Our Expertise
Transaction Communication
Mergers & Acquisitions
Initial Public Offerings
Equity/Debt Raisings
Corporate Restructures
Trade Sales
Asset Divestments
Post-Merger Integration
Media Strategy & Management
Citadel-MAGNUS has built a specialised practice area of advising companies on the complex communication requirements around corporate transactions. Developed over many years of advising public and private companies on addressing media and investors during the course of a takeover or merger, Citadel-MAGNUS now consistently ranks as the leading Australian M&A communication adviser, as measured by Mergermarket.
Each deal has its own complexities that often require a high level of public management, including insights into the communication process around the key domestic regulators FIRB, ACCC and ASIC. We have advised on many of Australia’s largest public company takeovers, and assisted offshore companies to manage media issues and stakeholder groups during cross-border deals.
Citadel-MAGNUS has also advised on a large number of IPO’s, including numerous private equity backed ASX listings, and subsequent sell-downs. Our Investor Relations practice works alongside the Transactions team to assist newly listed companies build effective investor engagement, once publicly listed.
Who to Contact
Peter Brookes
Managing Director, Founding Partner - Sydney
Peter is a founding Partner of Citadel-MAGNUS and joint Managing Director, based out of the Sydney office. He leads the transaction practice across IPOs and M&A and has 20 years’ experience as an adviser to ASX listed companies across financial corporate communication. Peter has led complex transaction projects, including cross-border deals, and has advised on numerous high profile public listings and trade sale processes. He also worked as a communication adviser in the UK, and prior to that was a OTC derivatives dealer for TulletPrebon.
Transaction Communication Insights
COVID-19: What it means for capital markets communication
Capital markets have been on a wild ride since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the need for financial communicators to be open, urgent and calming has never been greater. Citadel-MAGNUS founding partner, John Gardner, recently shared some insights with Paul Holmes,...
Closing the Deal in 2019: Key Factors for Successful Transaction Communication
2018 was regarded as the ‘Year of Living Nervously’ after the ASX shed over $90 billion in February amid fears of rapidly rising interest rates in the US. By December the ASX recorded its worst yearly performance since 2011 and the worst fourth quarter since the GFC....
If you can’t say it on the platform, don’t say it! – Social Media and Disclosure
Social media can be a very effective channel for reaching a broad audience, but also a minefield for listed companies to navigate, so a good understanding is critical to ensure you stay on the right side of the regulators. This was the topic at a recent Social Media...