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Firm Deal Value Client Lead lawyer Allen & Overy Taralga Wind Farm A$250 million (entire project value) Santander Adam Stapledon Allen & Overy Lynas Corporation share placement A$200 million J.P. Morgan Australia Tony Sparks Allens 40 Creek Street, Brisbane sale A$84.5 million PGA (buyer) Paul Newman Allens Woolworths property fund Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group sale A$.1.4 billion Woolworths Stuart McCulloch Allens Charter Hall Retail REIT fund raising A$100 million Charter Hall Retail REIT Stuart McCulloch Allens ALE Property Group fund raising A$80 million ALE Property Group Stuart McCulloch Allens Rio Tinto power agreement Undisclosed Rio Tinto Igor Bogdanic, Anna Collyer, Kate Axup Allens Emergency Alerting System PPP hand-back A$100 million (approximately) AMP Capital David Donnelly, David McLeish Allens Evolution Mining corporate facility A$200 million Evolution Mining Phillip Cornwell Allens Australia Pacific LNG Project financing US$8.5 billion 17 lenders Phillip Cornwell, Nigel Papi, Ben Farnsworth, David Maloney, Rob Watt, Grant Anderson, Jim Parker Allens Lynas Corporation share placement A$200 million Lynas Julian Donnan Allens OceanaGold Corporation’s share offering C$93 million OceanaGold Julian Donnan Allens Sydney Airport refinancing A$300 million Syndicate of 10 major domestic and international lenders Renee Boundy Allens Hobart Airport refinancing A$175 million Three financiers Renee Boundy Allion Legal Galaxy Resources capital raising A$81 million Galaxy Resources Stuart Mengler, Phil Lucas Ashurst Kintyre mining agreement Undisclosed Cameco Australia Geoff Gishubl, Jean Bursle, Andrew Gay Ashurst BKI Investment Company capital raising Undisclosed BKI Investment Company David Ryan Ashurst Coca-Cola Amatil capital raising A$150 million Coca-Cola Amatil Paul Jenkins, Teresa Dyson Ashurst Rio Tinto Exploration’s purchase of Taroborah North Coal Project Undisclosed SK Networks Resources Australia and KORES Australia Ian Williams, Tony Denholder, Ian Kellock, Bill Cannon Ashurst Karara Mining debt facility US$250 million Karara Mining Gaelan Cooney Ashurst Drillsearch Energy entitlement offer A$50 million Drillsearch Energy Bill Koeck Ashurst YTC Resources fund raising A$158 million YTC Resources Murray Wheater, Simon Irvine Ashurst Supply agreement between Fonterra and Bonlac Supply Company and Fonterra Shareholders' Fund float Undisclosed Bonlac Supply Company Don Maloney, John Sartori, Ian Kellock, Geoff Mann Ashurst Essendon Airport refinancing A$150 million Lenders (ANZ, Westpac, CBA) and BOS International Martin Coleman, Jock O'Shea Ashurst Western Areas NL share placement A$65 million UBS AG, Australia Branch (underwriter) Roger Davies Baker & McKenzie Matrix Capital and Valar Ventures investment in Xero NZ$82 million Matrix Capital Ben McLaughlin 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 Clayton Utz Charter Hall Retail REIT fund raising A$100 million Macquarie Capital Brendan Groves Clayton Utz Sale of EYE Corp A$113 million Outdoor Media (oOh!media) and CHAMP Private Equity John Elliott, Mark Williamson, Geoff Geha Clayton Utz Ridley Corporation’s purchase of BPL Melbourne A$77 million Ridley Corporation Michael Linehan Clayton Utz Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) financing US$8.5 billion APLNG Andrew Smith, Graham Taylor, Bruce Cooper Clayton Utz CK Life Sciences’s acquisition of Cheetham Salt owned by Ridley Corporation A$150 million Ridley Corporation Michael Linehan Clayton Utz Nido Petroleum’s share purchase plan A$11.6 million Nido Petroleum Mark Paganin Clifford Chance 6-10 O’Connell Street Sydney sale A$105.1 million MGPA Richard Graham, Scott Bache