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Natalie has over 20 years’ experience in advising companies on public and private mergers and acquisitions, capital and debt raisings, corporate governance, joint ventures and corporate and commercial issues. Natalie advises on equity investment models, business structuring and designing and implementing strategic initiatives. She has advised companies across a range of industries throughout Australia and internationally.

Before starting Humla, Natalie was head of investments (portfolio management and M&A) at a leading financial institution and prior to that held senior positions in leading global law firms, such as Linklaters and Minter Ellison. Natalie’s key strength is her ability to combine technical expertise across a range of disciplines with extensive experience to deliver superior results, regardless of the size or complexity of the engagement. She has been a non-executive director for over six years, across a number of financial planning companies. She seeks to really understand a business and apply her unique skill set to help to drive strategy, change and growth.

Natalie’s experience in structuring, transaction advisory, business advisory and legal advisory includes:

• providing advice to investors on equity investment models and structuring
• advising and implementing the sale and acquisition of businesses, mergers, JVs and capital raisings
• valuing businesses and professional practices for the purpose of recommending an investment to a large institution or for the purpose of formulating acquisition offers
• providing advice about business structuring, including for succession planning, trade sale, investor readiness
• coordinating due diligence
• providing decision-support analysis
• providing guidance on governance and risk assessment
• advice on transaction and corporate documents
• analysis of operational and organisational structures
• identifying opportunities for change/ growth

Natalie is:

· a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

· a Legal Practitioner (qualified in Australia, England and Wales and Sweden)

Natalie holds a Masters in Business Administration from Warwick Business School (Warwick University) (England), and a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (Honours - Psychology) from Monash University.