19 March 2010 | Mallesons has acted for Nestle Australia's Purina PetCare division on a new acquisition.
10 March 2010 | Arnold Bloch Leibler has acted on the sale of a luxury retirement and aged care facility in Wollongong.
8 March 2010 | Freehills is acting as Australian legal counsel to Miclyn Express Offshore as it seeks to raise between $502 million and $623.7 million in an initial public offer.
1 March 2010 | Freehills has been appointed to a $806 million entitlements offer by Lend Lease, the most recent of several deals with the client.
25 February 2010 | Blake Dawson has assisted engineering and construction company Clough on a $98 million deal.
19 February 2010 | DibbsBarker has advised financial services company Xplore Capital Ltd in the recent takeover bid by Firstfolio Limited.
15 February 2010 | Allens, Mallesons, Freehills and Blake Dawson have all acted on a property funds management company's A$108 million acquisition of the majority of Macquarie Group Limited's core real estate management platform.
10 February 2010 | The New Lawyer reveals the top deals announced, and which law firms worked on them, in January
10 February 2010 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Ferrier Hodgson have finalised the sale of Allco’s aviation business, the largest and most complex asset within the Allco Group, to Hong Kong Aviation Company and Bravia Capital Partners.
9 February 2010 | Thirteen acquisitions down and resources company Xstrata shocked lawyers yesterday by breaking the news that its aggressive deal making had come to an end
9 February 2010 | Minter Ellison has made two senior appointments that it says will help international clients deal with regulators.
8 February 2010 | Commentators say it's the lawyers who are doing well out of the newly announced divestment of Pfizer by Virbac.
1 February 2010 | Mallesons Stephen Jaques has acted for the Southern Way Consortium, the successful bidder to build and operate the A$759m toll free Peninsula Link highway in Victoria.
18 January 2010 | Law firm Freehills has advised Lend Lease Investment Management on the recent launch of a new institutional fund to invest in distressed real estate.
14 January 2010 | Allens Arthur Robinson is acting for National Australia Bank Limited on the proposed acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH).
13 January 2010 | The law firm that worked on BaoSteel Group's recent $285.6m investment in ASX-listed Aquila has justified its self-proclaimed position as a leading adviser to Chinese SOEs on inbound investment
13 January 2010 | The international law firm that merged with Australian firm Deacons this month has secured a place on an Indonesian deal valued at $415 million.
11 January 2010 | Corrs has advised Daily Mail and General Trust plc on the transfer of 50 per cent of its interest in DMG Radio Australia to Murdoch's Illyria.
17 December 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson is advising Lend Lease Group, the fully integrated property solutions provider, on its A$192 million acquisition of Lend Lease Primelife Group.
15 December 2009 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth is advising First Quantum Minerals on its proposed AU$372 million acquisition of BHP’s Ravensthorpe Nickel operation in Western Australia.
14 December 2009 | Freehills has advised Abacus Property Group on its institutional placement.
10 December 2009 | Blake Dawson has secured a position on the sale by agribusiness AWB of its Landmark Financial Services loan and deposit books to ANZ.
7 December 2009 | Freehills is acting for Indophil Resources on its newly announced A$545 million takeover bid by China's Zijin Mining.
3 December 2009 | Minter Ellison and Mallesons have claimed legal roles on the newly completed acquisition of Barclays Global Investors by BlackRock.
30 November 2009 | Minter Ellison has acted as Australian counsel on Amcor’s acquisition of Rio Tinto Plc Alcan’s packaging business units.
27 November 2009 | Baker & McKenzie has advised Sims Metal Management on its newly announced $400m institutional placement. Allens Arthur Robinson advised the underwriters.
26 November 2009 | Allens joins Slaughter & May in advising a company on its plans to cancel its listing on the London Stock Exchange.
26 November 2009 | Volkswagen Financial Services UK has appointed law firm Eversheds as its sole adviser on employment issues.
25 November 2009 | Freehills has advised Astro Japan Property Trust and Lend Lease on their recent staplings.
20 November 2009 | Law firm Freehills has advised CalEnergy Gas (Australia) Limited on an option to sell its 15 per cent interest in the BassGas Project to AWE Petroleum Pty Ltd.
11 November 2009 | Freehills is advising PearlStreet on the takeover offer made by Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Campbell Brothers.
5 November 2009 | Gilbert + Tobin has advised a syndicate of five banks as lenders to a leading independent coal exploration and production company.
