Allens

The Melbourne office has a long record of advising blue-chip corporations on corporate and commercial issues. We've also been involved in establishing some of Australia's largest mining projects, such as the giant iron ore mines in the Pilbara and the natural gas reserves on the North West Shelf.

Our recent experience includes:

• acting for Grocon on the A$110 million Media House facilities development at Docklands
• advising solar module manufacturer First Solar on all aspects of its involvement in Australia's first utility scale solar power project
• advising Rio Tinto in negotiations over the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia
• acting for Tabcorp in first ASX-listed corporate bond issue in almost 20 years
• advising Rio Tinto on its response to BHP's US$192 billion takeover approach
• acting for AWB in Australian Government Task Force proceedings following the UN Oil-for-Food Program Inquiry
• advising Zinifex on its A$12 billion merger with Oxiana
• advising Newcrest on its A$2 billion entitlement offer to fund its restructure