Bio

Loretta Reynolds has been a Partner of the firm since 1998 and was elected Chair in 2007. While her main focus is on her funds management/mergers & acquisitions practice, she also has executive responsibility for client development and relationships in all markets. Loretta is individually recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific (2013, 2014 – 2016) in the Private Equity category for her “extensive experience in fund formation, handling of buyouts, and work for superannuation funds“, and was “praised for the very well-honed process and consistently high standard of her work, her reliable meeting of deadlines, and her excellence in the fund set-up and management space“. Loretta is also recognised as a “thoroughly experienced M&A lawyer” in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2012 and 2021), and is ranked as a preeminent lawyer in South Australia in Corporate law in Doyle’s Guide (2012, 2015 – 2021), as well as a leading lawyer in South Australia in Agribusiness (2016 & 2018) and Commercial law (2017 – 2021). Loretta has been recognised by her peers as ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by Best Lawyers in Australia in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions (2016), Private Equity (2017), Corporate Law (2018) in Adelaide, Commercial Law (2019), Venture Capital Law (2020) and Private Equity (2022) in Melbourne. In this entirely peer-review based publication, she has also been recognised by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Australia (2014 – 2022) in the areas of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Funds Management, Private Equity, and Venture Capital and Commercial Law. Loretta has completed the FINSIA Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, and the Advanced Insolvency Law and Practice I & II at The University of Queensland. She also has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide. Loretta is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow Member of the Governance Institute and a Senior Fellow of FINSIA.