17 May 2012 | Freehills advises AIX on the sale of Port of Portland investment
17 May 2012 | Freehills advises SP AusNet on its recent $434 million capital raising
09 May 2012 | Freehills advises Hines Global REIT on its first Australian property investment
Freehills has been awarded Best Tax Provider and Best Provider rated by the manufacturing, wholesaling & retail sector in the 2011 BRW Client Choice Awards, confirming its efforts in providing clients with the highest level of legal and business services.
We are absolutely thrilled to top the Best Lawyers list for the third year in a row, and to have more lawyers listed than any other Australian law firm across 22 practice areas including Litigation, M&A, Project Finance, Private Equity and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Freehills' People & Development team has won the Talent Manager of the Year award at the 2011 Lawyers Weekly Awards. Two Freehills Partners were also named finalists in the Dealmaker of the Year category.
Freehills is proud to be named the National Winner of the 2011 Toyota Community Award for our partnership with BHPB Iron Ore and FORM on The Canning Stock Route Project Alliance.
Freehills has been awarded ‘Law Firm of the Year’ 2011 by Insto Magazine at the 12th annual Insto Distinction Awards. It also advised on the 2011 Bond; Hybrid; Innovative and Syndicated Loan deals of the year.
We are very pleased to receive the EOWA citation – we remain committed to progressing women’s advancement into leadership positions and roles that meet their needs and the needs of the organisation, and are thrilled to once again be a recipient of this important acknowledgement of our efforts by EOWA.
09 May 2012 | In the recent proceedings relating to a rights issue by Real Estate Capital Partners USA Property Trust, the Takeovers Panel has provided a timely reminder that it is critical to ensure all reasonable steps have been taken to mitigate any control effect on an entity seeking to raise funds by way of a rights issue.
09 May 2012 | The Takeovers Panel’s revised Guidance Note 18 on Takeover Documents is good news for experts, with the Panel and ASIC aligned in pushing for targets to provide more expert reports to their shareholders. The guidance is also generally updated to reflect the current Panel position on target’s statements, premia and intention statements.
16 May 2012 | Freehills has appointed former general counsel for Transurban and Veolia Water, Stephen Byrne, as an executive counsel in its Projects practice group in Sydney.
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