Jackie Donald
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Jackie Donald

Senior Associate

Email

jackie.donald@aoshearman.com

Phone

+618 6315 5933

Offices

Perth

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Jackie has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate advisory matters, with specific expertise advising inbound investors on Australia’s foreign investment regime.
She advises on a wide range of domestic and cross border transactional and corporate advisory matters. Jackie has experience advising bidders and target companies in respect of public M&A (takeovers and schemes of arrangement) and advising companies and investors on share sales, business sales and joint ventures.

Jackie has acted on numerous inbound investments into Australia, leading to her in-depth knowledge of Australia’s foreign investment regime, including the Foreign Investment Review Board’s application and approval process.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Advising a national petroleum and natural gas company on its acquisition of a strategic minority stake in a newly formed diversified global LNG company.
  • Fortescue Limited on corporate governance matters and on project acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures in relation to its iron ore business, port and rail infrastructure and its green energy business.
  • Advising an international investor on its proposed acquisition of a significant stake in an independent retail fuels business.
  • Horizon Minerals in relation to its acquisition of Greenstone Resources Limited by way of schemes of arrangement.
  • Horizon Minerals in relation to its acquisition of Poseidon Nickel Limited by way of schemes of arrangement.
  • OreCorp Limited on the demerger of its Australian subsidiary, Solstice Minerals and the subsequent IPO of Solstice Minerals on the Australian Stock Exchange, which successfully raised the maximum subscription of AUD12m.
  • OreCorp Limited on its proposed takeover by Silvercorp Metals Inc initially via a scheme of arrangement under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and a placement of new fully-paid ordinary shares of OreCorp issued to Silvercorp to raise AUD28m, and in relation to the successful takeover bid by Perseus.

Pro bono

  • Advising the Australian Water Safety on the Mekong Project Inc on legal liability of committee members.
  • Working on various fundraising initiatives with Starlight Children’s Foundation, whose mission is to brighten the lives of sick children.

Speaking Engagements

  • Presenter, Global trends in private M&A, Allen & Overy Australian Academy, February 2024

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

Member, Energy & Resources Law Association

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, New South Wales, Australia, 2009

Solicitor, Scotland, 2000

Academic

Conversion course and College of Law, 2008

Diploma in Law, Distinction, Glasgow University, 1998

LLB (Honours), 2:1, Commercial law with taxation, Glasgow University, 1997

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.