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Australian telco and IT company TPG Telecom Limited acquires the AAPT and Powertel businesses.
The Government of Western Australia's deal with Kimberley Agricultural Investment, part of China's Shanghai ZhongFu Group, will deliver one the biggest agricultural developments in Australia's north in more than 40 years.
One of Australia's most innovative companies, Zip Industries, gets ready to move into its next stage of growth.
Minter Ellison today announced the recruitment of two former managing partners of international firms in Asia as it continues to implement its strategy in the region.
When faced with an unexpected crisis, there are three things a company board needs to do as effectively and as responsibly as possible, according to Dr Bob Austin, head of Minter Ellison's Corporate HQ Advisory.
Acquisition International magazine, which today released details of its 2013 Finance Awards, has named us the winner in three categories for Australia.
Minter Ellison's capital markets team advised Dick Smith on all legal aspects of the IPO and ASX listing announced yesterday by the company.
Minter Ellison's environmental performance during 2012/2013 was impressive according to data in the latest Australian Legal Sector Alliance Annual Report released in Sydney this week.
For the second year running, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, our associated firm in New Zealand, has been named 2013 Large Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. It also won the Community Service in Law award.
Last week, FKP Property Group, one of Australia's leading diversified property and investment companies and an ASX top 200 company, announced an underwritten A$232 million accelerated non-renounceable pro-rata entitlement offer of stapled securities to its existing shareholders. Simultaneously, the stapled securities held by a large institutional holder were placed via bookbuild.
SeaLink Travel Group Limited has successfully completed its initial public offering and has been admitted to the official list of the ASX. It commenced trading on 16 October 2013 with a market capitalisation of A$77 million.
Minter Ellison is pleased to announce that The Hon. Norman Moore, former Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Fisheries and Electoral Affairs, and government leader in Western Australia's Legislative Council, has joined the firm as a consultant.
Minter Ellison's Vanessa Warburton has been named the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law – Future Star, chosen for the award from a list of top-shelf finalists. The Future Star Award recognises the best young in-house or private practice female lawyer in Australia.
Cockatoo Coal is a rapidly growing ASX listed Australian metallurgical coal producer. In addition to the existing Baralaba coal mine operation in central Queensland, the company is also advancing emerging coal projects in both Queensland and New South Wales. It has announced a recapitalisation, the development of the Baralaba Expansion, and an off-market takeover bid for Blackwood Corporation Limited.
For the second year in a row, Minter Ellison scooped the top award at the 11th annual AB+F Insurance Awards in Sydney.
Last Friday, Lloyds Banking Group plc announced it had agreed the sale of its Australian asset finance business, Capital Finance Australia Ltd (CFAL), and its corporate loan portfolio, BOS International Australia Ltd (BOSI) to Westpac Banking Corporation for approximately A$1.55 billion in total. The consideration includes approximately A$1.45 billion for the shares in the operations and approximately A$0.1 billion for the market value of derivative contracts. The sale comprises a motor vehicle finance book of A$3.9 billion, equipment finance book of A$2.9 billion and a corporate loan portfolio of A$1.6 billion.
This month, Minter Ellison launches its national CPD Intensive program – an exciting initiative that allows clients to get up to speed on topical issues and collect their compulsory Continuing Professional Development points, fast.
Ajay Khandhar, a young lawyer in Minter Ellison's Human Resources & Industrial relations team in Sydney, has been honoured with a national award.
The A$8+billion merger of Gloucester Coal and Yancoal Australia, the Australian arm of China's Yanzhou Coal Mining, has won another accolade – this one in Asia.
State-specific regulations about fraccing around Australia are not uniform but the National Harmonised Regulatory Framework for Natural Gas from Coal Seams may affect future regulation of fraccing activities at a State and Territory level.