Global firm, Ashurst has advised Mirvac Limited (Mirvac) in relation to the proposed replacement of AMP Capital Investors Limited (AMPCI) as trustee of AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF). 

Firm: Ashurst (Mirvac).

Deal: Ashurst advised Mirvac on their proposed replacement of AMPCI as trustee of AWOF. 

Value: N/A.

Area: Corporate. 

Key players: The Ashurst team was led by partners Anton Harris and Con Tzerefos.

Deal significance: Ashurst advised Mirvac on formulating a strategy for the unsolicited proposal to the existing trustee, liaising directly with investors to convene a meeting of members to vote directly on the proposed replacement. 

Ashurst also advised on the negotiation of transaction documents with counsel for the investors and AMPCI.

Mr Harris commented: "We are delighted to have assisted Mirvac achieve the support of the AWOF investors and the proposal to acquire the management rights to such a high-quality portfolio of office assets."

The Ashurst team was assisted by partners Andrew Kim and Rehana Box, senior associates Benson Chin, Stephen Moore, Alexandra Nash and Sharon Liu, and associates Alicia Un and Sarah Park in the corporate transactions team. 

Along with  partner Jon Lovell and senior associate Emilie Maddox in the employment team, and partner Kenneth Tang, senior associate Sophia Cook and associate Richard Heng and senior associate Nathan Huynh in the global loans team.  

On the real estate team was partner Pauline Tan, senior associates Alana Eyles and Anavi Suri, and associate Nic Sloan.

Along with partners Geoffrey Mann and Vivian Chang, counsel Paul Glover, consultant Bill Cannon, senior associate Selina Ngo, and associates Sammuel Dobbie-Smitham, Sam Pattinson, Elizabeth John and Monica James from the tax team.

Along with  Bree Miechel and associates Rick Saha and Dan Trevanion on the transport and infrastructure team.