White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Anthony O'Connor

Practice Experience

Anthony O'Connor, Associate, joined the Budapest office of White & Case in 2006 as a member of our M&A / Private Equity practice group.

Prior to moving to Hungary, Mr. O'Connor was an Associate for two years at a major international law firm in Sydney as a member of the Private Equity and M&A Group.

Since joining White & Case, Anthony has participated in the following transactions:

Acting for Mid Europa Partners in relation to its €0.45 billion acquisition of Baltic mobile operator Bité from Danish company TDC;
Acting for AIG Capital Management Ltd., advisor to the €523 million AIG New Europe Fund II, in connection with the Fund's approximately €45 million investment in SC Digital Cable Systems SA, a leading Romanian cable television and direct-to-home company;
Acting for Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd and Mid Europa Partners in relation to its proposed management incentive plan for a Czech investee company;
Acting for DBG in relation to its proposed acquisition of an Hungary-based company;
Acting for Euromedic International in relation to its acquisitions of various medical diagnostics and dialysis centres in Europe;
Acting for the shareholders in Invitel, the second-largest fixed-line operator in Hungary, in connection with a share buy-back transaction and reorganization of their shareholders agreement; and
Acting for CEE Industrial Holdings Limited in connection with its acquisition of Salgglas Zrt, the leading Hungarian manufacturer of tempered, panoramic and safety glass.

His work in Sydney included:

Acting for CCMP Capital Asia (formerly JP Morgan Private Equity) on the leveraged management buy-out of Waco International for in excess of A$1 billion;
Acting for Regional Express Airlines on its Australian Stock Exchange listing and pre-listing acquisition;
Acting for Ironbridge Capital in relation to its public to private of formerly NASDAQ listed Barbeques Galore;
Acting for Archer Capital and Pacific Equity Partners on the leveraged management buy-out of international earthmoving business Emeco International for in excess of A$500 million;
Acting for Ironbridge Capital in relation to its management buy-out of Dexta Corporation for approximately A$20 million; and
Acting for Vision Group Holdings Limited in relation to its acquisition of various ophthalmology practices.

Bars and Courts
Supreme Court of Queensland, 2003
Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, 2004

Education
Graduate Diploma in Law, PLEAT, University of Queensland, Australia, 2002
BA/LLB, University of Queensland, Australia, 2001

Languages
English
French