Best Lawyers® recognises Coghlan Duffy lawyer in 2025 Australian edition

18 April 2024

Best Lawyers® has released The Best Lawyers in Australia™ 2025 list.

Coghlan Duffy is pleased to announce that John Coghlan, Partner, has been recognised for Venture Capital Law in this year’s edition.

Coghlan Duffy is a specialist corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
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Patricks secures investment from Shiseido

9 April 2024

Australian men’s grooming brand, Patricks has received a substantial investment from Shiseido’s newly formed venture arm. It is the inaugural investment made from the Shiseido Long-Term Investments for the Future (LIFT) Ventures fund, a vehicle investing in innovative, high-growth brands within the beauty and wellness space.

Certain existing and new investors participated in the raise alongside Shiseido LIFT Ventures.

Coghlan Duffy acted for Patricks in the transaction. The team was led by Partner, Zain Kazi, with support from Associate, Alyssandria Lim. Consumer M&A specialist investment bank, Lempriere Wells, arranged the raise for Patricks.

For more information about this transaction, please refer to the article in the Australian Financial Review, and the news release by Shiseido.

About Patricks

Patricks is a luxury men’s grooming brand founded in 2014 by former men's salon owner Patrick Kidd, and his wife, Aimee, a former lawyer. Owning an award-winning barber shop for many years, they were disappointed by the range of products available at the time. This inspired them to create a luxury skin and haircare brand for men that consciously combines performance, design, and sustainability. Patricks is stocked at Harrods, Selfridges, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, Saks, and Harrolds.

Zain Kazi | Partner
E: zkazi@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy is a specialist corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au

Fotomerchant sells to ImageQuix

16 February 2023

Sydney-based photography software provider, Fotomerchant, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by US-based photography software company, ImageQuix (a portfolio company of US-based private equity firm, Charlesbank Capital Partners).

Coghlan Duffy Lawyers acted for Fotomerchant in the transaction. The team was led by Partner, John Coghlan, with support from Senior Associate, Harry Pratt, and Associate, Marcus Triado, together with specialist tax advice from Partner, Jeremy Makowski.

This strategic acquisition complements ImageQuix’s existing suite of software solutions for professional photographers.

For more information about this transaction, please refer to Charlesbank’s media release.

About Fotomerchant

Fotomerchant is a leading software platform that provides website publishing, e-commerce, financial management, and business intelligence tools for professional photographers. Led by its co-founders, Elmar Platzer and Derek Clapham, Fotomerchant has sold its innovative solutions to leading photography studios around the world for more than 14 years.

John Coghlan | Partner
E: jcoghlan@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy is a specialist corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy Graduate Program 2024

15 August 2023

We are very excited to launch our Graduate Recruitment Program for 2024.

Suitably qualified candidates should follow the application instructions available here on our LinkedIn Page.

We look forward to receiving applications!

John Coghlan | Partner
E: jcoghlan@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy is a specialist corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au

Agtech start-up, Zondii, raises $1.1M

7 July 2023

Led by Danielle Morton, Zondii is an innovative agtech start-up that has developed technology to verify and validate food and fibre using a smart phone.

Zondii successfully raised an investment round of $1.1 million from a range of early-stage angel investors, venture capital funds.

The company is currently developing applications of the technology in food and to measure micron, crimp and the colour of wool, with a mission to give farmers and consumers the technology, data and science to get recognition for their food or fibre.

Coghlan Duffy acted for Zondii on the investment round. The team was led by Partner, Zain Kazi with support from Associate, Victoria Nadalin.

For more information about this transaction, please refer to a more detailed article published by Startup Daily.

For further information, contact:

Zain Kazi | Partner
E: zkazi@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au

OnePlace Solutions sells to Ideagen

21 May 2023

Sydney-based software company and Microsoft Gold Partner, OnePlace Solutions, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by UK-based global software solutions provider, Ideagen.

