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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
Languages
- English
Lawyer Overview
Chris Ahern is a corporate lawyer who for more than 15 years has specialized in the technology sector. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance and has been named in Chambers legal directories as a leading lawyer since 2001. He serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Sydney Office.
Chris's experience in mergers and acquisitions covers the full range of transactions, including court approved mergers by scheme of arrangement, venture and development capital, private placements, and public to private transactions as well as private company mergers and acquisitions work. In the technology area Chris has acted on numerous joint ventures and complex outsourcings (including BPO's) and is skilled at dealing with the complex intellectual property issues that arise in such transactions. In recent years Chris has regularly acted for such companies as Microsoft Corporation, First Data Corporation, and Yahoo!.
Areas of Practice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- M&A
- Product Response Team
- Outsourcing
Representative Cases
- Acquisition of Blue Moon Group and stake in dmrkynetec
- Acquisition of Collotype International Holdings
- Acquisition of Judd Farris
- Acquisition of TIGI product business , (2009)
- Buyout
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
Education
- U of New So Wales - Australia
Articles
Published Works
- 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)