Matthew Johnson
Partner
Perth

Matthew Johnson
Partner
Perth
Contact details
Matthew is the co-lead of Allen & Overy’s Global Mining sector and has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions and securities law. He advises on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactional and corporate advisory matters.
Matthew has experience advising bidders and target companies in respect of M&A (takeovers and schemes of arrangement) of publicly listed companies, unlisted entities and business/asset acquisitions and divestments, advising companies and investors on domestic and international equity and debt capital raisings, including IPOs, dual listings, share placements, rights issues, convertible notes and other securities. He advises on a range of corporate matters, including commercial and contractual matters, corporate governance and regulatory compliance issues.
He has a depth of international experience, and advises both foreign bidders and investors, and Australian targets and issuer companies, leading to his significant in-depth knowledge in the application of Australian foreign investment policy and legislation, including Australian Foreign Investment Review Board process, decisions and settlement of conditions.
Matthew is a member of the national FIRB committee of the Law Council of Australia.
Matthew is named in Best Lawyers List in Equity Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Corporate, Commercial, Natural Resources and Mining categories.
Matthew is rated as an Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer.
Expertise
Practices
Corporate Governance and Compliance
Environmental, Social and Governance
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 1999
Admitted as a Solicitor (Supreme Court of New South Wales), 2004
Admitted as a Solicitor (Supreme Court of Western Australia), 2004
Academic
B.A. (Hons), Kingston University
Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Guildford
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News: 06 October 2022
A&O to hire partner Matthew Johnson in Perth to co-lead its Global Mining sector
Allen & Overy has announced that corporate M&A expert Matthew Johnson will be joining in Perth as a partner to co-lead its Global Mining sector. Matthew is a well-established figure in the mining…

Expertise
Practices
Corporate Governance and Compliance
Environmental, Social and Governance
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 1999
Admitted as a Solicitor (Supreme Court of New South Wales), 2004
Admitted as a Solicitor (Supreme Court of Western Australia), 2004
Academic
B.A. (Hons), Kingston University
Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Guildford
Commercial Law, Corporate/Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Equity Capital Markets Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
Best Lawyers (Australia) 2014-2022
Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer - independently rated lawyers
2022