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A summary of deals information received by ALB this week.

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

A summary of the deals information collected by ALB since last update (19 May).

Both Buddle Findlay and Minter Ellison Rudd Watts have appointed new partners in their property practices.

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced new appointments to the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC).

Lavan Legal has announced two new hires, making a total of five new faces this year.

Acquisition of Brownes Dairy and Juice Business

In order to meet anticipated demand for capital raisings from clients, former Freehills senior associate Daniel Scotti will join the busy equity capital markets (ECM) practice group at Minter Ellison as partner

Deal Highlights: Origin makes an offer

中国核电站主要运营商之一的中国广东核电集团（“中广核”）欲以12.3亿美元收购Kalahari Minerals（“Kalahari”）。Kalahari是一家在纳米比亚开采铀、金、铜及其他基底金属的矿业公司，该公司已先后在英国伦敦证券交易所AIM板及纳米比亚证券交易所上市。

Clyde & Co has poached Ashurst’s head of aviation for Asia, Middle East and Africa Paul Jebely, to launch the Asian arm of the firm’s global aviation finance practice.

Norton Rose Australia has ended its previous tie-up with Brigitta Rahoyoe & Partners to launch a new formal association with local Indonesian firm Susandarini & Partners.

Deal highlights from the last week from ALB

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.

Rain-sodden Brisbane is still shaping up as one of the hottest markets for the legal industry in 2011– but local firms are wary of the ever-increasing competition

Herbert Geer has appointed Amanda Johns, formerly in-house counsel at property development group Austexx, as a partner in the planning, government, infrastructure and environment team.

Michael Heron, a partner at New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh, has been appointed chair of the Drug Free Sport New Zealand board (DFSNZ).

Sustained investment and financial growth in the Saudi economy is behind Jones Day’s unprecedented decision to launch three new offices (Riyadh, Jeddah and Alkhobar) in the Kingdom, said the firm’s Europe/Middle East partner-in-charge Mary Ellen Powers.