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After a brief hiatus, Perth is ready to resume its role as a national and regional powerhouse – and one of the world’s biggest law firms wants a piece of the action.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has topped the Mergermarket Australasian M&A league tables, advising on 30 deals valued at US$24.4bn between January and September this year

Diversification, IPOs, cornerstones – just some of the facets of inbound Chinese investment in 2009

Despite recent political tensions with Australia after the Rio Tinto and Chinalco sagas, PRC firms are still banking on alliances with Australian firms paying off as Sino-Australian M&A continues to surge

受近期中澳之间大规模并购交易浪潮的推动，澳大利亚律师事务所普遍收入颇丰。随着中国在澳大利亚的投资愈发活跃，澳大利亚的律师事务所是否做好充足准备，以把握业务机遇？

ALB Guide: Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them

The last decade has seen dramatic changes in the telecommunications and media sectors, with both a rapid increase in the number of companies doing business in this market and an expansion of products on offer to consumers. This has meant there is no shortage of work on offer for law firms who have established a reputation in this diverse sector. How it develops in future years will in no small part be determined by how law firms in Australia and New Zealand manage to adapt to a rapidly changing market and meet the ever increasing demands of their clients.

National firms have traditionally paid little attention to small and mid-sized companies in Western Australia; this market segment is predominantly the domain of local law firms. But the boom in the energy & resources sector - and in its slipstream the construction industry - has meant that local firms find that their small corporate clients are suddenly not so small anymore

Steinepreis Paganin provided legal advice on more IPOs than any other Australian law firm last year. The Perth firm was involved in 55 new listings or 20% of all IPOs announced to the market in 2007, according to a survey by Connect 4.

Steinepreis Paganin has provided legal advice on more IPOs than any other Australian law firm last year. The Perth firm was involved in 55 new listings or 20% of all IPOs announced to the market in 2007, according to a survey by Connect 4

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Australasia Law Awards, which will be held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney on 15 May

The Perth legal industry can, in many ways, be seen as the epitome of boutique success and the resources boom seems to only contribute to the prosperity of small specialist firms. But don't dismiss the top tier just yet

It is no secret that the resources-rich state of Western Australia is one of the main drivers behind the national economy. However, few could have predicted that, when looking at the sheer number of new listings on the Australian stock market in 2006, the top four legal advisors would be made up entirely out of Perth firms

A booming Perth is proving to be fertile ground for local firms especially. <STRONG><EM>ALB</EM></STRONG> looks at the niche players capitalising on the resources boom, and where the other work is coming from.

The number of new listings in Australia in 2005 was a record, and firms were there to cash in. ALB looks at which firms gained the most lucrative IPOs, and where the smaller firms are finding their niche

Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group Limited (AHG) raised A$45.7m when debuting on the ASX on 3 November.

Capital markets specialist Steinepreis Paganin has acted for the newly created uranium explorers Nova Energy on its Australian Stock Exchange debut.

As Australia's stock market continues its bull run, capital markets lawyers have reason to be cheerful. ALB has looked at the listings record for the past financial year in order to identify this year's IPO dream teams - the teams that have taken the most companies to market by number or by value.

Blake Dawson Waldron has acted for AIM listed Petra Diamonds in its merger with ASX listed Crown Diamonds.

Freehills may have claimed the crown for advising on the biggest value of IPOs so far this year, but Perth firms have advised on the most number of floats, according to the Connect 4 2004 Mid-Year IPO Survey.