1st March 2011
The Chambers and Partners’ Australia’s Best Lawyers 2011 guide has recognised 23 Gilbert + Tobin lawyers across 13 areas of law. The guide was published in The Australian on 25 February 2011.
25th February 2011
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Carlyle Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a fund advised and managed by The Carlyle Group, on their agreement to subscribe for a 15 percent stake in Qube Logistics.
22nd February 2011
Gilbert + Tobin announced today it has advised The Carlyle Group, as part of a consortium, on its acquisition of Redflex Holdings Limited, a global traffic safety company, by Scheme of Arrangement. The consortium, comprising The Carlyle Group and Macquarie Group, will purchase all of the ordinary shares in Redflex for A$2.70 per cash share, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. The deal values Redflex at $340 million.
17th February 2011
4pm, February 18, 2011 at the Gilbert + Tobin offices, Level 37, 2 Park St SYDNEY.
This Friday afternoon, Djalu Gurruwiwi – the custodian of the dhuwa yidaki (didgeridoo) – will, with his family, perform a bungul (ceremony) to infuse the Sydney law firm Gilbert + Tobin with a spirit of knowledge and understanding of his people.
8th February 2011
Gilbert + Tobin was recognised at the prestigious 2011 Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards, held recently in Miami, for its role in the successful opposition to the $120 billion iron ore joint venture between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Global opposition to the proposed joint venture, won the award for “M&A Transaction of the Year, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.”
20th December 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised the NSW Treasury on the sale of its waste management business, WSN Environmental Solutions (WSN), for $235 million to SITA Environmental Solutions (SITA), a joint venture between French group Suez Environnement and Singapore-listed Sembcorp Industries.
17th December 2010
Gilbert + Tobin represented Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand in relation to the Australian competition aspects of their Trans-tasman alliance. The alliance was granted conditional authorisation for three years by Australia’s competition regulator the ACCC, on Thursday 16 December 2010, after months of lengthy submissions and negotiations.
6th December 2010
Gilbert + Tobin’s Corporate Advisory team has been announced as finalists in the 2010 9th Annual M&A Awards, to be held in New York on December 14, 2010.
29th November 2010
Gilbert + Tobin advised Westpac Banking Corporation on its major IT outsourcing contract, which was recently renewed with incumbent supplier IBM.
16th November 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Telstra on the property and wholesale commercial aspects of the unwinding of its 3G mobile infrastructure joint venture agreement with Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA).
16th November 2010
Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) has advised Shell Energy Holdings Australia Limited (SEHAL), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), on the sale of part of its stake in Woodside Petroleum Limited (Woodside) under an underwritten sell-down of approximately $3.3 billion. Corporate Advisory partners Garry Besson, Philip Breden and Janine Ryan led the transaction.
8th November 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac Banking Corporation as arrangers and dealers in connection with the inaugural A$250 million fixed rate note issuance by DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund under its newly established A$ medium term note programme.
2nd November 2010
On Thursday 4 November, 2010, Gilbert + Tobin and the Asylum Seekers Centre of NSW will host ‘Seeking Justice’, a special discussion which will explore the rights of asylum seekers in Australia. The event seeks to inform, encourage debate, and also raise funds for the Asylum Seekers Centre of NSW.
27th October 2010
Gilbert + Tobin recently advised the Westpac Group on the procurement of technology services and software that will revolutionise online banking for the Group’s millions of customers.
22nd October 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (Sydney branch) on the establishment of its US$900 million debt programme. The establishment comprises of an ECP/CD programme and Australian debt issuance programme.
22nd October 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised CommonWealth REIT (NYSE:CWH) on its acquisition of the MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund (ASX:MIF) (enterprise value approximately A$90 million).
13th October 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised global private equity firms, The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) and TPG Capital (TPG), on the financing aspects and Carlyle separately on the corporate aspects relating to its $2.7 billion acquisition of Healthscope, one of Australia’s largest private health care providers.
8th October 2010
Corporate Advisory Partner John Williamson-Noble has advised Crescent Capital Partners (CCP) on its divestment with Macquarie Group of National Hearing Care (NHC), a leading provider of audiology services, to Italian group Amplifon for $460 million by a dual track sale process.
1st October 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has acted for Stella Travel Services (Stella) and funds advised by CVC Asia Pacific on all aspects of the successful merger of Stella and Jetset Travelworld valued at approximately $400 million, which completed yesterday.
24th September 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC) on the sale of Westpac Funds Management Limited (WFML), the responsible entity of the Westpac Diversified Property Fund (WDPF), and WBC’s unit holding in WDPF, to Australian Unity.
2nd September 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) and Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) as arrangers and lead managers in connection with the A$350 million fixed rate note issuance by Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Limited under its newly established A$1.5 billion medium term note program.
2nd September 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised BNY Mellon in their role as security trustee and bond trustee on the sale of the Lane Cove Tunnel to the Transurban Group.
30th August 2010
Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) has today announced it is establishing a fee-for-service practice group for charities, not-for-profit and community organisations within the firm.
27th August 2010
Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) has advised Arrow Energy Limited (ASX: AOE) on the approximate A$3.5 billion sale of AOE to CS CSG (Australia) Pty Limited, a 50:50 consortium comprising of Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina by scheme of arrangement.
