Our 2005 media releases are listed below:
06 December 2005
Freehills awards outstanding talent with a coveted overseas scholarship
Leah Watterson, a third year litigation solicitor in Freehills’ Melbourne office has been awarded the Peter J Perry Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding performance and contribution to Freehills and its Litigation practice.
05 December 2005
Greenwoods & Freehills celebrates its 20 year anniversary
Boutique Australian tax firm Greenwoods & Freehills celebrates 20 years of business this month, with the milestone marking two decades of continued growth and development and an outstanding contribution to the ongoing advancement of the taxation industry and its clients.
18 November 2005
Freehills helps DCA’s expansion into the New Zealand aged care market
Under the leadership of Corporate partners Stephen Dobbs and Andrew Pike, Freehills acted for leading Australian healthcare company DCA Group on its successful ‘HELTHYS’ hybrid capital raising, which raised $200 million, to partly re-finance its recent acquisition of Guardian Healthcare.
04 October 2005
Freehills instructs BBI on winning insurance claim
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure, the owner of Dalrymple Coal Bay Terminal, has won a disputed insurance claim arising out of the collapse of one of the reclaimers at Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal last February. Freehills acted as key adviser on the BBI claim dispute
30 September 2005
Freehills announces the appointment of Mark Rigotti as practice group head for the Corporate group
Freehills announced today the appointment of Mark Rigotti to the position of Practice Group Head (PGH) for the firm's Corporate group.
06 September 2005
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys support and foster innovation in Australia’s biotechnology industry
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys proudly sponsored the successful Sydney-based AusBioNSW 2005 conference and the associated Regional Student Travel Bursary.
17 August 2005
Freehills adopts leading e-document risk mitigation technology
Freehills, one of Australia's major commercial law firms, today announced the completion of the first stage of the implementation of Workshare Professional 4 as part of a document lifecycle management initiative designed to support its risk mitigation strategy around all Microsoft Office documents and emails handled by the firm.
28 July 2005
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys warn about the forgotten ground of patent invalidity at the launch of their new offices in Brisbane
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys officially launched their new offices in Brisbane today, and will introduce local clients to the facilities this evening with an on-site client seminar on the remarkable but oft-neglected topic of secret use, in the context of patent invalidity.
04 July 2005
Freehills tops the Thomson Financial M&A Leagues Tables
Freehills continued to dominate Australia's M&A sector in 2005, as evidenced today by the release of the Thomson Financial M&A League Tables.
24 June 2005
Freehills strengthens its client service proposition with the appointment
Freehills announced today the appointment of seven new partners, effective from 1 July 2005.
18 May 2005
Freehills scoops top securitisation specialist
Freehills announced today the appointment of Ms Tessa Hoser as a partner in its Banking & Finance group, effective from 1 July 2005.
13 May 2005
Freehills appoints new Litigation practice group head
Freehills has announced the appointment of Mr Keith Steele as the firm's new Litigation practice group head, effective from 1 July 2005.
09 May 2005
Freehills advises Queensland Government on first PPP
Freehills has advised the Queensland Government on the signing of its first Public Private Partnership (PPP) project.
04 March 2005
Freehills announces the appointment of Gavin Bell as new CEO
Freehills' chairman, Geoff McClellan, announced today the appointment of Gavin Bell to the position of chief executive officer, effective from the end of the firm's financial year in June 2005.
03 February 2005
Costello's announcement reinforces need for 'culture of compliance'
Freehills Competition partner Bob Baxt stated today that the announcement by the Treasurer that criminal sanctions would be introduced into the Trade Practices Act enhances the need for a 'culture of compliance' to be introduced and enhanced by all Australian companies.