3 November 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson is seeing a flow of work from one major property client.
2 November 2009 | An Australian law firm has scooped work on the retail technology upgrade deal for Shell.
2 November 2009 | Law firm Slater & Gordon has signed a deal with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
29 October 2009 | New Zealand state-owned bank Kiwibank Ltd has established a A$1 billion Kangaroo Bond program that saw the first New Zealand government-guarantered bond deal to be issued into the Australian debt markets.
26 October 2009 | Foreign investors were involved in all seven of the Australian-based public takeovers and schemes of arrangement over $1 billion, which were announced in the last financial year.
26 October 2009 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth is advising Sichuan Hanlong on a Subscription Agreement it has entered into with Moly Mines Limited
22 October 2009 | Minter Ellison has worked on the fast-moving Ford Credit Australia deal, which was started and finished in the space of a couple of months.
22 October 2009 | Australian Pharmaceutical Industries has announced a $150 million capital raising after it posted a 22 per cent increase in profit.
20 October 2009 | Gilbert + Tobin has hooked onto a major property acquisition deal.
19 October 2009 | The formal merger is yet to occur, but Deacons and Norton Rose are getting awfully close.
14 October 2009 | Work is about to change for capital raisings lawyers, and their M&A counterparts.
13 October 2009 | The dye is cast, the deals have been counted, and law firms are angling for the top positions of the merger and acquisition leagues tables.
13 October 2009 | Corrs has advised China Metallurgical Co Ltd on the Australian aspects of the world's second largest IPO of 2009.
12 October 2009 | Mallesons has topped the merger and acquisition Australian leagues tables in terms of deal value, according to figures released today.
12 October 2009 | Freehills and Mallesons have joined forced in an $80 million capital raising, announced this morning.
9 October 2009 | In a bid to make money out of thin air, AGL Energy has sold the long-term offtake and management of its Hallett 4 wind farm in South Australia to the Energy Infrastructure Investments group.
7 October 2009 | The competition and consumer watchdog says it will not stand in the way of National Australia Bank's purchase of Challenger Financial Group's mortgage management business.
7 October 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for Rio Tinto in the negotiation of its investment agreement with the Mongolian Government for its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project, signed last night.
6 October 2009 | Norton Rose advises on offer of exchangeable bonds by Peter Hambro Mining Group Finance.
1 October 2009 | DLA Phillips Fox has advised insurance and financial services institution TOWER Ltd on a NZ$81.3million renounceable rights issue.
1 October 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for Yahoo!7 in its acquisition of totaltravel.com, the online travel information marketplace.
30 September 2009 | Freehills and Mallesons have worked on rare earths explorer Lynas Corporation's newly unveiled plan for a heavily discounted $450 million capital raising.
29 September 2009 | Clayton Utz has advised ING Groep NV on the sale of its 51 per cent shareholding in ING Australia to ANZ.
22 September 2009 | Gilbert + Tobin has advised eircom Holdings Limited on the proposal to acquire 100 per cent of the issued capital of Emerald Communications (Cayman) SPC.
8 September 2009 | Blake Dawson has been appointed legal adviser for the Government's $43 billion broadband project.
4 September 2009 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Gilbert + Tobin have acted on the merger agreement between two pharmaceutical companies. 2 comments
2 September 2009 | The long-coming and much talked about rationalisation of the sugar industry is upon us, and it's going to produce some sweet deals for mergers and acquisitions lawyers.
1 September 2009 | Walt Disney's $4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment represents the sort of deal that the global financial crisis has almost silenced.
1 September 2009 | Law firms Chang, Pistilli & Simmons and Clayton Utz have advised on the latest Babcock & Brown deal.
26 August 2009 | One small mining company tests boundaries of iron ore deals with China. Clayton Utz advises.
20 August 2009 | Mallesons Stephen Jaques has acted for Challenger Financial Services Group on the $385 million sale of its mortgage aggregation businesses to National Australia Bank.
19 August 2009 | Law firms Freehills and Allens Arthur Robinson sealed positions on packing company Amcor Limited's A$3.1 billion equity raising, announce yesterday.
14 August 2009 | Felix Resources, a Queensand-based coal producer, has received a $3.5 billion all-cash takeover offer from China's fourth-largest coal producer, Yanzhou Coal Mining Ltd.
