Malcolm McBratney

Malcolm is a corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and commercial contracts. He has a particular specialisation in technology and intellectual property and has extensive cross-border experience.

Malcolm has experience in a range of industries including manufacturing, FMCG, information technology, food and agribusiness and life sciences. Malcolm has been ranked by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, World Trade Mark Review and Doyles.

Areas of expertise:? Corporate advisory, Commercial contracts, Mergers & acquisitions, Intellectual property, Consumer and competition law, Information technology, and Cross border transactions and establishment

Significant matters:

Amcom Telecommunications Ltd (now Vocus Communications) – acted in the $145 million acquisition and lease back of the Megaport fibre optic network assets.

Di Bella Coffee - advised one of Australia’s largest speciality coffee roasters, Di Bella Group, in its $47 million acquisition by Australia’s largest multibrand retail food franchisor, Retail Food Group Limited.

Oracle –eServGlobal sale – advised eServGlobal on the $110 million cross border acquisition of its USP business by Oracle.

Primus Telecommunications – advised Primus International on its $192 million sale of Primus Australia to M2 Telecommunications Group.

Cross border life sciences – acted for ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals in drafting and negotiating a significant deal with global pharmaceutical giant, Hospira to license, develop and commercialise ChemGenex’s lead cancer drug in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Information technology – acted for Softlink in its Government Information Technology Conditions (GITC) contract to roll out its software to every government school in NSW.