Ahern, Chris
Jones Day
Aurora Place
Level 41
88 Phillip Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Phone: 61.2.8272.0530 (Business Phone)
Fax: 61.2.8272.0599 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Chris Ahern is an experienced advisor on Australian corporate law whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions in the technology, natural resources, and banking sectors. He has advised on numerous transactions for Fortune 500 companies in these industries.
Chris's experience in corporate law covers the full range of mergers and acquisitions, including court approved mergers by scheme of arrangement, venture and development capital, private placements, public to private transactions as well as private company mergers and acquisitions work. In particular, Chris acted for First Data Corporation on its $22 billion acquisition by KKR.
Chris also has significant experience in business restructurings, having acted for Lucent on the $2.5 billion collapse of One-Tel. In addition, his experience involves advising on numerous joint ventures (both incorporated and unincorporated) and complex alliance arrangements in the technology and natural resources sectors, and he is skilled at dealing with the complex intellectual property issues that arise in such transactions.
Chris has been named in Chambers legal directories as a leading lawyer since 2001. Prior to joining Jones Day, he was a partner for seven years at one of Australia's national law firms. He serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Sydney Office.
Areas of Practice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Product Response Team
- Outsourcing
- M&A
Representative Cases
- Discover Financial Services, Diners Club International and PULSE Network involved in global rollout of ATM card acceptance arrangements , (2009)
- First Data completes sale to KKR
- GfK acquires Blue Moon Group and Minority Stake in dmrkynetec
- Lowe's forms joint venture with Woolworths , (2009)
- Lowe's Companies acquires Danks through joint bid with Woolworths , (2009)
- MPS Group acquires Judd Farris , (2009)
- Multi-Color Corporation acquires Collotype International Holdings
- Sumitomo Chemical to acquire 20% of NuFarm for $622 million , (2010)
- SunPower acquires Solar Sales Pty. Ltd.
- Toni & Guy's Mascolo brothers sell TIGI hair product business and advanced education academies for $411.5 million to Unilever , (2009)
West Practice Categories
Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New South Wales
Education
- U of New So Wales - Australia
- U of Sydney - Australia
Articles
Published Works
- Antitrust Alert: Australia Targets Cartel Conduct with New Criminal and Civil Offenses, 2009
- Antitrust Alert: Acquisitions in Australia by Chinese State Owned Enterprises – The ACCC Presumes Common Control, 2009
- Globalizing The Criminality Of Cartel Offenses, Law360, 2009
- Antitrust Alert: Australia and South Africa Move to Criminalize Cartel Offenses, 2009
Office Information
Address
Aurora Place
Level 41
88 Phillip Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Phones
61.2.8272.0530 (Business Phone)
Faxes
61.2.8272.0599 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)
