John Sheehy

Senior Leadership
Written By Sanice Embleton
 

CEO

 
 

I advise private and public sector clients in relation to strategy, M&A, risk, innovation and management. I have a deep interest in cross-cultural, cross-border business development, strategy and transactions, having advised on M&A, joint ventures, strategic growth assignments and other commercial projects in over 40 countries, spanning 6 continents, with a combined value of over $50 billion. 

I am part executive, part consultant, part banker, part lawyer, and draw on the qualities of each of these roles when providing commercial advice to senior leaders. I have lived and worked in Sydney, London, Moscow and New York City.

I drive commercial transactions and projects with strategic rigour and insight, common sense, and an approachable and professional manner. I am adaptable across a variety of sectors and geographies having advised clients in the government, energy, mining, industrials, utilities, healthcare, luxury, aerospace and retail sectors in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Above all, I am a determined and well-natured individual who inspires confidence in clients and colleagues alike.

Prior to joining Pottinger, I was a member of the market-leading corporate/M&A team of Linklaters LLP, one of the largest premium global law firms, in London and New York. This included a secondment within the corporate legal team of FTSE 100 utility National Grid plc.

    • The Australian Banking Association on an independent review of the Banking Code of Practice  

    • The National Farmers' Federation on its on-farm financial risk management products project 

    • Photon Energy on the sale of the Brewongle large scale solar farm in NSW  

    • RACT on strategic development matters relating to its insurance business 

    • A leading ASX-listed property developer on its strategy to commercialise various technology-driven initiatives  

    • GWA Limited on its global innovation programme

    • Photon Energy on the sale of the Suntop 1 and Gunnedah large scale solar farms in NSW

    • A leading global data analytics company on a new business growth strategy and business case 

    • Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation on its ownership model feasibility study

    • The Pharmacy Guild of Australia on the strategy for Australia’s community pharmacy sector

    • Cochlear on its strategic joint venture planning relating to China

    • An ASX 200 industrials company on its domestic and international growth strategy

    • Pegasus, a UK-based environmental and social impact fund, on Australian acquisition opportunities

    • Photon Energy on its strategic joint venture with Canadian Solar Inc.

    • Servcorp Limited in relation to various cross-border strategy and transactional matters

    • Australia’s Export Finance and Insurance Corporation on its long-term strategy

    • RFG in relation to its US growth strategy and joint venture planning

    • Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation on strategic and operational matters

    • The Federal Department of Treasury on foreign investment policy matters

    • Enov8 on its proposed Series A growth round and US growth strategy

    • NSW Government-owned Hunter Water Corporation on its sale of a wastewater treatment scheme to Water Utilities Australia

    • Foxtel on its hybrid satellite and broadband streaming video strategy 

    • A large US services company on core and non-core strategic growth pathways for its Australian business

    • ACT Inc. on its international growth strategy in fourteen countries

    • Cochlear Limited on its joint venture with Macquarie University and the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children 

    • Hunter Water Corporation on its proposed sale of KIWS to Itochu Corporation

    • Novartis AG on the SEC requirements of its three transformational and inter-conditional transactions with GlaxoSmithKline plc

    • Industrie De Nora on its acquisition of its joint venture partner’s stake in the global water purification business of​Severn Trent plc

    • Sojitz Corporation of America on its cross-border investment in two Peruvian solar PV projects with a Spanish counterparty 

    • J Sainsbury plc on its acquisition of the remaining 50% of Sainsbury’s Bank plc from Bank of Scotland plc

    • De Beers Group on various matters including the migration of its rough diamond sales operations from London to Botswana

    • Air France S.A. on a cross-border investment in a newly formed joint venture 

    • McKesson Corporation on the disposal of its European healthcare IT business

    • Vesuvius Holdings Limited on the disposal of its European precious metals business

    • Various clients on cross-border joint ventures in the Russian industrials and mining sectors

John’s Perspectives

 
 

Start and finish any problem solving exercise by thinking about people.
The rest will fall into place.

 
Sanice Embleton https://www.marlow.digital
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