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About Rebecca

Rebecca Zwier is a partner in the corporate and commercial practice. She provides commercial advice to a broad range of clients in both the private and public sectors.

Rebecca’s experience includes acting on private business acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures, capital raisings and general commercial and corporate matters across a range of industries.

Rebecca graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with honours.

Rebecca was appointed as a partner in July 2021. Prior to joining Arnold Bloch Leibler, she worked in a commercial legal role and also spent a number of years working with an international law firm.

Rebecca’s experience of working in-house enabled her to gain a greater understanding of the client legal experience and the importance of understanding a client’s business, which she brings to her practice.

Recommended for Commercial law and Mergers & acquisitions law in Australia

Best Lawyers® International guide

Practice focus

Rebecca’s practice focuses on the following areas:

  • private and public mergers and acquisitions
  • stakeholder agreements, including partnership, shareholder and joint venture agreements
  • capital raisings, and
  • general commercial and corporate advice.

Experience

Rebecca’s experience includes the following matters:

Corporate and M&A

  • View Media Group: in relation to its acquisition of: 
    • proptech firm The Today Business
    • proptech business Apartment Developments Group (ADG)
  • IP Generation: in relation to its $300 million portfolio of Sydney and regional NSW neighbourhood shopping centres from businessman Paul Lederer
  • Frank Body: in relation to its $100 million private equity investment
  • Nufarm: in relation to its:
    • sale of its Latin American business to Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited for $1.18 billion
    • acquisition of a European cereal broadleaf herbicide portfolio from American chemical manufacturing company FMC Corporation
    • acquisition of a portfolio of European crop protection products from Adama Agricultural Solutions and Syngenta Crop Protection
  • Michael Schreiber, the founder of Funlab: on his sale and rollover as part of the overall sale to global private equity firm TPG Capital
  • a consortium controlled by Antony Catalano and Thorney Investment Group: in relation to the $115 million acquisition of the Australian Community Media and printing business from Nine Entertainment
  • the Caras Family: in relation to the sale of the Punthill Apartment Hotels business to Sydney based boutique hotel operator, Veriu
  • Dial-A-Dump Industries: in relation to the sale of the privately owned group to ASX listed Bingo Industries for $577.5 million
  • Airmaster Australia: in relation to the sale of 100 per cent of the owners’ shares in the company to Daikin Industries for $100 million
  • Carsales: in relation to its acquisition of DeMotores, the operator of automotive classified websites in Argentina, Colombia and Chile
  • a private family group: in relation to its acquisition of the Sullivans Cove whisky business from Tasmania Distillery Pty Ltd
  • Beddison Corporation: in relation to its partial sell-down to a listed Japanese purchaser
  • Icon Co: in relation to its sale of a majority stake to one of Japan’s largest builders, Kajima Corporation and various other commercial matters
  • SuperPay Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of European payment services provider Bambora Group): in relation to its acquisition of IP Payments and various other matters
  • Aware Water Holdings Pty Ltd, a newly established entity which owns and leases water entitlements in Australia: in relation to its acquisition of 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Summit Water Holdings Pty Ltd, and
  • RCG Corporation: in relation to its $200 million acquisition of Accent Group Limited, distributor and retailer of Vans, Skechers, Dr Martens and Timberland.

Capital markets

  • Nufarm: in relation to its $97.5 million placement of preference securities to existing shareholder and strategic business partner, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited.

Awards & recognition

Rebecca is recognised as a leading lawyer by an international guide to lawyers and law firms:

  • Best Lawyers® International: commercial law and mergers & acquisitions law.

Recognition & publications

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