Arma Partners LLP (“Arma Partners”) and TMT Partners Pty Ltd (“TMT Partners”) have formed an exclusive alliance to provide advice on Australian and New Zealand mergers and acquisitions in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (“TMT”) sector.

Arma Partners and TMT Partners are both independent advisory firms exclusively focused on providing advice to TMT companies.  The alliance has been formed to provide cross border mergers and acquisitions advice to companies operating in and from Australian and New Zealand.

Arma Partners, founded in London in 2003, is a global TMT advisory firm with offices in London and Palo Alto and affiliates in Tel Aviv and Tokyo.  Since 2003, Arma Partners has advised on over US$8 billion of strategic sell-side, buy-side, public, private M&A and private financing transactions in the US, Europe and Asia.

TMT Partners, founded in Sydney in 2001, also has a team of experienced investment banking professionals who have advised on some of the largest transactions in the TMT sector in Australia and New Zealand.

Together, Arma Partners and TMT Partners have an unrivalled ability to provide specialist and dedicated advice to the Australian and New Zealand TMT sector including:

• international reach, with access to global partners, acquirers and targets;
• a large and deep pool of global TMT expertise;
• extensive local knowledge, experience and relationships in the Australian TMT market.

Further information about Arma Partners is available at: http://www.armapartners.com/

TMT Partners has moved to new offices at Level 1, 71 Macquarie Street Sydney to accommodate expansion.

Hugh Richards has joined TMT Partners as a principal.  Hugh has over 15 years investment banking experience in Australia and Europe, as a director of M&A with Credit Suisse, Managing Director of Bank of America and more recently as a principal with Greenhill Caliburn.

Following its re-acquisition by Mark Burns, TMT Partners has formed a strategic alliance with Truman Hoyle.  Truman Hoyle is an award winning law firm that also serves the new economy industries.  Truman Hoyle’s clients include leading global and national companies at the cutting edge of the telecommunications, media, technology, e-commerce, energy, music, leisure, advertising and biotechnology industries.

TMT Partners has co-located with Truman Hoyle to allow the easy cross referral of clients between the firms.  Further information about Truman Hoyle is available at: www.trumanhoyle.com.au.