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Experience: Chris is a partner with McMahon Clarke Legal and first joined the firm in 1998.
His legal expertise in funds management and capital raising is provided to clients over a range of industries, including those involved in equity and debt raising through corporate and trust structures. His clients include responsible entities, promoters, investment managers, financial planning groups, venture capitalists and securities dealers. Chris’ areas of expertise include:
- Formation of private and public investment vehicles.
- Registered and unregistered managed investment schemes, including the following kinds of schemes:
- Equities schemes.
- Serviced strata schemes (including management rights schemes).
- Direct real property.
- Fractional ownership schemes.
- IPDS-like schemes.
- MDAs.
- Mortgage schemes.
- Equities schemes.
- Investment companies and joint ventures.
- Structuring and promotion of investment products (including share and debenture offers).
- Preparation of regulated and unregulated offer documents.
Chris has developed a reputation for effective and timely advice to his clients, who consult him on the broad range of issues which affect their financial services businesses.
Expertise: Click here for examples of the funds management team's recent work.
Professional Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment. Chris is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Following public consultation on the draft regulations and example product PDS for the simpler disclosure of managed investment products , a revised version of the regulations became law on 16 June 2010.
Over the past few months, we have become involved in two ASIC surveillance visits on responsible entities.
Late last year, the Treasury released draft regulations and an example product disclosure statement (PDS) for the simpler disclosure of superannuation and managed investment products.