Ben Morton

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Consultant
P: +61 8 948 17 200
b.morton@taylor-david.com

Ben specialises in M&A transactional work with a focus on hostile takeovers and distressed asset sales.

Ben has worked on a variety of large scale M&A transactions including fund managers and property syndicates.

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Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (University of Western Australia)
• Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (1997)
• Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
  
  

Experience

• Negotiating and documenting the structure and acquisition of a $40m parcel of land involving two vendors, complicated financing and shareholder arrangements for the buyer and sophisticated planning issues
• Assisting and advising a director through the winding up of a company so that he maximised his outcome in respect of guaranteed debts and realisation of assets
• Negotiating and documenting the sale of mining services company’s assets including patents and related assets to a Canadian based company
• Assisting in the restructure of a financially distressed group of companies labouring under increased costs, unpaid tax debts, director guarantees and uncertain incoming work.

• Documented new contracting work worth $30m and arranged new company structure.