Gilbert + Tobin has announced the appointment of leading  finance and restructuring expert Simon Lynch from Allens Linklaters.

As a partner of Allens Linklaters, Lynch had worked on some of the most significant recent deals in the market including the $2.3 billion financing of the Sydney Desalinisation Plant, Dulux’s $293 million acquisition of Alesco and the workout and refinancings of Centro, Elders and Nufarm.

Managing partner Danny Gilbert said that his firm’s finance and restructuring practice had grown 49% over the past year and worked on many high-profile transactions including the Nine restructuring and the Top Ryde whole of debt sale.