People
Daniel Harris
Biography
Dan advises on private M&A transactions.
His experience includes advising across industry sectors, with a focus on technology and communications, defence, growth capital and private capital transactions. In particular Dan’s practice covers acting on complex multi-jurisdictional technology and communications M&A transactions, and advising international and domestic funds, corporates and investment managers on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and fund raisings. Dan also advises on Australia's foreign investment regime, including obtaining FIRB approval for sensitive and high profile transactions.
Dan has extensive cross-border experience, and has worked in the firm’s London and Sydney offices.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Joint ventures
- Private equity
- Emerging growth
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
Sectors
- Consumer and retail
- Energy
- Oil and gas
- Power
- Banks
- Technology
- Private equity
- Communications media and entertainment
Selected experience
- Singtel and Optus on the establishment of Australia Tower Network (now Indara) and sale of Singtel’s 70% holding to AustralianSuper for AUD1.9 billion.
- Mable Holdings on its acquisition of NDIS plan manager LeapIn!.
- Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board on the AUD1.6 billion acquisition of the 40 year concession to operate South Australia's Land Services Group.
- Varley Group as a key shareholder of Tritium Holdings Pty Ltd on Tritium’s merger with a US SPAC valuing Tritium at US$1.2 billion.
- The lenders to Advent International on corporate aspects of the financing for Advent’s investment in global luxury brand ZIMMERMANN.
Education
- Post-graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, 2006
- Bachelor of Laws, University of East Anglia, 2004
Admissions
- Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia, 2019
- Admitted as solicitor in England and Wales, 2011
Languages
- English