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Consortium to complete $1b acquisition of pet food business

Two firms have advised in a billion-dollar acquisition of the Real Pet Food Company.

user iconEmma Musgrave 02 November 2017 Big Law
Consortium to complete $1b acquisition of pet food business
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Firms: Ashurst (Hosen Capital, New Hope Group and Temasek); Gilbert + Tobin (Quadrant Private Equity)

Deal: A consortium has been advised in the acquisition of the Real Pet Food Company from Quadrant Private Equity and other minority shareholders.

Value: $1 billion

Area: M&A, private equity

Key players: The Ashurst legal team was led by corporate partner Mark Stanbridge and banking and finance partner Shawn Wytenburg.

The pair were assisted by employment partner Jennie Mansfield, tax partners Vivian Chang and Barbara Phair, environment and planning partner Rebecca Dixon, property partner Andrew Deane and IP partner Lisa Ritson.

The team was also assisted by Ashurst Singapore-based corporate partner Simon Brown.

Deal significance: The consortium comprised of Hosen Capital, New Hope Group and Temasek.

Hosen Capital is a private equity firm based in Beijing, New Hope Group is China’s largest private agribusiness enterprise and Temasek is a Singapore investment company.

The acquisition of the Real Pet Food Company from Quadrant Private Equity and other minority shareholders is subject to foreign investment approval.

Emma Musgrave

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. 

Email Emma on: Emma.Musgrave@momentummedia.com.au 

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