Lee Mitchell

Profile

Lee is a highly experienced corporate and commercial lawyer.  He has a passion for creating positive outcomes for his clients in a no-nonsense and down-to-earth way.

Background

Lee was admitted to practice in 1996 with a Bachelor of Laws (Monash) and, subsequently, a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.  He has over 22 years’ experience in corporate and commercial law gained with international, national and boutique law firms including 12 months as in-house counsel at ExxonMobil and 2 years as a Partner with Middletons (now K&L Gates LLP)

Experience and Expertise

Lee’s practice involves transactional work as well as corporate, commercial and governance advice for a variety of public and private businesses – including a number of clients in the digital media, technology, financial services and property sectors.

He has particular expertise in relation to the legal and regulatory issues relevant to ASX-listed entities

Primary Areas of Practice

• Mergers and Acquisitions (private treaty, regulated (public company) takeovers and schemes of arrangement;
• ASX Listings (IPOs, reverse takeovers, recapitalisations, due diligence and transaction documents
• Capital Raisings (seed raisings, private placements, entitlement issues, convertible securities)
• Regulatory Compliance (Notices of Meeting, Corporations Act and Listing Rules advice
• Company Secretarial services
• Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships;
• Shareholder Agreements

Professional Membership

Law Institute of Victoria

Education

BA/LLB

LLM