Caitlin ashworth

Caitlin leads CCK’s Transactions practice, advising on significant mergers and acquisitions, private investments and corporate restructures.  She acts on Australian and cross-border transactions, including share and business acquisitions and disposals, equity investments and joint ventures.

She is a trusted adviser to multinational businesses, private corporate groups, investors and ultra-high-net-worth family groups.  Caitlin advises on transaction strategy and structure, negotiates commercial terms and leads transactions through to completion.  Her work also encompasses the ownership, governance and succession arrangements supporting clients’ businesses and investments.

As a Chartered Tax Adviser, Caitlin brings substantial tax expertise to her transactions practice.  She advises on structuring acquisitions and investments, preparing businesses for sale and reorganising corporate and family groups, bringing together the commercial objectives, tax consequences and legal arrangements required to implement the transaction.

Caitlin regularly presents at tax forums and professional conferences across Australia, speaking on complex tax issues and their practical application to transactions, business structures and succession planning.

She also serves on the Australian board of a global risk management software provider and the board of the Sliding Doors Foundation, bringing her transactions, tax and governance experience to those roles.

Selected transactions

  • Acting for A-LIGN on its acquisition of AssurePoint, marking the US cybersecurity compliance company’s entry into the Australian market

  • Acting for the purchaser of an Australian packaging distribution business, including the pre-completion restructure and acquisition financing arrangements

  • Acting for the shareholders of CAMMS in relation to their USD $100 million exit to a US private equity fund

  • Acting for the purchaser of a large abattoir in regional Victoria

  • Acting for the shareholders of a NDIS Home Modifications provider in relation to a pre-exit tax restructure and the subsequent exit

  • Acting for Ellerston JAADE Australian Private Assets Fund in relation to a USD $25 million Series B funding raise in Sleek

  • Acting for Ellerston JAADE Australian Private Assets Fund in relation to a significant investment in an Australian-based multinational software platform business

  • Acting for an Australian investor in relation to its acquisition of a global South Asian based software development business and its subsequent global corporate group restructure

Recognition

  • Doyle’s Guide, Tax Law, South Australia (2026, 2024)

  • Doyle’s Guide, Recommended Commercial & Business Lawyer, South Australia (2026)

  • The Tax Institute, Tax Trailblazer Award (2026)

Professional memberships and affiliations

  • The Tax Institute, Chartered Tax Adviser

  • The Tax Institute, SA Tax Forum Organising Committee, Co-Chair since 2023

  • STEP South Australia, Branch Committee Member since 2023

  • Law Society of South Australia, Member

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors, Member

  • Financial Services Institute of Australasia, Affiliate Member