David Jewkes is a corporate lawyer with extensive cross-border experience, particularly in the Australian and Asian markets. He has a particular focus on public mergers and acquisitions (hostile and agreed bids, and schemes of arrangement), equity capital market transactions (IPOs and secondary raisings including rights issues and placements), Takeovers Panel proceedings, and general corporate work including shareholder activist matters. Mr Jewkes has worked in Perth, Hong Kong and Melbourne, and has completed secondments with the Takeovers Panel Executive based in Melbourne and South32 Limited in Perth. He has previously worked in Norton Rose Fulbright's Perth and Hong Kong offices between 2006 and 2013.