Rodd has deep experience in M&A transactions and is Melbourne’s managing partner. Rodd brings his deep experience and knowledge gained during over 30 years in practice to assist clients achieve their commercial objectives. He is a market-leading practitioner in company takeovers and schemes of arrangement. He is the author of the well-known book, Takeovers Law & Strategy (5th Edition, 2017). He teaches the post-graduate course on company takeovers at the University of Melbourne (since 2000) and lectures in the MBA course at the Melbourne Business School (since 2008). Rodd was a member of the Takeovers Panel, the main dispute resolution forum for takeovers in Australia, from 2007 until 2019. Rodd advises boards of directors on a diverse range of issues including: mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and takeover defences, corporate governance, strategic sales processes, corporate restructurings. In addition to conducting a full-time practice, Rodd is also the Managing Partner of HSF’s Melbourne office.
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On 13 December 2017, the $11 billion merger between Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (Tabcorp) and Tatts Group Ltd (Tatts) became effective upon Supreme Court approval. Final implementation is scheduled to occur today in what has been one of the longest-running transactions in recent Australian corporate (...)
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