Shane Bilardi

In his role of Country Managing Partner, and having previously led the firm's Corporate practice in Australia, Shane understands the firm's unique strengths, client base and how to leverage our international connections to support their success. 

"In complex global conditions, this connectivity is more important than ever as we actively work with our clients to support their growth plans and help them manage risk,’’ says Shane. 

“Our success is our clients' success. We link our best people around the world to work with clients to support their ambitions in critical, high-growth sectors." When it comes to areas such as energy transition and renewables, infrastructure, funds management, defence, technology and digital infrastructure, "every day we are working with clients who are at the forefront of these sectors," he shares.

Shane is experienced in M&A, joint ventures and equity raisings for public and private companies with a particular focus on complex private M&A, digital infrastructure and cross border transactions.

Shane is widely recognised for his insight in advising on data centre investments in the Australian market. He has extensive experience with data centre M&A including acting for Asia’s largest hyperscale data centre operator, AirTrunk, since it was established in 2016, including its landmark AUD24 billion sale to Blackstone. He has also advised Amber Infrastructure on their acquisition of the iseek and YourDC data centre businesses, and Hickory on the sale of a majority interest in its data centre business to STACK APAC in 2022. Shane also regularly advises one of the global cloud companies on their local investments, including foreign investment approvals.