Corrs Chambers Westgarth Coca Cola Amatil’s stake in Australian Beer Company Up to A$47 million NAB Corrs Chambers Westgarth Bauer Media Group’s acquisition of ACP magazines A$500 million (approximate) Bauer Media Andrew Lumsden Corrs Chambers Westgarth Asset Super’s merger with CareSuper A$6.5 billion (combined value of the new entity) A.S.S.E.T Limited Michael Chaaya Corrs Chambers Westgarth Essendon Airport refinancing A$150 million Essendon Airport DLA Piper Cintra and super funds alliance Undisclosed Super Investment Management and Retail Employees Superannuation Trust Dr Gerry Bean DLA Piper Discovery Metals takeover A$830 million China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) Esther Leung DLA Piper South Africa's renewable energy project Phase 1 Undisclosed 16 of the 28 successful bidders Damian McNair DLA Piper Aviva Investors wholesale trust and acquisitions A$65.3 million Aviva Investors Tom Cantwell Gilbert + Tobin Sale of EYE Corp A$113 million Ten Network Bill Spain, Paula Gilardoni Gilbert + Tobin Mayne Pharma Group’s debt facility US$44.5 million UBS and Credit Suisse Gilbert + Tobin Cam Iron mining agreement with the State of Cameroon for the Mbalam/Nabeba project US$4.5 billion (project value) Cam Iron (Cameroonian subsidiary of Sundance Resources) Michael Blakiston GTR Lawyers Discovery Metals takeover A$830 million Discovery Metals Scott Standen, Glenn Vassallo Henry Davis York Investec Bank’s acquisition of Alliance Equipment Finance Undisclosed Alliance Equipment Finance management and shareholders Glenn Hughes Henry Davis York ACI Worldwide’s acquisition of Distra US$48.75 million ACI Worldwide Robert Tracy Henry Davis York Ridley Corporation’s purchase of BPL Melbourne A$77 million Baiada Scott Murray Herbert Geer Canadian pension fund’s investment in the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Project (VCCC Project) A$40.5 million Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) Martin Irwin, Michael Truelove Herbert Smith Freehills BG Group’s sale of interests in LNG assets A$1.93 billion China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Herbert Smith Freehills KKR and Allegro’s acquisition of loans A$350 million (approximate) KKR and Allegro John Nestel Herbert Smith Freehills Goodman Group’s institutional placement A$400 million Macquarie Capital Philippa Stone Herbert Smith Freehills Whitehaven Coal credit facilities A$1.2 billion Whitehaven Coal Joel Rennie Herbert Smith Freehills Wolseley Private Equity’s acquisition of Blue Star Group operations Undisclosed Wolseley Private Equity Peter Dunne 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 Holding Redlich Shanghai Zhongfu appointment to the Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project A$700 million (value of the project) Shanghai Zhongfu Group David Walker, Amanda Davidson Holding Redlich AJ Lucas buy-back of shares from Goldman Sachs A$60 million AJ Lucas Group David Walker, Jon Cane Holding Redlich AJ Lucas entitlement offer A$51.3 million AJ Lucas Group David Walker, Jon Cane HWL Ebsworth Taralga Wind Farm agreement A$250 million (entire project value) CBD Energy Peter Dreher, Paul O'Donnell HWL Ebsworth Lactalis Groupe’s acquisition of Jindi Cheese Undisclosed Jindi Cheese Vendors Leon Gorr, Jeremy McCarthy Kelly & Co. The Campbell Group’s acquisition of SA Government plantations A$670 million South Australian Government Jamie Restas, Nick Karagiannis Kelly & Co./ Crown Solicitor’s Office SA Government’s sale of Lotteries contract to Tatts Group A$427 million South Australian Government Jamie Restas Kennedys NRL five year broadcast agreement A$1 billion NRL Tony O'Reilly King & Wood Mallesons Retail assets investment A$436 million Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) John Sullivan, Stuart Dixon-Smith King & Wood Mallesons iiNet syndicated debt facility A$330 million Banking syndicate Nicholas Creed King & Wood Mallesons BG Group’s sale of interests in LNG assets A$1.93 billion BG Group Craig Rogers, Joshua Cole King & Wood Mallesons Coca-Cola Amatil capital raising A$150 million Westpac Philip Harvey, Angela Chung King & Wood Mallesons Evolution Mining corporate facility A$200 million ANZ and Macquarie Bank Nicholas Creed King & Wood Mallesons Goodman Group’s institutional placement A$400 million Goodman Group King & Wood Mallesons Ausdrill’s U.S. notes issue US$300 million Ausdrill and Ausdrill Finance Nicholas Creed, Nathan Collins King & Wood Mallesons Damco’s acquisition of Pacific Network Global Logistics Undisclosed Damco Meredith Paynter King & Wood Mallesons Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Group note issue A$300million Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Group Nicholas Creed King & Wood Mallesons Karara Mining debt facility US$250 million China Development Bank Corporation Nicholas Creed King & Wood Mallesons Fonterra Shareholders' Fund float NZ$525 million Fonterra King & Wood Mallesons OceanaGold Corporation’s share offering C$93 million Citigroup Global Markets Canada and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada (underwriters) David Friedlander, David Eliakim King & Wood Mallesons Ten Network Holding entitlement offer $230 million (approximate) Citigroup Global Markets David Friedlander, David Eliakim King & Wood Mallesons Shelf Drilling’s acquisition of assets from Transocean US$1.05 billion CHAMP Private Equity (Shelf Drilling part owner) Mark McNamara 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 Lander & Rogers Charter Hall & Telstra Super’s acquisition of Bunnings stores A$207 million Bunnings Lisa Zonta, Lisa Gaddie McCullough Robertson Cardno’s acquisition of Hard & Forester Undisclosed Cardno Mark West Middletons B2Gold’s acquisition of CGA Mining C$1.1 billion B2Gold Corporation Simon Salter and Adam Levine Middletons iiNet syndicated debt facility A$330 million iiNet Chris Scott, Simon Salter Mills Oakley Ampliphi’s acquisition of Special Phages Services Undisclosed AmpliPhi Australia Andrew Walker Mills Oakley Lawyers 40 Creek Street, Brisbane sale A$84.5 million Charter Hall (seller) Michael Nixon Mills Oakley Ardent Leisure Group’s acquisition of Fenix Fitness and capital raising A$60.9 million Ardent Leisure David Nolan Minter Ellison Emergency Alerting System PPP hand-back A$100 million (approximately) Victorian State Government Minter Ellison KKR and Allegro’s acquisition of loans A$350 million (approximate) BOS International Victoria Mathewson Minter Ellison Emergency Alerting System PPP hand-back A$100 million (approximately) Victorian State Government Kylie Diwell, Mitzi Gilligan Minter Ellison Mayne Pharma Group’s acquisition of Metrics and capital raising US$120 million Mayne Pharma Group Nick Broome, Peter Kay 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 Australia Washington H. Soul Pattinson’s acquisition of Exco Resources A$94 million (WHSP) Shaun Clyne Piper Alderman Charter Hall & Telstra Super’s acquisition of Bunnings stores A$207 million Charter Hall and Telstra Super Lexia Wilson Thomsons Lawyers Damco’s acquisition of Pacific Network Global Logistics Undisclosed Pacific Network Global Logistics Loretta Reynolds Thomsons Lawyers Cardno’s acquisition of Hard & Forester Undisclosed Hard & Forester Brendon Noney Thomsons Lawyers CK Life Sciences’ acquisition of Cheetham Salt owned by Ridley Corporation A$150 million CK Life Sciences International David Zwi
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