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Retail giant nabs another brand
Super Retail Group has been advised by three firms in its $135 million acquisition of an outdoor equipment and clothing retailer.
Emma Musgrave
Firm: King & Wood Mallesons (Super Retail Group); Greenhill (Super Retail Group); Bell Gully (Super Retail Group)
Value: $135 million
Area: M&A
Key players: One of the legal teams advising Super Retail Group was led by KWM Brisbane-based M&A partner Rhys Casey.
Mr Casey was supported by KWM senior associates Isaac Evans, Mandy Tsang and Greg Protektor, and solicitors Heather Boulton and Samir Bhagat.
Deal significance: Macpac is an outdoor equipment and clothing retailer. It is a vertically integrated retailer which currently has 54 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand, as well as an online webstore which services a number of other countries.
Super Retail Group’s acquisition of Macpac will see it consolidate its existing Rays business with Macpac, under the Macpac brand.
“We are really pleased to have partnered with our long-standing client Super Retail Group on this acquisition, which will support its strategy to build a leading outdoor adventure retail business in Australia and New Zealand,” said KWM partner Rhys Casey.
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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