Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lead  lawyer

Allen & Overy  

Blackthorn Resources equity capital raising

A$40.1 million

UBS AG Australia Branch 

Tony Sparks

Allens

Billabong's accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer

A$225 million

Billabong

Vijay Cugati, Stuart McCulloch

Allens

Western Desert Resources capital raising

A$102.5 million

Western Desert Resources

Robert Pick

Allens

Metcash’s stake in Automotive Brands

Group (ABG)

A$53.8 million

Automotive Brands Group

Mark Malinas, David McLeish, Tim Golder, Simon Dewberry

Allens

Osaka Gas, Toho Gas and Tokyo Gas stake in

INPEX’s LNG Ichthys Project

Undisclosed

INPEX

Igor

Bogdanich,

Tim Lester

Allens

Brenntag AG’s acquisition of the ISM and Salkat groups

A$100 million

ISM and Salkat groups

Steve Clifford

Allens/ Clayton Utz

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) acquisition of Nestle

Australia’s Peters Ice Cream

A$250 million plus

Pacific Equity Partners

Tom Story, Mark Kidston

Allens

Mitsui & Co. stake in National Plant & Equipment

A$100 million plus

Mitsui & Co.

Steve Clifford

Ashurst

News Limited’s proposed acquisition of Consolidated Media Holdings

A$1.97 billion

Consolidated Media Holdings

Garry Besson, Carl Della-Bosca

Ashurst

St Barbara’s acquisition of Allied Gold Mining

A$556 million

St Barbara

Marie McDonald (Australia) Karen Davies (UK)

Ashurst

Seven West Media’s entitlement offer

A $440 million

Underwriters: CBA Equities, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan & UBS

Sarah Dulhunty

Baker & McKenzie

Consortium’s stake in Challenger LBC Terminal Jersey (LBC) from Challenger Infrastructure Fund

US$277.8 million

Consortium:  PGGM, Algemene Pensioen Groep (APG) and an Australian superannuation investor

)

Hugh Stewart (London), Kenneth Gray (Australia

Baker & McKenzie

Brenntag AG’s acquisition of the ISM and Salkat groups

A$100 million

Brenntag AG

Ben McLaughlin,Justin Gross, Toby Patten

Clayton Utz

Wah Nam International Holdings bid for Brockman Resources

A$456 million

Wah Nam International Holdings

Mark Paganin

Clayton Utz/ Allens

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) acquisition of Nestle

Australia’s Peters Ice Cream

A$250 million plus

Pacific Equity Partners

Philip Kapp, Jonathan Donald

Clayton Utz

Echo Entertainment Group entitlement offer

A$454 million

Macquarie Capital and UBS (joint underwriters)

Stuart Byrne, Alex Schlosser

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Apax Partners acquisition of Paradigm Software Group

US$1 billion

Apax partners

James Delesclefs, James Rozsa, James North, Odette Gourley, Greg Hassall,  Jack de Flaming

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

APN News & Media acquisition of brandsExclusive

Between A$36-$62 million

Shareholders of brandsExclusive including the founders

Richard Lewis

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Brookfield Infrastructure Group’s acquisition of Challenger Infrastructure Fund’s interest in Inexus Group 

£35.6 million 

Challenger Listed Investments

Byron Koster, Craig Milner

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Baosteel and Fortescue Metals Group’s agreement to develop FMG Iron Bridge

Undisclosed

Fortescue Metals Group

Peter Jarosek, Tighe Whelan

DLA Piper

Department of Human Services agreements with Telstra

A$474 million

Department of Human Services

Anthony Willis

Freehills

Employees Provident Fund (EPF) joint venture  with Goodman Industrial Funds Management

$500 million

Goodman Group 

Greg Hing

Freehills

Lion’s proposed acquisition of Little World Beverages

A$381.6 million

Little World Beverages

David Gray, Nick Heggart

Freehills

Pepper Home Loans Group proposed acquisition of GE Capital’s Irish residential mortgage business, GE Capital Woodchester Home Loans

€600 million

Pepper Home Loans Group

Mark Crean

Freehills

Growthpoint Properties Australia acquisition of two properties from GPT Wholesale Office Fund

A$55.8 million

Growthpoint Properties Australia

David Sinn, Carla Deluca, Dakshinee Kodituwakku

Freehills

Brookfield Infrastructure Group’s acquisition of Challenger Infrastructure Fund’s interest in Inexus Group 

£35.6 million

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

Philippa Stone, Nick Baker

Freehills

CIMB TrustCapital Australian acquisition of Brisbane property from Stockland and Walker Group

