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Firm

Deal

Value

Client

Lead  lawyer

Allen & Overy

Project financing for the Ichthys Project

 

US$20 billion

 

INPEX Corporation and Total (sponsors)

 

Aled Davies (Tokyo)  Chris Rushton (Sydney)

Allens

BC Iron increased stake in Nullagine iron ore project

US$130 million (debt finance)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

Ben Farnsworth

Allens

 

Hassall Street’s sale of Eclipse Tower to Retail Employees Superannuation

A$167.5 million

 

Hassall Street

 

Victoria Holthouse

Allens

 

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison Redevelopment Project

Undisclosed

 

Honeywell

 

David Donnelly, Anthony Arrow

Allens

 

 

Brambles’ acquisition of Pallecon

 

A$168 million

Brambles

 

Vijay Cugati

Allens/Linklaters

 

 

State Grid Corporation of China’s acquisition of an interest in ElectraNet from Powerlink

Undisclosed

State Grid Corporation of China

 

Grant Anderson, Wendy Rae

Allens

 

Project financing for the Ichthys Project

 

US$20 billion

 

INPEX Corporation and Total (sponsors)

 

Tim Lester, Stephen Spargo, Ben Farnsworth

Ashurst

 

 

Melco Crown Entertainment bond issue

 

US$600 million

 

Melco Crown Entertainment

 

Rob Ritchie, Bill Gray, Rich Davis

 

Ashurst

 

Studio City bond issue

US$825 million

Studio City

 

Rob Ritchie

Ashurst

 

BC Iron increased stake in Nullagine iron ore project

US$130 million (debt finance)

BC Iron Nullagine and BC Iron

 

Gaelan Cooney, Katie Winterbourne, Jean Bursle

Ashurst

 

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group’s debut US Private Placement (USPP)

 

A$435 million (approximate)

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group issuer NCIG Holdings as guarantor

Jamie Ng, Paul O'Donnell, Bill Cannon

Ashurst

 

Leighton Holdings acquisition of Macmahon  construction

A$80.7 million

 

Macmahon Holdings

 

 

Ashurst

 

 

Brambles’ acquisition of Pallecon

 

A$168 million

CEVA (seller)

 

Mark Sperotto, Murray Wheater, Peter McCullough, Barbara Phair, Jennie Mansfield, Peter Armitage

Ashurst

 

 

ARMZ’s acquisition of Uranium One

 

A$2.7 billion

 

JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ)

 

Mark Stanbridge, Tanya Denning

Ashurst

Mitsubishi Corporation’s acquisition of Port Bonython

Undisclosed

Mitsubishi Corporation

Ian Williams, Andrew Carter, Ian Kellock

Ashurst

 

St Barbara refinancing

A$150 million

St Barbara

Bruce Whittaker

Baker & McKenzie

 

Webjet’s acquisition of Zuji in Australia and capital raising

US$25 million

Sabre Holdings Corporation

David Holland

Baker & McKenzie

Elph’s bid for Engenco

Undisclosed

 

Elph

 

Richard Lustig

Baker & McKenzie

 

 

 

 

 

Starhill REIT’s purchase of Marriott portfolio

 

A$415 million

Starhill REIT

 

Roy Melick, John Walker,Amrit MacIntyre, Tim O’Doherty

Baker & McKenzie/ Quigg Partners

IMS Health’s acquisition of Vedere Group and assets

Undisclosed

 

IMS Health

 

Candice Heggelund, Ben McLaughlin

Clayton Utz

Nido Petroleum’s share purchase plan

 

A$11.6 million

Nido Petroleum

Mark Paganin

Clayton Utz

Bank of Queensland’s capital raising

A$300 million

 

Bank of Queensland

 

Tim Reid, Clayton Barrett

Clayton Utz

 

NEXTDC’s initial public offering of the Asia Pacific Data Centre Group (APDC)

A$115 million

 

NEXTDC

 

Tony Lalor, Tim Reid, Michael Richardson

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

 

Starhill REIT’s purchase of Marriott portfolio

 

A$415 million

 

Commonwealth Property Hotel Fund

 

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Aspire’s Ovoot coal project in Mongolia

 

Undisclosed

 

Aspire Mining

 

Russell Philip, Jeremy King

DLA Piper

 

SPIE Oil & Gas Services’ acquisition of Plexal Group

 

Undisclosed

 

SPIE Oil & Gas Services

 

Peter Monk, Simon Davidson, Andrew Crean

Duncan Cotterill

IMS Health’s acquisition of Vedere Group and assets

Undisclosed

 

Vedere Group

 

Gilbert + Tobin

 

