Bio

Jamie Restas is the State head of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Group and is one of South Australia’s leading corporate lawyers. He has close to 30 years’ experience in advising major listed and private corporations in connection with all aspects of corporate and commercial activities. Jamie’s expertise includes mergers and acquisitions (public company takeovers and schemes, private treaty acquisitions and joint venture investments), capital raisings and private equity/venture capital. In addition, Jamie regularly provides Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule advice including in relation to related party transactions, corporate governance, directors’ duties, share capital reconstructions and continuous disclosure. Jamie has been named Best LawyersTM Australia “Lawyer of the Year” in Adelaide for Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2024, Venture Capital Law in 2022, Merger and Acquisition Law in 2021, and Corporate Law in 2019. He has also been recognised in Best LawyersTM Australia for Commercial Law, Corporate/Governance Practice, Equity Capital Markets Law, Government Practice and Private Equity Law. Jamie was also named as one of the preeminent Corporate Lawyers in South Australia by Doyle’s Guide since 2015 and a Leading Commercial and Business Lawyer.