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M&A work rallies during August
By ALB
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010
This August has been the busiest month for M&A deals in more than a decade, according to the latest Thomson Reuters data.
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Canadian corporates maintain M&A activity
By ALB
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010
The Canadian corporate spending spree in Australia continues with the announcement that Brookfield Infrastructure will buy the remaining 60% of Australian Prime Infrastructure, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is proposing to acquire the Intoll Group valued at A$3.4bn.
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Friendly deals drive M&A growth
By Olivia Collings
| Wednesday, 25 August 2010
The 2009/2010 financial year was dominated by “friendly deals”, according to the latest Freehills Public Mergers & Acquisitions Report.
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Maurice Blackburn expands with two new offices
By ALB
| Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Following hot on the heels of competitor Slater & Gordon, Maurice Blackburn has announced the opening of two new offices, one in Northern Queensland and the other in rural Victoria (meanwhile Slater & Gordon announced a new Hunter Valley office on Monday).
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Opinion: The art of outsourcing is to “stick to your knitting”
| Wednesday, 25 August 2010
By Bree Galvin, E.law Asia Pacific general manager
The old-fashioned advice of "stick to your knitting" has never been more relevant than now, strained economic times have pressured law firms to focus on what experience proves they do well; the practice of law.
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Slater & Gordon adds another NSW firm
By ALB
| Monday, 23 August 2010
Listed firm Slater & Gordon has continued its purchasing spree with the acquisition of specialist family law firm Rod Powe Lawyers in the Hunter Valley of NSW.
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More lawyers looking to enter politics this election
By Olivia Collings
| Thursday, 19 August 2010
Law and politics seem to go together like love and marriage. Not only is the current prime minister a former lawyer, more than a quarter of the members in the last Federal parliament were former lawyers or studied law.
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ADERANT secures another Sydney firm
By ALB
| Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers has become the latest law firm to appoint ADERANT as its software provider. The Sydney-based firm is also the seventh firm to select ADERANT Expert Release 7.5 in Australasia since its release late last year.
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Freehill acts for AWB on growing number of offers
By Olivia Collings
| Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Freehills, Clayton Utz and Gilbert + Tobin are involved in a tug of war between Australian agribusiness AWB, Canadian agribusiness and fertilizer giant Agrium and GrainCorp.
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