In what could be described as the most significant development in Australian derivatives since the first Australian interest rate swap in the 1980’s, the Australian Securities Exchange cleared Australia’s first interest rate swap late last
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Squire Sanders Hires Financial Services Team in Sydney
Squire Sanders has significantly expanded its Financial Services Practice Group with the appointment of partner Tom Lennox, who joins the firm’s Sydney office with a team of lawyers from DibbsBarker
Read moreKing & Wood Mallesons Advises AACo on $299m Capital Raising
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo) on its $299 million capital raising, announced on Thursday 12 September 2013
Read moreClifford Chance Advises on Ingenia Communities’ Underwritten Pro Rata Rights Offer
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised RBS Morgans and Petra Capital as joint lead managers on the A$61.7 million underwritten pro rata rights offer announced today by Ingenia Communities Group. The company plans
Read moreHerbert Smith Freehills Advises Wesfarmers and Bunnings on Innovative Securitised Lease Deal
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Wesfarmers and Bunnings on an innovative securitised lease transaction. The transaction combines the sale and lease-back of 15 Bunnings Warehouse properties with a structured debt capital raising of approximately A$304
Read moreHerbert Smith Freehills Advises Catalyst on the NZ$350 Million Sale of the EziBuy Group to Woolworths
Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Catalyst Investment Managers and the founder and management shareholders of EziBuy in connection with the sale of the EziBuy Group to Woolworths, EziBuy is a leading multi-channel retailer of apparel
Read moreKWM Acts on Domino’s Expansion Into Japanese Market
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Morgan Stanley (underwriters) on an A$156m accelerated renounceable entitlement offer which will be used to partially fund Domino’s Pizza Enterprises’ acquisition of a 75% interest in Domino’s Pizza Japan
Read moreHerbert Smith Freehills Advises Australian Oil and Gas Limited on Its Farmout of Nine Petroleum Exploration Permits to Blue Energy Limited
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Darwin based Australian Oil and Gas Limited (AOG) in relation to a farm-out to Blue Energy Limited (BUL), of nine exploration permits located in the Wiso Basin, Northern Territory, Australia,
Read moreAshurst Advises on Talison Lithium’s A$646m Acquisition
Ashurst has advised Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc (Tianqi Lithium) in relation to its RMB¥3.68bn (A$646 million) acquisition of a 65% interest in Talison Lithium Limited
Read moreK&L Gates Continues Australia Growth with Addition of Employment, Corporate Partners in Melbourne, Sydney Offices
Global law firm K&L Gates has added three new partners in its Australian offices. In Melbourne, Nick Ruskin joins the labor, employment and workplace safety practice from DLA Piper, while both Edward Nixey and Glenn Hughes
Read moreNorton Rose Fulbright Acts in Multi-Billion Dollar Myanmar Telecoms Rollout
Norton Rose Fulbright has been appointed as lead international counsel to support Ooredoo (formerly Qatar Telecom) in the greenfields deployment of a multi-billion dollar mobile telecoms network in Myanmar (Burma). The project is one of
Read moreTeam Culture Lures Commercial Disputes Partner
Law firm Lander & Rogers has announced the appointment of commercial disputes partner, Tean Kerr
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