Lunch & Learn: Preparation For An IPO Of A Scale-Up Company

Join us for our next TSL Lunch & Learn and hear from guest experts Guy Sanderson, Partner, Hamilton Locke, and Andrew Black, Executive Director, ASX Listing Compliance as they provide tips on preparation for an IPO and ASX listing, covering topics such as getting your capital structure right, satisfying ASX listing tests, understanding ASX escrow, Board structure and governance, and common traps.

• Learn what to do now to prepare for an IPO and ASX listing in the future
• Understand when your company will be ready for the ASX listing
• Hear about common issues for scale-up companies, such as navigating ASX escrow

Guy Sanderson, Partner, Hamilton Locke

Guy brings over 30 years of expertise in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions and relies on his incisive and calm approach to providing innovative solutions to complex problems. He has worked on numerous notable transactions throughout his career and provides dependable, practical counsel aligned with each client’s core business objectives.

Specialising in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, Guy has extensive international experience and also has a particular focus on the fintech industry. His main areas of expertise include ASX listings, capital raisings, cross-border listings, public company takeovers and mergers, private company acquisitions, buy-backs and reconstructions, and corporate governance.

Andrew Black, Executive Director, Hamilton Locke

Andrew has 20+ years of listings compliance specialist experience working at the Australian Securities Exchange. Andrew’s expertise lies in ASX Listing Rule policy and development, the Initial Public Offering process, market supervision, and corporate actions, including accelerated and traditional entitlement offers.

Andrew approaches his work with enthusiasm, professionalism, and diligence, helping businesses find solutions to their complex issues. He has a deep understanding of the ASX Listing Rules and his thorough and dedicated approach to his work enables him to focus on developing attentive and trusting relationships with clients, colleagues, and broader stakeholders to reach common goals.

A bit about Hamilton Locke and Source

• Our approach to legal service delivery is different.

Source provides in-house style legal, HR, governance, and compliance services to businesses that need to bolster their in-house capacity. Their approach is simple – tailored, exceptional support by their entire team, whenever and however you need it. They act as your de facto in-house team or an extension of your existing in-house team. Source operates on an agreed, monthly fixed-fee basis and then partners seamlessly with Hamilton Locke on complex transactional, litigious, or reputationally significant matters.

Hamilton Locke is an international law firm evolving the traditional approach to corporate and commercial legal services, reacting quickly to change, providing exceptional service, and finding creative solutions to deliver smart advice. Advising clients across Australia and New Zealand, Hamilton Locke has been recognised as Australia’s fastest-growing law firm.

Together they provide a broad range of essential corporate services across legal, governance, risk, and compliance, to meet client needs and help their businesses grow and thrive