John Wilson

About

John has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings and reorganisations.

Before joining Groom Kennedy, John was a corporate / mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Linklaters in London and Singapore from 2014 to 2020. He has also acted as in-house counsel for Centrica plc, a leading energy company and Citigroup, an international financial services organisation.

John’s cross-border experience and international outlook enables him to provide innovative advice to clients no matter how complex the legal or business problem.

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Education

Bachelor of Laws - London School of Economics and Political Science

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John.Wilson@groomkennedy.com.au

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Represented a leading publicly listed energy company in a joint venture with a state-owned enterprise to create one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in Europe
Represented a national supermarket chain in a $12.6 billion merger with a competitor

Represented an international financial services organisation in two separate regulatory-driven corporate reorganisations
Represented a leading Australian digital solutions provider in a $15 million sale to a publicly listed telecommunications company

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Groom Kennedy advises HealthCare Software on its successful expansion into the UK market

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About

John has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings and reorganisations.

Education

Contact

Select Transactions

Knowledge and Insights

Groom Kennedy advises HealthCare Software on its successful expansion into the UK market

Supporting Variety Tasmania - The Children's Charity

Groom Kennedy advises on the sale of Studio Ninja to ImageQuix

Groom Kennedy advises HealthCare Software on its successful expansion into the UK market

Wrapping up an internship experience

A refresher on safeguarding privileged information

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