Louis is a Foreign Registered Lawyer (admitted in Western Australia, Australia) in the Corporate and M&A Group.

Louis advises clients on a wide range of cross-border and domestic commercial transactions, including public takeovers, schemes of arrangement, capital raisings, and joint ventures. Louis also advises private clients on strategic investments and acquisitions with a particular focus on the energy and resources sector, as well as advising on corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining Arthur Cox Louis worked as a solicitor at A&O Shearman.

Relevant Experience

• Advising a national petroleum and natural gas company on its acquisition of a strategic minority stake in a newly formed diversified global LNG company.
• Advising a multinational conglomerate on the sale of key energy assets for an enterprise value of USD1.1bn.
• Advising an ASX listed entity on two strategic mergers via schemes of arrangement.
• Advising an ASX listed entity on its proposed takeover via schemes of arrangement and eventual subsequent successful takeover via a competitive takeover offer.
• Advising listed and unlisted entities on strategic project acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures.
• Advising listed and unlisted entities on AGM preparation, insider trading laws, directors’ duties and other corporate governance queries.