Baker McKenzie partner jumps to Adamantem Capital
A new face is set to be wandering the corridors of Sydney private equity firm Adamantem Capital.
Rob Koczkar, Adamantem Capital’s CEO. Natalie Boog
Street Talk understands Baker McKenzie partner and equity capital markets head Antony Rumboll has resigned after six years at the law firm and will join Rob Koczkar and Anthony Kerwick’s Adamantem.
The move is being viewed as a blow for Baker McKenzie. Rumboll was the law firm’s top local EMC lawyer and central to its recent pitch for the AirTrunk initial public offering, first reported by Street Talk.
The lawyer, who was previously a senior member of UBS’ in-house legal team, has overseen a range of capital markets deals including IPOs for Home Consortium, Prospa Group, Healthscope and Spotless, capital raisings for Sundance Energy Australia, Centuria Industrial REIT and Afterpay’s $200 million strategic placement.
On the M&A front, Rumboll’s deal list includes the proposed merger of Tatts and Tabcorp and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking’s acquisition of Colonial First State Global Asset Management in 2019.
Rumboll joined Baker McKenzie as a partner in 2017. Prior, he was an executive director at UBS where he oversaw legal advice in the investment banking and advisory business for more than a decade.
It’s been a busy year for Adamantem. The private equity outfit netted over $150 million for a private equity fund focused on sustainable assets and signed its first deal for the new strategy with bamboo serving ware and food packaging business PAC Trading in June. It’s also testing buyer appetite for horse feed business Hygain and swooped on Boost Juice and Betty’s Burgers chains.
Most recently, Adamantem put its electrical and industrial distribution platform play Legend Corp
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