The following is a list of deals and advisors reported to ALB in the past four weeks. Please note that this information does not purport to be exhaustive and some advisors are not listed where ALB was not able to ascertain this information in time for publication.
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New information appears in red.
Deal |
Value |
Firm |
Client |
Lead lawyers |
State Grid International Development stake acquisition in SP Ausnet and Jemena |
A$5bn |
Allens |
State Grid International Development |
Anna Collyer and Wendy Rae |
State Grid International Development stake acquisition in SP Ausnet and Jemena |
A$5bn |
Minter Ellison |
Singapore Power (tax advice) |
Alan Kenworthy |
State Grid International Development stake acquisition in SP Ausnet and Jemena |
A$5bn |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Singapore Power |
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Bendigo Hospital PPP |
A$630m |
Clayton Utz |
Victorian government |
Joanna Pugsley |
Bendigo Hospital PPP |
A$630m |
DLA Piper |
Lend Lease Project Management and Construction |
Alex Guy |
Mirvac acquisition of properties from GE Capital Real Estate |
A$584m |
Corrs Chambers Westgarth |
Mirvac |
Peter Calov |
DEXUS Property acquisition of 480 Queen Street Brisbane |
A$544m |
Minter Ellison |
DEXUS |
Virginia Briggs |
DEXUS Property acquisition of 480 Queen Street Brisbane |
A$544m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Grocon |
Andrew Erikson |
Barminco Holdings senior note offering |
US$485m |
Baker & McKenzie |
Barminco |
Craig Andrade, Bryan Paisley |
Hoyts refinancing |
US$450m |
Gilbert + Tobin |
Pacific Equity Partners; Hoyts Group |
James Lewis |
Hoyts refinancing |
US$450m |
Simpson Grierson |
Pacific Equity Partners; Hoyts Group |
Andrew Harkness |
DEXUS Property acquisitions in Perth CBD |
A$435m |
Minter Ellison |
DEXUS |
Virginia Briggs |
DEXUS Property acquisitions in Perth CBD |
A$435m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Leighton Properties |
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Mirvac Group institutional placement |
A$400m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Macquarie Capital |
Philippa Stone |
Mirvac Group institutional placement |
A$400m |
Minter Ellison |
Mirvac |
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Macquarie Capital Notes |
A$400m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Joint lead managers |
Philippa Stone, Lauren Magraith |
Macquarie Capital Notes |
A$400m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Macquarie Group |
Ian Paterson Brian Murphy, Evie Bruce |
Financing of QIC Global Infrastructure acquisition of Epic Energy South Australia |
A$400m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Citibank |
Joel Rennie |
GPT Group divestment of 50 per cent stake in Erina Fair |
A$397m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Lend Lease Investment Management |
Sue Kench, John Sullivan and Ken Astridge |
GPT Group divestment of 50 per cent stake in Erina Fair |
A$397m |
Allens |
GPT Group |
Victoria Holthouse |
Virtus Health IPO |
A$339m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Virtus, Quadrant Private Equity |
Mark McNamara, Jason Watts and Yuen-Yee Cho |
Virtus Health IPO |
A$339m |
Ashurst |
Lenders |
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Virtus Health IPO |
A$339m |
Gilbert + Tobin |
Joint lead managers |
Rachel Bassil |
Crown sale of shareholding in Echo Entertainment Group |
A$264m |
Ashurst |
Crown Ltd |
Elspeth Arnold |
KKR divestment of Seven West stake |
A$260m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
KKR |
Mark McNamara, David Friedlander |
Cromwell capital raising |
A$250m |
Clayton Utz |
Joint lead managers |
Stuart Byrne |
Cromwell capital raising |
A$250m |
Minter Ellison |
Cromwell |
Stuart Johnson, Daniel Scotti |
EnergyAustralia divestment of Waterloo wind farm |
A$228m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
EnergyAustralia |
Peter Stirling and Vishal Ahuja |
EnergyAustralia divestment of Waterloo wind farm |
A$228m |
Baker & McKenzie |
Palisade Investment Partners; Northleaf |
Sean Duffy |
iSelect IPO |
A$215m |
Gilbert + Tobin |
iSelect |
Peter Cook |
iSelect IPO |
A$215m |
Baker & McKenzie |
ninemsn |
Guy Sanderson |
Perpetual bid for Trust Company |
A$214m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Perpetual |
Peter Dunne, Philip Podzebenko |
Perpetual bid for Trust Company |
A$214m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
The Trust Company |
Craig Semple |
Bright Ruby acquisition of 231 Elizabeth Street Sydney |
A$201m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Bright Ruby |
Sue Kench |
Bright Ruby acquisition of 231 Elizabeth Street Sydney |
A$201m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Investa (vendor) |
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Charter Hall Fund acquisition of Gasometer 2 Brisbane |
A$160m |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Charter Hall |
Sonya Harris, Stuart Dixon-Smith |
Charter Hall acquisition of Gasometer 2 Brisbane |
A$160m |
Thomsons Lawyers |
FKP |
Chris O'Shea |
Resimac/ AMAC bid for RHG |
A$130m |
Baker & McKenzie |
AMAC |
Guy Sanderson |
Resimac/ AMAC bid for RHG |
A$130m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Resimac |
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Metcash acquisition of Australian Truck and Auto Parts Group |
A$84m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Metcash |
Martin Shakinovsky and Andrew Rich |
Slater & Gordon capital raising |
A$64m |
Arnold Bloch Leibler |
Slater & Gordon |
Jonathan Wenig |
Arena REIT IPO |
A$75m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Joint lead managers |
Justin O’Farrell |
Arena REIT IPO |
A$75m |
Hall & Wilcox |
Arena |
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Sundance Energy Australia share purchase plan |
A$63m |
Baker & McKenzie |
Sundance |
|
Sundance Energy Australia share purchase plan |
A$63m |
Ashurst |
Euroz Securities Limited (underwriter/ JLM) |
Roger Davies |
Galaxy Resources capital raising |
A$46m |
Allion Legal |
Galaxy Resources |
Simon Rear |
Moly Mines mine gate sale |
A$38m |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
Moly Mines |
Justin Little |
Delegat’s Group acquisition of Barossa Valley Estate Limited |
A$25m |
Johnson Winter & Slattery |
Delegat’s Group |
John Keeves |
Delegat’s Group acquisition of Barossa Valley Estate Limited |
A$25m |
Jones Young |
Delegat’s Group (NZ counsel) |
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Sumatra Copper & Gold capital raising |
A$20m |
Alllion Legal |
Sumatra Copper & Gold |
Phil Lucas |
Adelaide Airport refinancing |
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Ashurst |
ANZ, Westpac, ANZ Capel Court |
Martin Coleman |
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