“Very smart, can get to grips with complex issues very quickly, explain them simply and give very good advice.” “Very calm and level-headed in tough situations.”
Biography
Alex Elser is a market-leading private capital and M&A expert trusted by global financial sponsors, pension funds and other private institutions to successfully lead their most important and complex transactions in the Australian private equity market.
Alex is known for her ability to successfully navigate complex deal dynamics, develop pragmatic strategies and solutions for any obstacles, and maintain momentum. She has an unwavering focus on achieving client outcomes. Alex is trusted by her clients to combine technical expertise with genuine commercial understanding and a real world, solutions-orientated focus.
Alex's practice focus is M&A, in particular, significant and cross-border M&A. Alex also has decades of experience in structuring equity arrangements including joint ventures and co-investments, especially those requiring bespoke solutions.
Alex has a broad range of sector expertise across traditional private equity and infrastructure sectors, with a particular depth of expertise in data centers and healthcare (M&A, regulatory and commercial contracts/advice).
Clients have described Alex as "dedicated and outstanding", "very smart, can get to grips with complex issues very quickly, explain them simply and give very good advice", and "a fantastic lawyer who knows our business inside out". Another client adds "She's very calm and level- headed in tough situations."
Alex's clients include Blackstone, Brookfield, OPTrust, CPPIB, EQT and Denham Capital.
Experience
Alex's experience includes advising:
- Blackstone on its landmark ~A$24 billion acquisition of AirTrunk from Macquarie Asset Management and PSP.*
- Kinetic & OPTrust on the sale of Kinetic.*
- The acquisition of Zenith Energy by PEP, Infrastructure Capital Group and OPTrust.*
- Icon Group & consortium comprising Goldman Sachs, QIC and Pagoda on the sale of a majority of the Icon Group to EQT.*
- Brookfield on its high-profile acquisition of Healthscope by scheme of arrangement.*
- QScan Group on its auction process for the exit of Qscan.*
- Affinity Equity Partners on the joint venture of the Virgin Velocity Frequent Flyer program, including investment and exit for Affinity Equity Partners.*
- Icon Group on multiple global acquisitions.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case