Bio

When clients need insight into doing business internationally, they call John Ridgway. His expertise is in highly regulated industries such as financial services, telecommunications and aviation, as well as M&A, foreign direct investment activities and dealing with governments. His unique geographical expertise and international focus has seen him buy, sell, merge, restructure or finance virtually every type and size of business. His clients range from high net worth individuals to multinational corporations. He advises on inbound investment to Australia, outbound Australian investment and other overseas domiciled businesses investing in the Asia Pacific region. John specialises in cross-border and international business transactions. He’s particularly adept at managing and growing relationships in the Pacific, across the US, and throughout Europe and Asia. John’s extensive international experience makes him a first port of call to lead cross-border transactions. In November 2000, John created the Pacific Legal Network (PLN) after living and working in the Pacific for a large part of the 1990s. John has grown that business across Australia and into Asia. John is also Global Chairman of the international legal and tax network IAG Global.