Coghlan Duffy acted for OnePlace Solutions in the transaction. The team was led by Partners, John Coghlan and Zain Kazi, with support from Associate, Marcus Triado.

This strategic acquisition complements Ideagen’s extensive suite of technology solutions for regulated and compliance-driven industries.

For more information about this transaction, please refer to Ideagen’s media release, OnePlace Solutions’ media release and the recent articles in ARN and IT Wire.

About OnePlace Solutions

OnePlace Solutions provides its customers with a suite of cloud-based software solutions to simplify Microsoft 365, including document management, project management, collaboration, records management and email management tools aimed at increasing productivity. Led by its Founder, James Fox, OnePlace Solutions has sold its software across the world for more than 20 years and counts the likes of Willis Towers Watson, American Express and Lloyd’s among its customers. For more information, please visit OnePlace Solutions’ website here.

About Ideagen

Ideagen is a leading global software provider based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, that focuses on compliance, quality and risk solutions for customers across various industries, including aviation, aerospace, accounting, health, pharmaceutical and defence. Ideagen has more than 11,400 customers globally, including Airbus, British Airways, Grant Thornton and Admiral Group, and has acquired more than 20 companies. For more information, please visit Ideagen’s website here.

For further information, contact:

John Coghlan | Partner
E: jcoghlan@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au

iConstruct sells to Hexagon AB

15 November 2022

Perth-based Building Information Modelling (BIM) software provider, iConstruct, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Swedish-headquartered global information technology company, Hexagon AB.

Coghlan Duffy + Co acted for iConstruct in the transaction. The team was led by Director, John Coghlan, with support from Associate Director, Zain Kazi, and Associate, Marcus Triado.

This strategic acquisition complements Hexagon’s existing suite of technology solutions and represents its second Australian acquisition in the past 12 months, following its purchase of mining technology company, Minnovare.

Hexagon was represented by its Australian counsel, K&L Gates, led by Partner, Adam Levine, and Senior Associates, Ben Kiernan-Green and Natasha Augustin-Fleming.

For more information about this transaction, please refer to Hexagon’s media release and the recent articles in AEC Magazine, Engineering.com and Business News.

About iConstruct

iConstruct provides its clients with a suite of BIM software solutions used in commercial, infrastructure and industrial construction. Led by its Founder and CEO, Shawn Weir, iConstruct has developed award-winning software that is used by various clients on large energy, resources and infrastructure projects globally. For more information, please visit iConstruct’s website here.

About Hexagon AB

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) is a publicly-listed global technology company that specialises in digital reality solutions, including sensor, software and autonomous technologies, across industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, public and mobility sectors. Hexagon has a presence in 50 countries, employs approximately 23,000 people and has acquired more than 170 technology companies. For more information, please visit Hexagon’s website here.

For further information, contact:

John Coghlan | Director
E: jcoghlan@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy + Co is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au

Trendii raises $2.9M Seed Round

12 October 2022

Coghlan Duffy + Co, led by Director, Charly Duffy with assistance from Associate, Harry Pratt, were pleased to act for Trendii on its recent $2.9 million seed investment round.

The raise sets the Melbourne-based adtech startup up for international expansion, having already begun working with publishers including the Daily Mail, Are Media and News Corp.

Headed by Founder and CEO Aaron Woolf, Trendii uses proprietary AI-driven technology to turn online image and video content into instant shopping experiences. The contextual advertising Trendii creates opens up new ways for publishers to monetise content in the evolving landscape of online advertising.

 The funding round was supported principally by VC fund Investible and its investment community, Club Investible, as well as a strategic media partner.

Read more from Investible about its support for Trendii here.

For further information, contact:

Charly Duffy | Director
E: cduffy@cdandco.com.au

Coghlan Duffy + Co is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm based in Melbourne. The firm is proud to work with an enviable list of clients, including prominent Australian start-ups and ASX-listed companies.

A: Level 42, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins St VIC 3000
T: +61 3 9614 2444
W: cdandco.com.au