Global law firm White & Case LLP announced it has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and its Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of partners Aaron Kenavan and Jamie Palmer in Sydney.
Aaron advises Australian and global corporates, capital providers, and investment banks on corporate transactions, including listed company takeovers and mergers, share and business acquisitions and disposals, JVs and other business collaborations, demergers, and capital raisings. He has experience in various sectors, including consumer and retail, energy, mining and metals, infrastructure, technology, manufacturing, services, and real estate. Aaron brings over 25 years of experience and joins White & Case from A&O Shearman, where he was a founding partner of the Australian business and led the Australian corporate team.
Jamie is a private capital specialist whose practice includes advising private equity funds, infrastructure and pension funds, and family offices on their M&A deals. He has experience across various sectors, including life sciences and healthcare, renewable energy, industrials, infrastructure, and real estate. Jamie brings over 20 years of experience and joins White & Case from A&O Shearman, where he was a partner for the last nine years.
White & Case welcomed financial restructuring and insolvency partners Timothy Sackar and Jillian McAleese in Sydney from Clayton Utz in 2023. In 2024, the firm welcomed private equity partner Taurie Zeitzer in New York and M&A partners Patrick Sarch and Savi Hebbur in London, Keith Hallam in New York, Alan Bao in Beijing, and Domenico Fanuele in Milan, and others.
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“The addition of two highly experienced and widely respected M&A partners supports the strategic growth of our Global M&A Practice in Australia and elsewhere. The new partners will complement our strong Project Development and Finance and Financial Restructuring and Insolvency practices in Australia.”
- White & Case Chair Heather McDevitt
“Australia remains a busy corporate and M&A market. The addition of Aaron and Jamie is an important step in our strategy to build out our M&A team in Australia to ensure we have the team to advise clients on their highest profile and most complex M&A and private equity transactions, as well as providing public company advice. Working closely with the talented group of partners in Australia currently, as well as our wider Asia-Pacific M&A practice, Aaron and Jamie will advise financial sponsor and corporate clients on their investments in and out of Australia.”
- White & Case partner John Reiss, Head of the firm’s Global M&A Practice
“The Asia-Pacific region continues to be a strategic priority for many of our private capital clients across our global network and, with a renewed focus on diversification of investment strategies and geographic penetration, Australia remains a compelling proposition in conjunction with increasing efforts by Australia-based alternatives investors to strengthen their connections globally. Aaron’s and Jamie’s extensive M&A and private capital experience further enhances our capabilities in this important market in support of our clients’ ambitions in the region and uniquely positions our firm to deliver our global network to clients onshore.”
- White & Case partner Daniel Yeh, co-head of the Firm’s Global Private Equity Industry Group
