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Harry Sharp

Senior Foreign Legal Associate
About

Harry is a senior foreign legal associate in our corporate and capital markets team in Sydney. Harry brings with him over nine years' experience working at a top-tier international law firm and in-house at two prominent financial institutions.

Harry has extensive experience advising listed companies and investment banks on equity capital markets transactions across a range of sectors. Harry also has experience of assisting companies with public and private M&A and advising listed companies in relation to corporate governance matters.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Empatica, Inc., a US based healthcare technology company, on its acquisition of PKG Health, an Australian based healthcare company.
  • Advising Moelis as lead manager and underwriter on the accelerated, non-renounceable entitlement offer by Swoop Holdings Limited, an Australian provider of data, mobile and internet services.
  • Advising a UK bank in respect of its GBP175 million private investment from a British private equity firm.*
  • Advising a multinational oil and gas exploration company on the proposed all-share merger with an energy producer.*
  • Advising a leading global travel retailer in relation to multiple equity placements.*
  • Advising the underwriting investment banks (including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch) in relation to the GBP4 billion IPO of an alternative investment company on the London Stock Exchange.*
  • Advising a royalty and streaming company in relation to an equity placement to raise c.GBP50 million in connection with an acquisition.*
  • Advising a British insurance company in relation to its GBP150 million placement and open offer.*
     

*Experience gained before joining DLA Piper

Education
  • BPP, Accelerated Legal Practice Course, 2016

  • University of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2014

  • University of Nottingham, BA Politics, 2013

Prior Experience

  • 2024-2025, Vice President, Group Corporate and Treasury Legal, Barclays
  • 2018-2024, Associate, London based international law firm

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Law Society of England and Wales

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