Freehills has again been named ‘Australian M&A Legal Advisor of the Year’ at the second annual Financial Times-mergermarket Asia-Pacific M&A Awards 2009.
The awards, run jointly by the prestigious international publication Financial Times and the leading global M&A intelligence organisation mergermarket, recognise ‘remarkable achievements within the financial, legal, corporate and private equity sphere with an award for excellence.’
Freehills Corporate Practice Group Head, Richard Loveridge said, ‘This recognition illustrates the quality of our client relationships and the diversity of the transactions our teams have been involved in. Thank you to our clients who enabled us to work alongside them as they navigated the strategically important and complex deals of 2009,’ he said.
‘Thank you also to our people for their drive, dedication and commitment to achieving strong client outcomes.
‘Freehills is proud to have advised on some of the most strategic and innovative corporate transactions in a year dominated by overseas investors in resources, management internalisations and recapitalisations underpinned by cornerstone investors.’
Freehills is the busiest firm in M&A, advising clients on more deals than any other firm in Australasia.
Recent highlights for the M&A team include advising Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group’s acquisition by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board by scheme of arrangement; Eldorado Gold Corporation’s acquisition of Sino Gold Mining Ltd, the largest scrip deal of 2009; Prime Infrastructure on its complex recapitalisation; Woodside Energy on its Otway Gas Project divestment to Origin Energy Ltd; OZ Minerals on its sale of key assets to China Minmetals, and Viterra Inc. on its acquisition of ABB Grain Ltd.
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