Bio

Charles Ashton is an experienced M&A professional who has advised on many of Australia's most significant M&A deals across a broad range of sectors. He advises listed companies and private capital investors on large-scale public and private M&A, competitive sale processes, foreign investment regulation, listing rules and corporate governance. Charles has particular expertise in public market transactions advising on takeover bids, schemes of arrangement, takeover defences, Takeovers Panel proceedings and activist situations. He also regularly advises on the structuring and execution of pre-bid stakes and equity derivative trades. He is a member of the Corporations Committee of the Law Council of Australia and Editor of Australia's leading text on public company mergers: Takeovers and Reconstructions in Australia published by LexisNexis. He previously worked at Linklaters in London.