Sub-underwriting arrangements between Leighton Holdings and Macmahon Holdings

A$80.7 million

 

Leighton Holdings

 

Rachael Bassil

 

Gilbert + Tobin

 

Leighton Holdings acquisition of Macmahon  construction

A$80.7 million

 

Leighton Holdings

 

Tony Bancroft

Gilbert + Tobin

 

China Investment Corporation’s sale of Goodman Group stake

A$519.2 million

Goldman Sachs

 

Rachael Bassil

Gilbert + Tobin

Sale of 9.8 percent of the issued capital of Webjet

A$25 million

Credit Suisse

Peter Cook, Rachael Bassil

Gilbert + Tobin

 

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison Redevelopment Project

Undisclosed

 

Financiers

 

Henry Davis York

 

Sale of GPT Group assets to private investors

A$91.7 million

 

GPT Group

 

Andrew Steele

 

Herbert Smith Freehills

Drillsearch Energy’s capital raising

A$50 million

Joint lead managers and underwriters

Philippa Stone

Herbert Smith Freehills

Ivanhoe Australia’s entitlement offer

A$80 million

Ivanhoe Australia

Tim McEwen

Herbert Smith Freehills

AJ Lucas buy-back of shares from Goldman Sachs

A$60 million

 

Goldman Sachs

Philip Podzebenko, Bruce Ramsay

Herbert Smith Freehills

BC Iron increased stake in Nullagine iron ore project

US$130 million (debt finance)

BC Iron

 

Herbert Smith Freehills

Goodman Australia Industrial Fund equity raising

A$624 million

Goodman Australia Industrial Fund

Justin O’Farrell

Herbert Smith Freehills

Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison Redevelopment Project

Undisclosed

Consortium

 

Herbert Smith Freehills

Bupa Australia Health proposed acquisition of Dental Corporation

A$370 million (upfront cash)

Bupa Australia

Brad Russell, Andrew Rich

Herbert Smith Freehills

 

 

BUPA’s acquisition of Innovative Care facilities

 

Undisclosed

Bupa Care Services Australia

 

Brad Russell

Herbert Smith Freehills

St Barbara refinancing

A$150 million

Deutsche Bank and Barclays

 

Holding Redlich

Woolworths and Hilton Food Group joint venture

Undisclosed

Hilton Food Group

Jon Cane

Johnson Winter & Slattery

BC Iron increased stake in Nullagine iron ore project

US$130 million (debt finance)

BC Iron

 

Johnson, Winter & Slattery

Mitsubishi Corporation’s acquisition of Port Bonython

Undisclosed

 

Stuart Petroleum Fuels and Senex Energy

 

K&L Gates

BUPA’s acquisition of Innovative Care facilities

Undisclosed

 

Innovative Care Group

Chris Nikou, Paris Petranis, Justin Lethlean

King & Wood Mallesons

Sydney Airport refinancing

A$300 million

Sydney Airport

 

Yuen-Yee Cho

King & Wood Mallesons

Hobart Airport refinancing

A$175 million

Hobart Airport

Yuen-Yee Cho

King & Wood Mallesons

 

Adcorp’s acquisition of Paxus

A$60 million

 

A$60 million

David Eliakim, Nicole Heller

King & Wood Mallesons

 

Renewal of a financing facility for Clough

A$200 million

CBA (financier)

Nicholas Creed

King & Wood Mallesons

DBNGP Group’s debt facility

A$170 million

DBNGP Group

 

Nicholas Creed

King & Wood Mallesons

St Barbara refinancing

A$150 million

NAB

 

 

Lander & Rogers

Charter Hall & Telstra Super’s acquisition of Bunnings stores

A$207 million

Bunnings

Lisa Zonta, Lisa Gaddie

Minter Ellison

 

Supply agreement between Fonterra and Bonlac Supply Company

Undisclosed

 

Fonterra

 

Minter Ellison

 

Lactalis Groupe’s acquisition of Jindi Cheese

Undisclosed

 

Lactalis Groupe

Jeremy Blackshaw

Minter Ellison

 

Webjet’s acquisition of Zuji in Australia and capital raising

US$25 million

Webjet

James Hutton,

Joanne Dunne

Minter Ellison

 

 

Cromwell Property’s capital raising

A$163 million

 

Cromwell Property Group

 

Stuart Johnson, Daniel Scotti

Norton Rose

 

Hassall Street’s sale of Eclipse Tower to Retail Employees Superannuation

A$167.5 million

 

Retail Employees Superannuation

 

Where no exact deal value can be obtained by ALB we will use approximates based on available market data or media coverage.