Thindika has over 20 years’ experience providing strategic advice to clients in the General Industrials, Consumer and Technology sectors.
He has advised ASX100 companies, multi-national corporates, including from the US, UK/Europe and Japan, as well as financial sponsors on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions, specialising in public takeovers and private treaty transactions, as well as strategic reviews, divestments and corporate restructurings.
Prior to joining Gresham, Thindika was Head of General Industrials and Consumer for Australia at Deutsche Bank, based in Melbourne, and prior to that he worked at Macquarie Capital. Thindika has also worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Allens and at Clifford Chance in London.
Thindika holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, he has completed studies in Law at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA. Thindika has been admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Selected publicly-announced M&A transaction experience, includes advising:
- Murray Goulburn (ASX listed) on its strategic review and sale to Saputo via Scheme
- GBST (ASX listed) on its defence of Bravura’s and later FNZ’s bid to acquire GBST via Scheme
- Lion Nathan on the sale of its Specialty Cheese business to Saputo
- Lion Nathan on the sale of its Dairy and Drinks business to Bega
- Pacific Equity Partners on its financing and acquisition of ASX listed Spotless Group via Scheme
- Visy on its acquisition of Owens-Illinois’ glass manufacturing assets in Australia
- Aurelius on its acquisition of Minova Group from Orica
- Orica and Macquarie Capital on their joint bid for DSI Group, a German mining products manufacturer
- Heineken on its acquisition of selected beer and cider brands from Asahi in Australia
- McMillan Shakespeare on its bid to merge with ASX listed Eclipx Group via Scheme
- Programmed Maintenance Services on its acquisition of ASX listed Integrated Group via Scheme
- Programmed Maintenance Services on its defence of ASX listed Spotless Group’s unsolicited off-market takeover bid
- Programmed Maintenance Services (ASX listed) on its off-market takeover of ASX-listed KLM Limited
- Orica on its off-market takeover of the remaining 28% of ASX-listed Incitec Pivot
- Coal and Allied Industries Limited on its acquisition of Peabody Coal Group’s Australian coal mining operations
- DP World Australia on its sale of DMS Services to Serco plc
- Rio Tinto on its off-market takeover of ASX-listed Comalco Australia
- Newlake Consortium on its bid to acquire ASX-listed Arrium (in administration)
- Nisshin Seifun on its acquisition of Allied Pinnacle Group
- Multiplex Group on its demerger of Chelsfield Group plc