Laura Sheridan Mouton

With over 20 years’ experience gained at pre-eminent global firms and in senior in-house roles in Sydney and New York, Laura Sheridan Mouton has wide-ranging expertise advising on complex and innovative capital markets, finance and corporate transactions across international and domestic markets.

An experienced US securities practitioner, Laura acts for Australian and New Zealand issuers and their investment banks in connection with US private placements, Rule 144A transactions and US public offerings, including Nasdaq listings.

Laura advises on equity capital markets transactions (including IPOs, block trades, placements, entitlement offers, share purchase plans, buy-backs, dividend reinvestment plans and structured financial products), investment grade and high yield debt capital markets offerings, and M&A and strategic transactions. Laura’s expertise also includes securitisation and structured finance transactions, leveraged finance, project and infrastructure finance, liability management and restructuring matters.

Laura’s experience extends across the banking and financial services, mining, energy and resources, biotechnology, infrastructure, property and aviation sectors. A corporate governance specialist and skilled regulatory practitioner, Laura advises on complex corporate and financial regulatory matters and has deep experience in engaging with regulators, in structuring transactions in view of regulatory requirements and in securing exemptive relief. She is experienced in developing novel financing solutions, adapting product technologies and negotiating the terms and conditions of innovative and bespoke instruments.

A former General Counsel and Company Secretary, Laura provides strategic advice to boards of directors of listed companies and significant private enterprises, and partners with senior stakeholders in structuring commercial solutions, executing critical projects and problem-solving.

Selected Experience:

• IPOs by issuers such as Cuscal and Greatland Resources
• Block trades in respect of issuers such as Regis Healthcare, Westfield Retail Trust and Woodside Petroleum
• Equity placements by issuers such as Botanix Pharmaceuticals, Malabar Resources, Megaport and Oilex
• Entitlement offers by issuers such as Cockatoo Coal
• American Depositary Receipt programs for issuers such as Macquarie Group and White Energy Company
• Convertible bond offers for companies such as Paladin Energy
• SEC registered investment grade debt offerings for issuers such as BHP
• Rule 144A investment grade debt offerings and related advisory matters for issuers such as APA Group and Telstra Corporation
• Rule 144A high yield bond offerings and related advisory matters for issuers such as Ausdrill, Emeco, Mirabela Nickel and Virgin Australia
• US private placements of debt and related advisory matters for issuers such as AGL Energy, APA Group, Civic Nexus, FleetPartners Group (formerly Eclipx), Goodman Fielder, Hotel Property Investments, ISPT, Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, NSW Ports, OneFortyOne Plantations, Orica, Ports of Auckland, Santos, Tabcorp and Transurban
• Offerings of Australian Commonwealth Government-guaranteed debt securities of Australian banks and state treasury bodies in connection with guarantee arrangements implemented in response to the global financial crisis