Bio

Damien Hazard practices in corporate / M&A, with a particular focus on private treaty M&A. He is also a leading practitioner in fundraising for private equity and similar closed end private funds (including infrastructure and debt funds). Damien’s M&A experience includes advising private equity and venture capital funds, corporate clients and management teams on leveraged acquisitions, disposals, restructures, capital raisings and joint ventures. Damien is also one of Australia’s leading private equity funds lawyers, having acted on the establishment of a number of leading Australian private equity and other closed ended funds. Damien is a member of the firm’s private equity group, and client relationship partner for the firm’s relationship with Archer Capital. He has also served as a client relationship partner for Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia.