Expertise
Tristan is a Managing Associate in AG's corporate and M&A team in Muscat, Oman. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of New South Wales and was admitted as a lawyer in Australia in 2016.
Tristan has worked on high-value commercial transactions in the Middle East, Europe and Australia. In Europe, he specialised in cross-border transactions at a leading international law firm. In the Middle East, Tristan has worked with sovereign wealth funds, international conglomerates and high-net worth families on making investments in Oman and the wider region. He has experience advising private equity and venture capital clients, and has worked on deals in the energy (including renewables), tech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, hospitality and finance sectors, among others. Tristan has also worked extensively with insurers on the placement of warranty and indemnity insurance in the context of M&A transactions. Tristan has recently been recognised by Thomas Reuters as a Stand-Out Lawyer.
- Experience
- Advised Qatar Investment Authority on a joint-venture investment in the Oman hotel and tourism sector in Oman.
- Advised bp on its green-hydrogen joint-venture investment in Duqm, Oman.
- Advised the Zubair Group on its disposal of assets in the Oman education sector.
- Advised Advent International on the acquisition of Zentiva, a leading CEE pharmaceutical company, for EUR 1.9 billion and the subsequent bolt-on acquisition of Alvogen's CEE business
- Advised a group of investors, including Partech, Quadrille Capital, Index Ventures, J&T Bank and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, on a series B and series C fundraising for Rohlik.cz, one of Europe's leading online grocery businesses, with an investment value of EUR 290 million
- Advised PPF, a Czech based private equity group, on the acquisition of Robertson & Caine, a South African catamaran manufacturer
- Advised an Icelandic bank on the disposal of Czech real estate assets to a German international retail chain
- Advised a Canadian pension fund on the restructure and consolidation of an international engineering and lithium extraction business
- Education
- University of New South Wales - 2015
- University of New South Wales - 2009
