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

Contact

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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