Jim Peterson
Clayton Utz
Jim Peterson is one of Queensland's leading lawyers, renowned for his 35 years of expertise in corporate law with a focus on the automotive industry, financial services, consumer products and the resources sectors. His profound knowledge and strategic advice have been instrumental for numerous public and private entities, including blue-chip companies and high-profile private clients.
His proficiency encompasses a broad spectrum of legal practices, including public company takeovers, mergers and schemes of arrangements (including defence strategies and Takeovers Panel proceedings), private company acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, equity and debt capital raisings, re-organisations, ASX listing rule requirements and complex corporate governance matters.
- Eagers Automotive Limited on its successful off-market takeover bid for Automotive Holdings Group Limited (which had a transaction value of approximately $1.2 billion) and numerous private M&A transactions, including:
- establishment of the EVDealer Group joint venture for the exclusive sale of BYD electric vehicles in Australia.
- $245 million acquisition of Victorian dealership portfolio and associated freehold properties.
- $205 million acquisition of Australian Capital Territory dealership group.
- $140 million acquisition of Birrell Motor Group and associated freehold properties.
- $108 million sale of Daimler Truck operations and associated freehold properties.
- $106 million sale of Kloster Motor Group and associated freehold properties.
- $75 million sale of Automotive Holdings Group Limited's refrigerated logistics business
- $30 million acquisition of Crampton Automotive Group.
- Superloop Limited on the sale of its Hong Kong operations and select Singaporean assets to entities associated with Columbia Capital and DigitalBridge Investment Management.