Ed Dymond

Ed Dymond is a corporate lawyer with a particular focus on public M&A and equity capital markets transactions. He has advised Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed targets, bidders, and their boards on schemes of arrangement and takeover bids. He has experience in a variety of capital raising structures, including IPOs and recompliance listings, institutional placements, rights issues, and share purchase plans.

In addition, Ed regularly advises ASX-listed companies, international investors, and investment banks across a wide range of equity and corporate transactions, with particular depth in the resources sector. He has advised on numerous cross-border capital raisings and acquisitions. He also provides ongoing advice to listed companies on compliance with the ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Ed's experience also includes involvement in some of the more novel recent Australian public M&A transactions. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2026, he was part of the team that advised PointsBet Holdings Limited as target in a competitive control transaction valuing the company at approximately A$430 million. The deal involved a recommended scheme of arrangement, a competing proposal, and later off-market takeover bids by MIXI, Inc. and Betr Entertainment Limited.

Before entering private practice, Ed served as the inaugural research associate to the Hon. Justice Darren Jackson of the Federal Court of Australia. He has also published peer-reviewed articles on energy and shale gas, water resources and fracking, and environmental law and oil spills in the Australian Resources and Energy Law Journal, the Environmental and Planning Law Journal, and Onyx.