In our latest It’s Public podcast episode, Daniel Natale chats with David Friedlander, Jennifer Cheung and Robert Kelly about the $14b merger between Brickworks and Soul Patts – a deal that rewrote history for Australia’s second-oldest listed company.   Highlights for the M&A enthusiasts: • A cross-shareholding that lasted over five decades finally unwound • An innovative double-scheme ‘top-hat’ structure • A $1.4b pre-announcement capital raise at nil discount • Parallels to the 2023 Allkem/Livent top-hat merger • What the ASX Listing Rules consultation could mean for deals like this. 🎧 Listen here: Apple - https://lnkd.in/gPsUms49 Spotify - https://lnkd.in/giVTGvxG   Read the full edition of It’s Public here: https://lnkd.in/gmjUDWk9