13 August 2009 | Allens, Freehills, Clayton Utz claim positions on a major property deal.
10 August 2009 | ANZ Bank is one step closer to being the "super regional bank" it aims to be after it agreed to purchase selected Royal Bank of Scotland businesses in Asia for A$687 million.
5 August 2009 | Freehills has confirmed its involvement in the Ten Network Holdings capital raising.
4 August 2009 | Television broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd plans to raise $138 million to pay back debt.
31 July 2009 | It's been 18 months coming, but NAB has finally forged an alliance with a wealth management business.
27 July 2009 | Freehills is advising JP Morgan and Credit Suisse on a Virgin Blue underwriting, after the airline announced a capital raising of about $231.4 million.
01:00 PM | Cooper Grace Ward has acted in the acquisition of two major retail centres in Queensland.
16 July 2009 | Sydney mid-tier firm Gilbert + Tobin has advised on the single largest purchase of water for the environment in Australia's history.
8 July 2009 | US firm Sullivan & Cromwell has completed its first UK corporate deal for Rio Tinto.
6 July 2009 | A healthy run of capital raisings is expected to continue into the new financial year, as companies look to grow their businesses and take advantage of bargain deals.
18 June 2009 | Mallesons is the only Australian law firm to gain a place on the Hong Kong initial public offering by Lumena Resources Corp.
16 June 2009 | Blake Dawson has acted on Atlas Iron Limited's major capital raising.
9 June 2009 | The collapsed $19.5 billion Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal may help foster more deal making from China, a Deacons lawyer has claimed.
5 June 2009 | RIO Tinto has walked from its deal with Chinalco and is set to raise $US15 ($18.7) billion in an entitlement offer and placement, expected to be at a 40 per cent discount.
4 June 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for GPT RE Limited in relation to the transaction for the sale of the Floreat Forum shopping centre to Perth-based Australasian Property Investments.
3 June 2009 | THE widely anticipated consolidation of Australia's stockbroking began yesterday with Morgan Stanley's acquisition of Citi Group's retail advisory business.
2 June 2009 | The US Government will now own a majority stake in American auto giant and icon General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy yesterday.
1 June 2009 | Blake Dawson has scooped ANZ's $2.85bn equity raising deal, announced last week.
29 May 2009 | Corrs has advised Woodside on successfully executing a US$1.1 billion syndicated loan facility involving 26 Australian and international banks.
29 May 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for Charter Hall Group on a A$118 million raising with strategic investment from Gandel Group.
27 May 2009 | ANZ Bank has today sought to raise $2.5 billion via a fully underwritten institutional share placement.
27 May 2009 | Global miner Rio Tinto says its $19.5 billion tie-up with Chinalco is an evolving deal, and is still subject to shareholder consultation.
8 May 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson is acting for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its proposal to acquire stapled securities in Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group.
12:00 AM | Mayer Brown overhauls top-level positions; Gone are the days of long weekends and late nights spent at the office, much to the dismay of many lawyers most affected by the global downturn.
17 April 2009 | Allens Arthur Robinson has acted for global steel manufacturer OneSteel in an accelerated non-renounceable rights issue.
17 April 2009 | Associates' pay cuts leave them with six-figure salaries; Skadden on $4.7 billion Pharma deal; Madoff's brother told to return vintage Aston Martin
15 April 2009 | Deacons sets up distressed sales unit; Bakers advises on purchase of Adelaide hotel, Anniversary charity dinner for Parramatta firm
8 April 2009 | The New Lawyer speaks to Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner Shannon Finch about where mergers and acquisitions practices are heading at the moment, and ask far how the recent Fairfax capital raising reflects what's happening in the market.
7 April 2009 | The Fairfax deal was fast and required some late nights, Mallesons M&A partner Shannon Finch told The New Lawyer. Plus... other breaking news.
6 April 2009 | IN a takeover battle that sounds like it came from a heavy-metal concert, Brisbane-based Metallica Minerals has interrupted a takeover bid from Outback Metals for Queensland Ores with an offer of its own.
28 March 2009 | Kennedys cancels its bonus scheme, Clifford Chance's New York office announces a new round of redundancies, and top firms globally scramble for the biggest deals. Today's legal news from around the globe...
25 March 2009 | MALLESONS Stephen Jaques has claimed a "dazzling" $US68 ($97) billion deal in this "rather depressed" market.
4 March 2009 | NORTON Rose and Linklaters have landed major roles on a £12.5 billion (US$ 17.7 billion) rights issue.