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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 |
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 |