Australian firm Johnson Winter & Slattery has hired a corporate partner in Melbourne from Herbert Smith Freehills.

Simon Haddy advises corporate and financial investors on public and private acquisitions, joint ventures and capital-raising transactions in the infrastructure, logistics and utilities sectors. In 2017, he advised Australia-based Impact Investment Group on developing a $24.5 million solar farm in Victoria. In 2015, he also represented Australian logistics company Toll Holdings Ltd. on a $5.1 billion acquisition by Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.