Bio

Charles Ashton is an experienced M&A professional who has advised on many of Australia's most significant M&A deals across a broad range of sectors. He has extensive experience advising listed companies, infrastructure investors and other private equity and financial sponsors on large-scale public and private M&A, competitive sale processes, foreign investment regulation, listing rules and corporate governance. Charles has particular expertise in public market transactions advising on takeover bids, schemes of arrangement, takeover defences, Takeovers Panel proceedings and activist situations. He also regularly advises on the structuring and execution of pre-bid acquisitions and other structured derivative trades. He previously worked at Linklaters in London.