Benjamin Myburgh
Associate
Benjamin Myburgh assists clients with undertaking due diligence and drafting transactional documentation for domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Benjamin has also assisted on capital raising activities.
Prior to joining the Corporate Practice, Benjamin completed a graduate rotation in our Commodities & Shipping and Energy & Natural Resources teams, where he assisted with commercial contracting, energy market regulation, contractual and regulatory disputes and competition law matters.
- Advising UK industrial services company Phenna Group on its acquisitions of:
- Prensa Group, an Australian provider of asbestos management, environmental testing, risk management, occupational hygiene and emergency management services
- Civiltest, an Australian geotechnical engineering, consulting and soil testing business
- Acting for the shareholders of plant testing, inspection and certification company Asset Management Engineers on the sale of the business to Phenna Group.
- Acting for the shareholders of specialist geospatial surveying company ISGroup on the sale of the business to Phenna Group.
- Assisting with the due diligence and preparing ancillary sale documents in relation to Huineng Gold Pty Ltd’s AU$300 million acquisition of Primary Gold Pty Ltd from Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed China Hanking Holdings Limited.
- Assisting automotive dealership network Autoleague Group on its acquisition of Western Australian automotive dealerships Osborne Park Kia and LDV, as well as Albany World of Cars.
- Acting for a potential buyer in undertaking the due diligence for its proposed acquisition of a business based in South Australia.
- Assisting with the preparation of a rights issue prospectus and convertible note issue for ASX-listed biomedical company Osteopore Limited (ASX: OSX).
- Assisting with transaction documents and completion for the acquisition by OTR Tyres of up to five Beaurepairs stores in Victoria.
- Assisting the shareholders of telecommunications, IT and software service provider Claratti Pty Ltd on sale of the business to Canadian-listed internet service provider Turnium Technology Group Inc. (TSX.V: TTGI; FSE:E48).
- Assisting an electricity retailer in a dispute over the amount of damages owed following a determination by the Supreme Court of Western Australia as to the interpretation of an electricity trade purchase agreement.
- Preparing chronologies, discovery and court submissions in relation to a dispute between an electricity retailer and its subcontractor arising from the supply of solar PV modules.
- Preparing advice to a US-based entity on various aspects of Australian competition law in connection with entering into agreements to license branded apparel to be sold in Australia.
- Preparing advice to the operators of a livestreaming online marketplace regarding compliance with Australian gaming regulations.
Education
- College of Law, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, 2024
- University of Western Australia, J.D., 2023
- University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Commerce, 2020
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Western Australia, 2024