Michael Fredericks expertly combines legal prowess and entrepreneurial savvy, making him an invaluable asset to clients and a respected industry leader.
Michael Fredericks is an accomplished Partner in our Commercial Law team who brings a unique blend of specialist legal expertise and entrepreneurial acumen to the table. Michael has navigated the Australian technology, equity capital markets and corporate sectors as a corporate, technology and intellectual property lawyer, company founder, CEO and director. Michael's unique background includes founding, managing and exiting a Fintech company and a Proptech which he listed on the ASX.
Michael has earned recognition both as a leading technology and intellectual property lawyer, as well as industry recognition in the Fintech sector for his company's achievements. Michael's resilience, enthusiasm, and commercially-minded approach stem from his experience in running several early-stage companies, which has uniquely positioned him as a commercially minded and highly experienced technology and intellectual property lawyer.
Through sharing his entrepreneurial journey, insights on raising capital and running listed and unlisted technology companies, Michael has become a respected legal and strategic advisor in the technology sector and mentor for other company founders. His wealth of experience and dedication to supporting the growth of others sets Michael Fredericks apart as a prominent figure in the Australian technology community.
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Client Solutions
The Brick Exchange (BrickX)
investment structure
Client problem
Establishing a fractional property investment structure to enable retail customers to be able to buy and sell part ownership interests in properties owned by the company.
outcome achieved
Establishment of management investment scheme structure, obtaining regulatory approvals, meeting AFSL requirements and implementing the requisite governance structures, compliance systems and development of its technology platform and managed service supplier arrangements.
Onthehouse (ASX:OTH)
capital raising
Client problem
The company needed to raise substantial capital to acquire multiple property software and data companies combined with national land registry data licenses with Australia’s various state and territory land registry departments to establish an industry first real time property data platform to empower real estate agency industry data enabled software and a consumer facing property data website, onthehouse.com.au.
outcome achieved
Michael managed the ASX listing of the company and capital raising transaction ($70M+) to acquire 3 industry software companies and develop the requisite real time data platform, valuation algorithms to provide these solutions to real estate agents, agencies and the Australian public. In addition, Michael managed the company’s R&D refund project enabling the recovery of millions of dollars in government funding assistance, established the company’s ESOP plan with staff, documented material partnerships with Australia’s major banks and implemented the terms and conditions and other legal compliance matters associated with its onthehouse website servicing over 3M Australians per month.
Fupay Holdings Limited
capital raising
Client problem
The Fupay company was seeking to build a lifestyle money management platform to enable consumers to forecast their cash flow across future pay cycles and assist consumers manage cash flow through the provision of a responsible credit solution, as well as a ‘Smart Spending’ recommendations solution to assist consumers save money.
outcome achieved
Michael assisted the company raise over $20M in start-up and growth capital from high-net-worth investors and strategic partners including Chemist Warehouse. In addition, Michael managed the implementation and documentation of strategic partnerships with a number of Australia’s most well-known retail brands, as well as the company’s varied regulatory compliance functions with ASIC and compliance with Australia’s consumer credit laws, ACL requirements and BNPL exemptions under the Act.
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