Our service offering, client list and deal experience speak volumes. Some examples of recent transactions on which we've been involved include:
Noble Group: Advising on its takeover bid for Gloucester Coal Limited including application to the Takeovers Panel proceedings (2009).
HBOS: Advised HBOS, as vendor, on its A$2.5 billion sale of BankWest and the St Andrew's wealth and insurance business (2008).
Origin Energy Limited: Advised on its successful defence of a A$13 billion hostile takeover bid by BG Group plc (2008).
Symbion Health Limited: Advised on the competing takeover proposals by Healthscope Limited and Primary Health Care Limited valued at over A$2.5 billion (2007/08).
Australian Worldwide Exploration Limited: Advised on its successful A$2.5 billion merger with ARC Energy and the demerger of Buru Energy Ltd (2008).
Oxiana Limited: Advised on its A$6 billion plus “merger of equals” with Zinifex Limited to form OZ Minerals Limited (2008).
Morgan Stanley Private Equity: Advised on its joint venture with ABC Learning Centres involving the acquisition of a 60 percent interest in its US business (2008).
Macquarie Media Group: advised on its A$1.3 billion (approx.) acquisition of Southern Cross Broadcasting Corporation Limited (SBC) and separate arrangement with Fairfax Media, involving the proposed transfer of assets between the two companies, following the SBC acquisition (2007).
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.: Advised on its takeover bid for all of the Multiplex Group stapled securities, valued at A$4.2 billion (2007).
Mayne Group Limited / Mayne Pharma Limited: Advised on major strategic transactions over a number of years including its A$1.8 billion demerger (2005) and the A$2.6 billion takeover of Mayne Pharma by Hospira, Inc (2006/07).
Illyria: Advised Lachlan Murdoch's private vehicle Illyria and Consolidated Press Holdings on the proposed acquisition of the assets of Consolidated Media Holdings (2008).
Norilsk Nickel: Acted, as Australian Counsel, on its successful A$7.7 billion takeover bid for LionOre Mining International and on its US$400 million plus acquisition of the nickel business of OM Group Inc (2007).
Austral Coal Ltd: Advised Austral in relation to the A$479 million takeover by Xstrata (2007).
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited: Advised on a range of matters in recent years including the A$520 million sale of CCA's South Korean business to LG Household and Healthcare (2007).
The Colt Companies: Advised on its A$1.13 billion sale to WorleyParsons Ltd (2007).
Smorgon Steel Group Limited: Advised on the A$1.6 billion (approx.) merger with OneSteel (2007).
Hugo Neu Corporation: Advisedon the sale of its interests in Sims Group Limited to Mitsui & Co., Ltd for over A$600 million (2007).
HeidelbergCement AG: Advised on the Australian aspects of its £8 billion acquisition of Hanson PLC (2007).
Barrick Gold: Advised on its over US$250 million acquisition of Emperor Mines Limited’s 20 percent interest in the Porgera Joint Venture (2007).
Toll Holdings Limited: Advised on its strategic restructure to create two ASX-listed companies, Toll Holdings and Asciano Group (2007) and on its successful A$6 billion plus off-market takeover of Patrick Corporation (2006).
