Liam Closey

Key Experience

• Advising the management team at Calastone on its acquisition by SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SSNC) in a transaction valued at approximately £756 million (US$1.03 billion).
• Advising Physiomics plc (AIM:PYC) on the issuance of new AIM listed shares in a private placement and a retail offering.
• Advising a joint venture formed between Delancey Real Estate and AwareSuper on its acquisition of 20 Manchester Square, London W1U 3PZ.
• Advising the shareholders of Embedded Finance Limited, known as Railsr, on its sale and their participation in a consortium with J.C. Flowers & Co. and TowerBrook Capital Partners. This consortium acquired Equals Group plc for £283 million.
• Advising a joint venture between Helical plc and Orion Capital Managers on the forward sale of 100 New Bridge Street, EC4.
• Advising SpiritSuper on its acquisition of GeelongPort and participation in a consortium with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.
• Advising SpiritSuper on the disposal of its residential loan portfolio to Metrics Credit Partners and an associated investment in residential loan securitisation vehicles.
• Advised Aon on the sale of Aon Solutions Australia Limited, the operator of the ‘smartMonday’ superannuation business, to Future Superannuation Group.
• Advising AMP Limited on the sale of its self-managed superannuation fund administration business and software platform (SuperConcepts) to private equity firm Pemba Capital Partners.
• Advising Leigh Fisheries on the sale of its business and assets to Foodstuffs North Island.
• Advising Vocus Group New Zealand on its acquisition of Stuff Fibre.
• Advising Rua Bioscience Limited (NZX:RUA) on its initial public offering on the NZX Main Board.
• Advising NZ Automotive Investments Limited (NZX:2CC) on its compliance listing on the NZX Main Board.

Career History

Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Senior Associate, Mills & Reeve
Senior Associate, Hall & Wilcox
Associate, Lowndes Jordan
Auckland University of Technology, LLB