Corporate Advisory
Argonaut is an experienced, successful and growing firm focused on natural resources companies and businesses that service the natural resources sector with market capitalisations between $50 million and $5 billion. Argonaut's corporate advisory expertise encompasses:
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Equity capital markets (ECM) transactions
- Debt capital markets (DCM) transactions
- Financial advice
- Restructuring advice
Argonaut’s Corporate Advisory team consists of 15 professionals based in Perth and Hong Kong. The team provides corporate advice to companies in relation to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity, debt and hybrid capital raisings and strategic growth options. In its target markets, Argonaut is recognised as a trusted, independent corporate adviser with a strong track record of success.
Since the Global Financial Crisis, Argonaut has:
- Advised on M&A transactions in excess of $2.8 billion
- Strong ECM capability with Argonaut leading and/or participating in raisings of in excess of $1.8 billion
- Advised on or arranged project finance and structured debt of approximately $1.0 billion
Argonaut prides itself on developing and maintaining long term, loyal relationships with its clients, as evidenced by its involvement in multiple transactions over many years, for a variety of mining, energy and industrial clients.
Corporate Advisory
Corporate Advisory Team
| Charles Fear | Executive Chairman and Head of Corporate |
| Edward Rigg* | Managing Director |
| Greg Southee* | Executive Director, Corporate Finance, Argonaut Securities (Asia) Ltd |
| Nick McDonough | Director, Corporate and Debt Advisory |
| Ben Lane | Director, Corporate Finance |
| Peter Balsarini | Director, Corporate Finance - Clean Technology & Carbon Advisory |
| Adam Santa Maria | Equity Capital Markets Manager and Legal Counsel |
*Licenced to provide Corporate Finance advice in Hong Kong
