Global law firm White & Case LLP is launching its Australia practice with the opening of new offices in Melbourne and Sydney and the addition of Adeline Pang, Ged Cochrane and Michelle Keen, who will join the Firm as partners. More >>
Tags: White & Case LLP | Melbourne | SydneyNorton Rose Fulbright Grows Insolvency and Restructuring Team With New Partner
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that experienced insolvency and restructuring lawyer Peter Bowden is joining as a partner in Melbourne. More >>
Tags: Norton Rose Fulbright | MelbourneHerbert Smith Freehills advises the financiers on the A$2 billion acquisition of Crown Castle Australia Limited
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the financiers on the A$2 billion acquisition by a consortium of investors, led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, of Crown Castle Australia Limited, the largest independent telecommunications tower operator in Australia.
Following a competitive bidding process, a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets has acquired all shares in Crown Castle Australia Limited from its US-based parent and majority shareholder, Crown Castle International, and its New Zealand-based minority shareholder, Todd Corporation, which completion being achieved on 28 May 2015. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises Toll Group on its A$8 billion scheme of arrangement with Japan Post
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to have advised leading Australian transport and logistics provider Toll Group on its acquisition by Japan Post, in one of the largest ever public company acquisitions in Australia.
Toll Holdings Limited (Toll Group) is the Asia Pacific Region’s leading provider of transport and logistics, employing approximately 40,000 people across some 1,200 locations in more than 50 countries. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises consortium on the financing of the A$8.2 billion acquisition of GE’s Australia and New Zealand consumer finance business
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the consortium of KKR, Värde Partners and Deutsche Bank on its financing of the A$8.2 billion acquisition of GE’s Australian and New Zealand consumer lending business.
GE’s consumer finance business has over three million customers in Australia and New Zealand and provides consumer financial products including credit cards, personal loans, consumer credit insurance and sales finance. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises Whitehaven Coal Limited on its A$1.4 billion refinancing
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Whitehaven Coal Limited on its fully underwritten offer of new A$1.4 billion senior secured bank facilities to be provided by a syndicate of Australian and international banks. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises on oOh!media IPO
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised oOh!media Limited (oOh!media) in relation to its initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The offer consists of an institutional offer, broker firm offer and priority offer (Offer) and values oOh!media at A$365.5 million at the offer price of A$1.93 per share.
oOh!media is Australia’s largest out of home media company and provides advertisers with access to a diverse range of audiences across its national portfolio of out of home advertising spaces throughout Australia and New Zealand. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises Aconex Limited on its A$312.3m Initial Public Offering
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Aconex Limited (Aconex) on its successful A$312.3 million initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Aconex is one of the world’s largest providers of ‘software as a service’ collaboration solutions for information and process management on construction and engineering projects. Aconex provides software products for the residential and commercial, government and infrastructure, and energy and resources sectors. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises Virgin Australia on its US$300 million issue of Senior Notes
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Virgin Australia Holdings Limited, Australia’s second largest airline group, on its US$300 Rule 144A/Regulation S issue of Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”), which completed on 21 November 2014. The issue represents Virgin Australia’s debut issue of unsecured notes in the international debt capital markets. More >>
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Brisbane | Melbourne | Perth | SydneyHerbert Smith Freehills advises Regis Healthcare Limited on its A$485.8 million Initial Public Offering
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Regis Healthcare Limited (Regis) on its successful A$485.8 million initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange, with shares in Regis closing 10% higher than the offer price on the opening day of trading. More >>
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