Gilbert + Tobin law firm news

Gilbert + Tobin: short selling, the current regulatory environment
| Monday, 9 March 2009

Since September 2008, significant regulatory changes have occurred in response to concerns that extensive short selling of shares has contributed to extreme market volatility.These changes effectively prohibit naked short selling.

G+T absorbs Blakiston & Crabb; Gilbert ponders firm size
| Monday, 30 May 2011

Danny Gilbert's Perth adventure continues with a full integration with Blakiston & Crabb - but an international merger is starting to look a little less likely.

2011 ALB Law Awards – winners revealed
| Friday, 20 May 2011

Revealing the winners at the 2011 ALB-Macquarie Bank Law Awards: which firms collected the honours this year?

Herbert Smith rumoured to be Australia bound
| Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Herbert Smith could be the next UK firm to open its doors in Australia, according to UK media.

Deals digest: Royal Wolf Holdings; Cargill-Agrium transaction
| Tuesday, 17 May 2011

A summary of the latest deals and legal advisor information collected by ALB this week.

Sparke Helmore expands construction/PPP capacity with Holding Redlich hires
| Thursday, 12 May 2011

Sparke Helmore is increasing its presence in the PPP/Infrastructure space following the announcement of infrastructure as a focus in Tuesday’s federal budget

Budget bring little change, more questions
| Wednesday, 11 May 2011

The Gillard Government’s first budget has received a mixed reaction from industry and none more so than the legal profession.

M&A mid-market results show continued strength in resources
| Tuesday, 19 April 2011

The latest Thomson Reuters Mid-Market Rankings for the Australian and New Zealand M&A market show a slight overall improvement in the first three months of the year, compared to 12 months ago.

Blake Dawson lures G+T talent again
| Thursday, 14 April 2011

Blake Dawson has recruited a second former Gilbert + Tobin partner for its Sydney corporate practice within six months.

Mallesons leads finalist tally at the 2011 ALB Awards
| Wednesday, 13 April 2011

The 2011 Macquarie Bank ALB Australasian Law Awards are only one month away and a clear leader in the finalist tally has emerged.

Regulatory hurdles pose no threat to major Australian deals, say lawyers
| Monday, 11 April 2011

Two major deals involving Australian companies have fallen over or hit hurdles in the past week, but lawyers remain unperturbed.

NSW legal profession snapshot: More women and greater flexibility
| Monday, 4 April 2011

The number of women practicing in NSW has reached 46% of the profession, up 452% since 1988. According to the NSW Law Society there are now a little more than 11,000 female solicitors practicing law in the state.

Deal Highlights: WA dairy and juice business acquired
| Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Acquisition of Brownes Dairy and Juice Business

Deal Highlights: Origin makes an offer
| Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Deal Highlights: Origin makes an offer

Deal Highlights: AMP-AXA merger moves a step closer
| Wednesday, 9 March 2011

AMP-AXA merger moves a step closer; Nine Entertainment expands on-line presence

Deal Highlights: Centro's US$9.4bn bid for salvation
| Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Centro’s US$9.4bn bid for salvation; Japanese firm launches global water push in Oz

ANALYSIS: SharePoint, the new way forward for document management?
| Thursday, 24 February 2011

Well informed law firms around the Asia-Pacific are keeping a close eye on Clifford Chance and Microsoft’s recently announced business relationship – to develop a document management system (DMS) based on the latter’s SharePoint suite of products.

Deal Highlights
| Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Deal highlights from the last week from ALB

ANALYSIS: Branching out
| Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Junior miners are heading for the wide open spaces of Africa in search of resources – and their lawyers are not too far behind.

Deal highlights
| Tuesday, 15 February 2011

During January 2011 a number of high profile deals were announced. This is a summary of some of those that were considered either interesting in terms of industry activity or indicative of current trends.