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Business Reorganisation

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Reshaping your business for what comes next.

Whether you’re simplifying a group structure, preparing for a transaction, reshaping to unlock value or responding to regulatory change, a well-planned and executed reorganisation can position your business for its next phase of growth. PwC combines deep legal expertise with interconnected tax, accounting and advisory capabilities that work together seamlessly to guide you through the design, feasibility and implementation of tailored reorganisation plans, so you can achieve your strategic goals with confidence, speed and minimal disruption to your business.

Backed by PwC’s global network and market-leading AI tools, we bring together multi-disciplinary specialists from across the world in a coordinated and tech-enabled manner to deliver efficiently, on time and wherever your business operates. 

How we work

One team, integrated advice

Business reorganisations are rarely just a legal exercise. They involve interconnected tax, accounting, regulatory, employment and commercial considerations and the cost of getting them wrong can be significant. Our multidisciplinary model means you get coordinated advice from a single team, not siloed workstreams that need to be stitched together.

Commercially minded

We understand that business reorganisations are a means to an end. We focus on the outcome you want, not just the legal mechanics.

Global reach, local depth

Backed by the PwC global network across 150+ countries, we ensure you have access to the right expertise wherever your business operates, all seamlessly coordinated by a local team that remains deeply connected to the Australian legal, tax and regulatory landscape. 

Human-led, tech-enabled

Leveraging a variety of technology solutions including market-leading AI tools, document management platforms, document automation tools and filterable legal action plans, we deliver on time, on budget and with minimal disruption to your business. 

Our Solutions

Legal entity rationalisation and corporate simplification

Design and implementation of a simpler, more efficient group structure – reducing compliance cost, releasing trapped capital and sharpening governance, so you can focus on the day-to-day and respond to business needs with speed and agility. 

Business and supply chain restructuring

Agile and resilient legal structures designed to align with and adapt to changes in your operating model and supply chains – supporting operational efficiency and unlocking opportunities for growth as the business evolves. 

Pre-deal reorganisation

Pre-deal separations and carve-outs to create a clean transaction perimeter that maximises sale value, accelerates buyer diligence and reduces execution risk.

Post-deal integration

Timely and well-executed integration of acquired businesses to realise deal value quickly and efficiently – aligning entities, harmonising governance and protecting trading continuity through the transition. 

Spin-off and carve-out

Delivering separation and holding structures that stand up to shareholder, investor and regulatory scrutiny – positioning new entities to operate independently and unlock value from day one. 

Cash repatriation

Managing efficient repatriation of cash across your group and jurisdictions – unlocking funds for growth, minimising leakage and ensuring compliance with applicable legal processes.  

Branch establishments and transfers

Managing legal, regulatory and operational workstreams to support your entry into new markets through branch establishments and transfers, ensuring seamless transition of people, contracts and assets to preserve commercial momentum. 

Complex transaction management

We bring structure, discipline and technology to deliver on complex reorganisations – coordinating multi-disciplinary workstreams across multiple jurisdictions, tracking milestones and managing dependencies to give leadership clear visibility, confidence in delivery and a single point of accountability from design through to implementation.  

How we can help

Our legal experts help you see through the uncertainty, by uncovering opportunities for transformation, developing agile legal structures, and providing full legal implementation support.

Pre-deal separations and carve outs

Post-deal integrations

Pre-spin/Pre-IPO reorganisations

Corporate simplifications & business simplification

Branch establishments and transfers

Alignment of legal structure and business divisions

Intra-group cross-border mergers

Day-to-day corporate reorganisation and transitional commercial arrangements

Cash repatriation

Financing and refinancing structuring

Project management of cross-border transactions

Transaction implementation

Meet our Business Reorganisation team

Coming together as a community of solvers, we integrate seamlessly into existing teams or build new ones specific to inform your business reorganisation. Our lawyers are agile, absorbing the full picture to deliver practical advice to help businesses to grow.

Andrew Wheeler

Legal Partner, Corporate/M&A, PwC Australia

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Jensen Li

Legal Partner, Corporate/M&A, PwC Australia

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Andrew Wheeler

Andrew Wheeler

Legal Partner, Corporate/M&A, PwC Australia

Nathan Greenfield

Nathan Greenfield

Legal Partner, Corporate/M&A, PwC Australia

Jensen Li

Jensen Li

Legal Partner, Corporate/M&A, PwC Australia

Jonathan Chelvam

Jonathan Chelvam

Director, Corporate/M&A, PwC Australia

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