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
W: cdandco.com.au

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