months Thomson Geer has been recognised as a “go-to” legal advisor for complex mid-market transactions in Australia.

Building on the longstanding expertise in key Eastern states, the recruitment of DLA Piper’s entire Corporate team in Perth, greatly strengthened our capacity to advise on transactions and grown awareness in the market of our capabilities.

Clients are increasingly calling upon Thomson Geer to tap the commercial and technical legal expertise of our lawyers to help them achieve their business objectives.

Some recent matters include:

• Thomson Geer acts for dentist chain 1300Smiles in $165 million sale
• Thomson Geer advises on USD$90m sale of Bibiani Gold Mine to Asante Gold
• Thomson Geer assists with $160 million acquisition of Storage King sites
• Thomson Geer advises Dragontail Systems Limited on proposed acquisition by Yum! Brands Inc

The firm has also significantly improved its Mergermarket rankings for the first half of 2021, rising to 4^th from 19^th in Australasia and to 12^th from 83^rd in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan).

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