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Allens Arthur Robinson features strongly in first-half M&A tables

3 July 2007

Allens Arthur Robinson featured strongly in large Australasian mergers and acquisitions occurring in first-half 2007, according to the Thomson Financial M&A Legal Advisor Review released today.

AAR advised the principal players on 39 announced deals in Australasia between 1 January and 30 June at a total value of $17.6 billion.

AAR was credited with 51 completed deals, equating to more than 16 per cent of the market share.

AAR Partner Ewen Crouch, co-head of AAR's M&A practice group, said: 'It's been an extremely busy first-half. AAR's M&A team has had a hand in many of the major transactions taking place in the past six months.

'It was also busier than the tables suggest. The team were advising on an additional $47 billion of deals during the period surveyed that were not credited in this period: Cemex/Rinker, Qantas/Airline Partners Australia, Wesfarmers/Coles, Smorgon/OneSteel and Bendigo Bank/Bank of Queensland. If these deals were included the total value of advised deals would have been $64 billion.

'Our M&A practice is in a particularly strong shape and our geographical spread of deals is good. The deal pipeline continues to reflect the involvement of our Brisbane and Perth offices in M&A activity, in addition to the work being done out of our busy Sydney and Melbourne offices.

On the outlook for the second half of 2007, Mr Crouch said: 'Corporations remain interested in strategic opportunities. Private equity also continues to provoke M&A activity and interest rates remain relatively stable. It looks like another busy period ahead.'

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Founded in 1822, Allens Arthur Robinson offers one of the most comprehensive legal networks in Australia and Asia with more than 1500 personnel based in 14 cities and eight countries across the region. Clients voted Allens Arthur Robinson the Best Professional Services Firm (revenue over $200 million) and Best Law Firm (revenue over $100 million) in the annual BRW Client Choice Awards 2005, 2006 and 2008. We have been an EOWA Employer of Choice for Women since 2004.