Recent Transactions

1. Capital Raising

• Regularly ranked number 2 in Australia for number of IPO's.
• Acted as Australian Counsel for numerous Canadian capital raisings of TSX listed company.
• Acted as Australian Counsel to a Canadian Investment Bank in various fund raisings by Australian listed companies in Canada (for an aggregate amount of approximately $300 million).

2. Mergers and Acquisitions

Acted for:

• Listed Australian company in relation to their merger by Scheme of Arrangement with a Canadian Listed company and subsequent listing on TSX-V.
• Medium level uranium producer (TSX listed) in its all cash takeover offer (in excess of $200 million) for an ASX listed target.
• ASX listed target in relation to an all cash takeover offer (approximately $133 million).
• Two ASX listed targets and one unlisted target in all scrip takeover offers.
• Vendors in the sale of electrical engineering company to ASX listed multi-disciplinary engineering company RCR Tomlinson for $43.7m.
• Listed United Kingdom based stockbroking firm in relation to proposed merger with Australian Stockbroking Group.
• Acted for ASX listed company in tender for $40m Russian Coal Project auction.
• Acted in various debt ledger acquisitions in excess of $250 million.
• Acted for ASX listed resource exploration company in acquisition of $12.5 million private coal gas project and accompanying $5 million fundraising.
• Acted for ASX Listed energy exploration company in $9 million acquisition of a private on shore gas production company.
• Acting for ASX listed resource exploration company in acquisition of $94 million private coal project in the Hunter Valley and accompanying $10 million fundraising.

3. Energy and Resources

• Provided advice and prepared documentation for the disposal of petroleum assets in PNG, New Zealand and Queensland on behalf of ASX listed entity;
• Acted in relation to a reverse merger of an ASX listed entity and unlisted public company, which acquired gold interests in Mongolia;
• Assisted in the initial public offering of client with petroleum assets in Myanmar, Queensland, PNG and Thailand;
• Advised on structure and documentation to effect phosphate farm in and joint venture on behalf of ASX listed company in Tanzania;
• Advised on the acquisition of significant Russian potash and coal projects;
• Negotiated, drafted and provided ongoing advice on farm and joint venture arrangements in WA, Queensland, NSW, South Australia and the Northern Territory in relation to nickel, gold, iron ore and uranium projects;
• Structured, negotiated and prepared documentation for the reverse merger and ASX listing of, amongst others, molybdenum assets and gas projects in Indonesia and coal assets in Victoria and NSW;
• Negotiated, conducted due diligence, drafted acquisition documents and a prospectus for an initial public offering of assets in Brazil, Peru and Chile;
• Structured and prepared documents to enable an ASX listed company to divest its Australian iron ore assets into a new ASX listed company via in specie distribution of shares;

4. Reconstructions and Recapitalisations

Advised on:

• Reconstruction of communications ASX listed shell and recapitalisation and acquisition of South African thermal coal project.
• Reconstruction of pearl farming and marketing ASX listed shell and recapitalisation and acquisition of Vietnam bauxite project.
• Reconstruction of energy exploration ASX listed company and recapitalisation and acquisition of Indonesian on shore gas production asset.
• Reconstruction of resource exploration ASX listed shell and recapitalisation and acquisition of coking coal project in the Hunter Valley.
• Reconstruction of resource exploration and mining ASX listed shell and recapitalisation and acquisition of Mongolian resource projects.