Expertise

Tristan is an Associate in AG's corporate and M&A team in Muscat, Oman. He obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of New South Wales in 2015 and was admitted as a lawyer in Australia in 2016.

Tristan has worked on commercial transactions in Europe, Australia and the Middle East.  Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, he specialised in cross-border transactions at a leading international law firm in Prague, Czech Republic.  Tristan has experience advising private equity and venture capital clients, and has worked on deals in the tech, energy (including renewable), pharmaceutical and finance sectors, among others. He has also worked extensively with insurers on the placement of warranty and indemnity insurance in the context of M&A transactions.

Since joining Addleshaw Goddard, Tristan has expanded his transactional experience to include advising sovereign wealth funds on investments in Oman, working with high-net-worth family offices on various acquisitions and disposals in the GCC region, and advising multi-national companies in respect of green-hydrogen investments in Oman.

Experience
  • Advised Qatar Investment Authority on a joint-venture investment in the Oman hotel and tourism sector in Oman.
  • Advised bp on its green-hydrogen joint-venture investment in Duqm, Oman.
  • Advised the Zubair Group on its disposal of assets in the Oman education sector.
  • Advised Advent International on the acquisition of Zentiva, a leading CEE pharmaceutical company, for EUR 1.9 billion and the subsequent bolt-on acquisition of Alvogen's CEE business
  • Advised a group of investors, including Partech, Quadrille Capital, Index Ventures, J&T Bank and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, on a series B and series C fundraising for Rohlik.cz, one of Europe's leading online grocery businesses, with an investment value of EUR 290 million
  • Advised PPF, a Czech based private equity group, on the acquisition of Robertson & Caine, a South African catamaran manufacturer
  • Advised an Icelandic bank on the disposal of Czech real estate assets to a German international retail chain
  • Advised a Canadian pension fund on the restructure and consolidation of an international engineering and lithium extraction business