Edward Cowan joined Flagstaff Partners in 2016 and has over 10 years of corporate advisory experience advising on M&A and strategic initiatives. Prior to Flagstaff Partners, Edward worked in the mergers and acquisitions teams of KPMG and PPB Advisory in Melbourne. Edward has worked on a variety of public market and private treaty M&A transactions and capital raisings across a broad range of sectors including general industrials, consumer, gaming, property and financial services
At Flagstaff, Edward’s notable transactions include advising Keppel Infrastructure Trust’s $600m acquisition of Ventura, Pacific Current Group’s sale of its interest in GQG Partners, PointsBet on the $333m sale of its US Business to Fanatics Betting and Gaming and share placements and renounceable entitlement offers over 2019 –2021 (over $875m raised), Slater & Gordon on its $190m sale to Allegro, NAB on the sale of its finance broker aggregation businesses to Loan Market Group and the Werdiger family on the acquisition of its co-owners interest in a Melbourne CBD commercial property portfolio
Edward holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and a Bachelor of Science (Mathematical Statistics) from Monash University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Adviser to NAB on the sale of its finance broker aggregation businesses
Adviser to PointsBet on its $353m share placement and renounceable entitlement offer
Adviser to PointsBet on its strategic partnership and equity placement with NBCUniversal Media LLC
Adviser to the Werdiger family on the acquisition of its co-owners interest in a Melbourne CBD commercial property portfolio
Adviser to PointsBet on its $122m share placement and renounceable entitlement offer
Adviser to Victoria University on the sale and lease back of its Queen Street properties and long term partnership with ISPT
Adviser to Metricon Housing Group unitholders on the acquisition of a co-founder’s equity interest