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Macquarie Asset Management advised on Lawson Grains sale
Addisons has advised Macquarie Asset Management on the sale of Lawson Grains to New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
Emma Musgrave
Firm: Addisons (Macquarie Asset Management).
Value: Undisclosed.
Area: M&A.
Key players: Addisons partner Daniel Goldberg lead the cross-practice team which included partners David Blackburn, Donna Short and Robert Kerr, special counsel Geri du Plessis, and solicitors Patricia Lai, Samuel Siskovic, Alanna Wright and Andres Diaz.
Deal significance: Lawson Grains is one of Australia’s leading grain growing businesses, with over 90,000 hectares of agricultural land across New South Wales and Western Australia, a statement from Addisons confirmed.
“During its ownership, Macquarie Asset Management successfully built the Lawson Grains management team and business and implemented a strategy to invest in the latest technology, farming best-practices and in the communities in which it operates,” the firm noted.
Commenting further, Addisons lead partner Daniel Goldberg said: “The Addisons team was delighted to advise Macquarie on this significant transaction, continuing our long-standing service of Macquarie’s agriculture investment businesses”.
“Our teams across corporate advisory, banking & finance, real estate and intellectual property were able to apply our expertise in the agribusiness sector to ensure a smooth and successful outcome for Macquarie. We look forward to working with the parties and their advisers to closing it out.”
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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