26th August 2010
Gilbert + Tobin and its Chinese partner law firm, King & Wood, have advised the Hong Kong government on the policy development work which formed the basis of Hong Kong’s first cross-sector Competition Bill recently gazetted and tabled in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on 14 July 2010. The joint team was lead by Ronald Arculli, one of Hong Kong’s leading lawyers, and Gilbert + Tobin partner Peter Waters.
20th August 2010
Gilbert + Tobin’s Real Estate and Projects Group has advised Twynam Agricultural Group on the sale of its Mungadal, Buttabone and Cooinbil farms (totalling approximately 177,000 hectares) and associated water rights to a Macquarie controlled agribusiness fund, Paraway Pastoral Fund.
7th July 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Westpac Banking Corporation as the lead manager of the Sydney Airport buy back and re-issue of bonds.
5th July 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has advised a bank syndicate comprising of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB) and Rabobank in respect of the financing of the successful bid by Hancock in the $603 million privatisation of Queensland’s State forestry assets.
5th July 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has announced the appointment of four new partners to the firm.
4th June 2010
Gilbert + Tobin and Perth-based law firm Blakiston & Crabb today announced they have formed an alliance as of June 2010. Both highly successful and well-respected firms, the alliance will allow them to work together to develop opportunities and expand their services, particularly in the energy and resources sectors.
28th May 2010
UBS has won the Gilbert + Tobin sponsored Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year Award, for the second consecutive year, at the ALB Australasian Law Awards 2010 held recently in Sydney.
28th May 2010
Gilbert + Tobin won two awards at the 2010 ALB Australasian Law Awards, held recently in Sydney.
18th May 2010
Gilbert + Tobin argued successfully for our client, the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), in convincing the Copyright Tribunal that recording artists’ music has been undervalued in a fitness class context for some time.
7th May 2010
At the end of April 2010, Gilbert + Tobin held a football-frenzied fundraising event to support Football United’s team, as they make their way to play for Australia in the Football for Hope Festival during the final week of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa.
23rd April 2010
Gilbert + Tobin won Best Australian Law Firm and partner Peter Waters won the individual award for Telecommunications work in Australia at the prestigious International Law Office (ILO) Client Choice Awards 2010, it was announced today.
23rd April 2010
Gilbert + Tobin partner Richard Pascoe aroused the interest of delegates at the Sydney CommsDay Summit on Wednesday with his presentation on the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN), asking: “What do other countries really think?”.
15th April 2010
Gilbert + Tobin announced today it had advised Citigroup on its consumer product venture with Richard Branson’s Virgin Money Group for the issuing of co-branded financial services products in Australia.
12th April 2010
Gilbert + Tobin is a finalist in six award categories, including Sydney Law Firm of the Year and Managing Partner of the Year, at the upcoming ALB Australasian Law Awards to be held in May 2010.
30th March 2010
Gilbert + Tobin continues its recent growth with the commencement today of Nicholas Grambas as a partner in its Melbourne office.
25th March 2010
For the second year running, Gilbert +Tobin has been awarded Best Law Firm of the Year ($50 to $200 million revenue) in the BRW Client Choice Awards 2010.
12th March 2010
The Best Lawyers Australia 2010 guide has recognised Gilbert + Tobin for its depth of talent after receiving 31 listings. The guide was published in The Australian Financial Review on 12 March 2010.
8th March 2010
Gilbert + Tobin today announced that it was the recipient of an Employer of Choice for Women citation from the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
3rd March 2010
NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal yesterday announced the transfer of NSW Lotteries Corporation to Tatts Group Limited with Gilbert + Tobin as the principal legal adviser to the State.
19th February 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has acted for funds advised by private equity firm, Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), on the off market takeover bid for all the shares in Energy Developments Limited (EDL). The bid which closed on Tuesday placed an enterprise value on EDL of around A$850 million.
22nd January 2010
In line with Gilbert + Tobin’s rapid expansion and establishment of a Melbourne presence, the firm has announced that five lawyers have become partners of the firm.
21st January 2010
Gilbert + Tobin advised BNY Mellon Australia (BNY) on the appointment of Martin Madden and David Merryweather of KordaMentha as receivers and managers to certain of the Lane Cove Tunnel entities earlier this week.
15th January 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has successfully advised eircom Holdings Limited (ASX:ERC) and Lend Lease Primelife Group (ASX:LLP) on their respective sale in two separate transactions implemented by scheme of arrangement. The transactions delivered considerable value for the shareholders of both groups.
4th January 2010
Gilbert + Tobin has been awarded the “Project Finance Deal of the Year” award for the Hallett Hill Wind Farm, South Australia at the CFO Awards 2009.
24th November 2009
Gilbert + Tobin has been awarded the “Practice Excellence Award for Employment Law In Australia” at the inaugural 2009 International Legal Awards for Practice Excellence.
15th November 2009
Corporate law firm, Gilbert + Tobin, announced today the publication by Thomson Reuters of Sale of Land in NSW – Commentary and Materials co-authored by partner, Diane Skapinker and Patricia Lane.
