Carl Della-Bosca
Carl Della-Bosca

Carl Della-Bosca

Partner, Corporate Transactions Practice in Australia

Perth

+61 8 9366 8741 | +61 429 322 150
carl.della-bosca@ashurstperkins.com

Introduction

Carl is a corporate partner with extensive M&A, joint venture and capital markets experience across a variety of sectors including mining, energy, technology and infrastructure.

Carl Della-Bosca focuses on public and private M&A, joint ventures and equity capital raisings, as well as advising on Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules and corporate governance matters. Carl has advised on significant and complex corporate transactions for clients in a variety of sectors including mining, energy, technology, infrastructure, telecommunications and financial services.

In particular, Carl has extensive experience advising clients in relation to cross border M&A transactions and joint ventures in the mining and energy sectors in Australia. This includes advising Hancock Prospecting on the acquisition of the Mineral Resources oil and gas assets in Western Australia and advising Mitsui on the acquisition of interests in various iron ore tenements in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and related amendments to existing Pilbara iron ore joint venture agreements between Mitsui, BHP and Itochu.

Carl spent five years working at Slaughter and May in London and completed a six-month secondment at the investment bank, NM Rothschild and Sons Limited, while in London. 

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  • Montage Gold Corp on its acquisition of African Gold Limited by way of share and option schemes of arrangement for an implied target value of approx. A$305 million.
  • VGW Holdings on its $3.2 billion acquisition by Lance East Office, the family office of VGW founder and CEO, Laurence Escalante, by scheme of arrangement.
  • Mitsui on the acquisition from BHP of minority interests in the Western Ridge and Ministers North iron ore deposits in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and various related amendments to existing Pilbara iron ore joint venture agreements between Mitsui, BHP and Itochu.
  • Hancock Prospecting on the acquisition of the Mineral Resources oil and gas assets in Western Australia for consideration of up to A$1.1 billion.
  • Sojitz Corporation on the divestment of its 30% interest in the Southdown Magnetite Project in Western Australia to Grange Resources.
  • Boart Longyear Group on a number of transactions including its complex and multifaceted recapitalization and re-domiciliation to Canada and its US$371 million acquisition by an affiliate of American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VIII, L.P. pursuant to a Court approved plan of arrangement.
  • Mota Engil on the sale of the Chilwa Mineral Sands Project in Malawi to Chilwa Minerals Limited and Mota Engil’s investment in Chilwa Minerals Limited.
  • Woodside Energy on its sale of a 49% participating interest in the Pluto Train 2 Joint Venture to funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners.
  • State of Western Australia on the A$1.41 billion partial commercialization of the Western Australian Land Information Authority and on the restructure of Keystart Loans Limited as a new statutory corporation, Keystart.
  • Westfield Retail Trust on its merger with the Australian and New Zealand businesses of Westfield Group to create Scentre Group – the largest REIT on the ASX, with total assets of A$29.3 billion and assets under management of A$38.6 billion.

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