A$56 million

CIMB TrustCapital

David Sinn

Freehills

Barangaroo South development

A$2 billion

Lend Lease

Murray Dearberg, Justin O’Farrell, Julie Couch, Greg Hing, Justin Pelly, Melita Cottrell, Rob de Boe

Freehills

Limited on

Calibre Group IPO

A$75 million

Calibre Group

Michael Ziegelaar, Simon Reed

Gilbert + Tobin

DuluxGroup takeover offer of Alesco Corp

A$188.4 million

DuluxGroup

Neil Pathak and Alex Danne

Gilbert + Tobin

Utilities Trust Australia on joint bid for Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund

A$1.246 billion

Utilities Trust Australia

John Williamson-Noble

Gilbert + Tobin

Orica’s joint venture with Yara and Apache to build an ammonium nitrate plant

US$800 million

Orica

Neil Pathak
Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Emmanuel Confos

Gilbert + Tobin

Pacific Equity Partners proposed takeover of Spotless Group

A$1.6 billion (enterprise value)

Pacific Equity Partners

Andrew Bullock, Rachael Bassil, David Clee

Gilbert + Tobin

Vodafone New Zealand’s acquisition of TelstraClear

NZ$840 million

Telstra

Bill Spain

Henry Davis York

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games host broadcaster contract

Undisclosed

Global Television

Peter Mulligan, Geoffrey Hilton

Herbert Geer

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group recapitalisation

US$380 million

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group

Peter Nankivell, Michael Truelove

King & Wood Mallesons

Lion’s proposed acquisition of Little World Beverages

A$381.6 million

Lion

Meredith Paynter, Sharon Henrick

King & Wood Mallesons

Echo Entertainment Group accelerated entitlement offer

A$454 million

Echo Entertainment Group Limited

John Humphrey, Shannon Finch, Meredith Paynter, Patrick Gunning and Lee Horan, Ken Astridge, Scott Heezen, Moira Saville

King & Wood Mallesons

Loy Yang B Power Station refinancing

A$1.06 billion

International Power, GDF Suez and Mitsui & Co. (project sponsors)

Peter Doyle, Claire Rogers

King & Wood Mallesons

ConnectEast Group’s refinancing of debt facilities

A$1.2 billion

The nine lead arrangers

Jeff Clark, Andrew Maynes

King & Wood Mallesons

Billabong's accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer

A$225 million

The underwriters:Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Limited and Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch

Evie Bruce

King & Wood Mallesons

Medibank Health Solutions agreement with the Australian Defence Force (ADF)

A $1.3 billion (per year)

Medibank Health Solutions

Patrick Gunning, John Topfe, Philip Ward

King & Wood Mallesons

Australian Food Group’s (PEP) acquisition of Peters Ice Cream business from Nestlé

A$250 million plus

Nestlé

Michael Barker, Katrina Rathie, Lee Horan, Yuen-Yee Cho, Scott Bouvier

King & Wood Mallesons

IOOF Holdings acquisition of Plan B Group Holdings

A$49.1 million

IOOF Holdings

Joe Muraca and Peter Stirling

King & Wood Mallesons

Westpac Banking Corporation subordinated notes

A$500 million

Westpac Banking Corporation

Greg Hammond, Philip Harvey, David Friedlander, Richard Snowden

Minter Ellison

Sale of 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane

A$195 million

Brookfield Australia Funds Management

David Stevens, Mathew Neville

Minter Ellison

Baosteel and Fortescue Metals Group’s agreement to develop FMG Iron Bridge

Undisclosed

Baosteel

Andrew Thompson, Stephanie Rowland, Katherine U

Minter Ellison

AMP’s acquisition of the Cavendish Group

Between A$15 million -A$20 million

AMP

Carolyn Reynolds

Norton Rose

St Barbara’s acquisition of Allied Gold Mining

A$556 million

Allied Gold Mining

Raj Karia, Paul Whitelock (London);  Pierre Dagenais, Monique Fry (Canada); Liz Allnutt (Australia)

Norton Rose

Funtastic’s capital raising

A$24.6 million

Funtastic Limited

Robert Sultan, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Fisken

Squire Sanders

Crocodile Gold Group’s acquisition of Northgate Australian Ventures Corporation and its subsidiaries from Company AuRico Gold

A$101 million

Crocodile Gold Group

John Poulsen, Duncan Maclean

Thomsons Lawyers/Herbert Geer

Viterra’s acquisition of IPS Logistics

undisclosed

Viterra Limited

Loretta Reynolds, David Beer

Thomsons Lawyers

Auzex Resources and GGG Resources merger to create Bullabulling Gold Limited and ASX listing

A$90 million

Auzex Resources

Eugene Fung, Greg Clifton, Jamie Kerr