Gadens Lawyers melbourne

Daniel Livingston

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e: dlivingston@vic.gadens.com.au
p: 03 8738 6063

Daniel Livingston was recently featured in an article published by the Australian Financial Review - 'Lateral thinking adds value'. To view this article, please click here.

Daniel Livingston is a partner in our commercial and corporate team. Daniel joined the firm after a period as Executive Chairman and Director of two Australian public companies and spent vast amounts of time in the USA working for a US based finance company in a legal and management capacity. Prior to those roles, Daniel held the positions of General Manager Legal, Corporate Strategy and Development and General Counsel Corporate for Tabcorp Holdings Limited. Before taking on the roles at Tabcorp, Daniel was a senior associate in the corporate advisory group of a top tier national firm practicing primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings.

Daniel has extensive experience in a wide range of large and complex transactions including mergers, takeovers, schemes of arrangement, compulsory acquisitions, private equity sales and acquisitions, capital reductions and capital raisings. Daniel often works with business and commercial clients in the areas of business structuring, business succession planning, commercial agreements, asset protection, trusts, business purchase and sales, liquor and gaming licensing.

In addition, Daniel has been an advisor to many small and medium enterprises looking to expand, consolidate or reposition their businesses or otherwise maximise the value of their business. In particular, he has extensive experience with companies looking to expand into overseas markets – particularly the US, the Philippines and China.


specific assignments


  • Lead Australian Lawyer on the $87 billion Hewlett Packard - Compaq merger;
  • Joint Lead lawyer on the $850 million Pivot Limited merger with Incitec Limited - scheme of arrangement and takeover;
  • Incitec Pivot Limited ASX Listing;
  • AWB Limited's $718 million acquisition of Landmark; and
  • Tabcorp Holdings Limited takeover offer for Unitab Limited.

areas of expertise

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