Allens Arthur Robinson

acting for Plenary Group on its winning bid for the Biosciences Research Centre

acting for CEMEX in A$2.02bn sale agreement of Australian operations

acts for Aviva on sale of wealth management business to NAB

acting for Goodman in formation of partnership with China Investment Corp

acted for Hutchison on merger with Vodafone

advising NAB on the South East Queensland Schools PPP financing

acts for CBA on first issuance of bonds into Thai debt markets

acting for GPT on A$100m sale of Perth's Floreat Forum

Charter Hall's A$118m raising with strategic investment from Gandel Group

advising underwriters on ANZ's A$2.5b share placement

ALB Energy & Resources Deal of the Year: Alcoa acquisition of Rio Tinto stake

advising Billabong on capital raising valued at A$290m

acting for CPPIB in A$2b acquisition of MCG

ALB Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year: Allco restructuring/receivership

advising The GPT Group on its minimum A$1.2b capital raising

acts for Aberdeen in acquisition of fund management assets

ALB M&A Deal of the Year: Westpac-St George merger

advised Alumina on its Entitlement Offer to raise up to A$1.02b

ALB Project Finance Deal of the Year: EII Group asset sale

ALB Deal of the Year: Westpac-St George merger

Australian IP Firm of the Year 2009 - Managing Intellectual Property

tops Bloomberg M&A rankings in Asia Pacific for first quarter of 2009

acted for Natixis, Scotia Bank and ANZ on a US$90m loan to GS Saigon

acts for Tabcorp in first ASX-listed corporate bond issue in almost 20 years

cited Employer of Choice for Women by the EOWA for fifth consecutive year

acts for van Laack in Herringbone buy-out

acts for Wesfarmers on significant refinancing

acted for ANZIS in part-acquisition of Neerabup Power Station

acted for the Commonwealth of Australia in the establishment of Ozcar

advising Rio Tinto on strategic partnership with Chinalco

advising Shell in extensive deal with Arrow Energy

acting for ACCIONA Agua in its joint bid win for A$1.4b desalination plant

advised DEXUS in part-sale of 6-star, Green Star development

acting for Henderson Group in capital raising of A$106m

advised AngloGold Ashanti in the sale of its US$1.1b stake in a gold mine

advising Tabcorp on its A$300m institutional placement

advising Newcrest on its A$750m institutional placement

advising the Thai Government on the establishment of its PPP framework