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• Australian lawyers head to Africa behind mining boom

  Feb 28 2012 Australian lawyers are following their clients into the mining boom to Africa, supporting over 230 Austrlaian mining companies with a physical presence on the... more

• Herbert Smith and Freehills consider July merger

  Feb 01 2012 Herbert Smith is still in merger negotiations with Australian firm Freehills, with reports emerging that a tie-up between the firms could happen as early as 1 July... more

• Herbert Smith enters negotiations with Australian firm Freehills

  Jan 23 2012 Herbert Smith has entered into merger talks with Australian firm Freehills, with a number of different options on the table including a full merger, a Swiss... more

• Linklaters goes on Australia / New Zealand recruitment drive

  Jun 17 2011 UK firm Linklaters has hired 21 lawyers in Australia and New Zealand from top firms including Allens Arthur Robinson, Freehills, Mallesons and Russell McVeagh. The... more

• Rumor mill: Herbert Smith planning to open in Australia?

  May 23 2011 Rumour has it that Herbert Smith is considering a move to Australia, following the path laid down by Norton Rose, Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy. It is not yet... more

• Australian firm Advent Lawyers launches in Singapore

  Feb 28 2011 Australian law firm Advent Lawyers has launched an office in Singapore, becoming the seventh Australian law firm to enter the Singapore legal services market alongside... more

• Australian firm Freehills promotes two to partnership

  Dec 23 2010 Freehills has announced the promotion of two senior associates to the partnership. Corporate lawyer Julian Lincoln and banking lawyer Phillip McMahon will be elevated... more

• Legal business booming in Indonesia, India and Vietnam

  Nov 29 2010 Foreign and domestic law firms in Singapore have reported a boom in capital markets, M&A, energy, infrastructure and arbitration work from Indonesia, India, Vietnam... more

• Clayton Utz, Freehills and Allen & Gledhill on proposed merger of Australian and Singapore Exchanges

  Oct 28 2010 The proposed merger between the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has attracted much interest from the legal and financial community.... more

• Wongpartnership and Freehills advise on $1.54bn takeover

  Aug 26 2010 Singapore firm WongPartnership and Australian firm Freehills have advised on the first major private equity deal in Australia since 2007: a US$1.54 billion takeover... more

• Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Herbert Smith land lead roles in $60 billion energy deal

  Mar 29 2010 Mallesons Stephen Jaques is advising BG Group on the $60 billion sale of liquefied natural gas from its Queensland Curtis Project to the state-owned China National... more

• Freehills expands in Singapore with new partner hire

  Jul 27 2009 Freehills has appointed Geoffrey Grice, Deputy State Solicitor in the State Solicitor's Office of Western Australia, as a partner to its Singapore office. Grice has... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Freehills and Mallesons compete for top spots in Asian M&A league

  Oct 23 2008 Mergermarket's st Q3 M&A league tables showed that for the first three quarters of 2008 Mallesons had slightly more deal volume (55) than Freehills (53), while... more

• Allens and Freehills lead Australian M&A table

  Sep 10 2008 With a total US$35.1bn worth of deals, Allens Arthur Robinson has topped the Thomson Reuters legal advisory table for work in M&A transactions for the first eight... more

• World's best legal practice - building up bloggable hours

  Oct 15 2007 Australian law firm Freehills has embraced the US practice of using blogs — or "blawgs" as law blogs are called — to raise its corporate profile, launching two blogs... more