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Marcus Best
Partner
BA (Hons), LLB (Hons)
Melbourne
T:+61 3 8608 2946
F:+61 3 8608 1089
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Biography

Marcus has 20 years of expertise in corporate, commercial and equity capital markets.

Marcus specialises in private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, trade sales, takeovers, IPOs, capital raisings and joint ventures. He has acted in the ASX, TSX and AIM listing of numerous companies, and advised on company restructures.

Clients include Goldman Sachs JBWere, Macquarie Bank, Unitas Capital (formerly CCMP Capital Asia), Oaktree Capital, SEA Strategic Asset Fund, ANZ Capital, Hastings, BCP Private Equity, CSIRO, Gresham Rabo, CSR, Bendigo Mining, Gravity Diamonds (in joint venture with BHP Billiton), Nippon Paper Group/Australian Paper, Zijin Mining Group, Mineral Deposits, McConnell Dowell and Oakton.

In the resources industry, Marcus has acted for a number of energy and mining and exploration companies including Zijin Mining Group, Yallourn Energy, Singapore Power and Mineral Deposits. In this sector, he advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, schemes of arrangement, takeovers and joint ventures.

Marcus has also advised on insolvency work outs and divestments, including for the administrators of the former Pasminco Group on its restructure and successful re-listing on the ASX as Zinifex; the receivers and managers of the Western Metals Group (on the sale of the Mt Gordon & Lennard Shelf operations); and the receivers and managers of the Centaur Mining Group.

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