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Operating in today's complex and increasingly global business environment, clients need advisors with a truly international presence and the ability to distil simplicity from complexity.

With hundreds of lawyers, Allens Arthur Robinson offers clients access to the best legal minds and resources Asia has to offer. Our experience includes:

• advising Rio Tinto on its response to BHP’s US$192 billion takeover approach
• advising St.George Bank on its merger proposal with Westpac
• acting for AWB in Australian Government Task Force proceedings following the UN Oil-for-Food Program Inquiry
• advising Bao Viet on Vietnam's largest M&A transaction
• advising on the development of the multi-billion dollar Traveston and Wyaralong dam projects
• advising Queensland Treasury Corporation and Queensland Health on the proposal to develop the new Queensland Childrens Hospital in partnership with the Mater Health Services
• advised Shell in relation to its sale of North West Shelf oil assets to Woodside for A$440 million including equity stakes in the Cossack, Wanaea, Lambert and Hermes oilfields, the Cossack Pioneer floating production facility and oil exploration interests within a tieback distance to the Cossack Pioneer
• acted for the successful Macquarie Bank led consortium for a public private partnership to build own and operate the Mindarie Regional Council resource recovery facility
• advised Wesfarmers on its A$4 billion refinancing programme
• advised Babcock & Brown as sponsor of the A$1.4 billion Royal Children's Hospital PPP
• advised the lenders on financing of the A$1.55 billion Newcastle coal loading and port facility project

Working for government

Allens has a long history of acting for government. We understand the issues that are important to government and the constraints under which government operates.

We have been involved in many public sector projects that were the first of their type in their respective jurisdictions. We provide strategic advice to government at all levels. Our advice has often included procedures and strategies for ensuring adherence to probity requirements and minimising commercial and financial risks to government.

Where appropriate, we take a 'whole of government' approach to our advice.

We have acted for numerous Australian government departments and agencies including: in New South Wales, the NSW Treasury on the sale of Freightcorp, the largest transfer of rail assets to private hands in Australia's history; in Victoria, the Department of Infrastructure on the privatisation of the public transport network; in Queensland, Queensland Treasury on the complex, high-profile and politically sensitive Suncorp-Metway-QIDC merger and the subsequent selldown of Suncorp Metway; in Western Australia, the State Solicitor's Office on the high-profile 140 William Street office tower development in the Perth CBD; the Public Transport Authority on the construction of the Perth to Mandurah urban passenger railway, the State's largest infrastructure project to date; and the Department of Planning & Infrastructure on the development of the deep harbour port at Oakajee for the mid west mining sector; and in South Australia, the Department of Treasury and Finance on the privatisation of its electricity industry, one of the largest and most complex restructuring, design and privatisations of an industry ever undertaken in Australia.

We have significant experience advising governments in all aspects of public private partnership transactions and have an excellent understanding of the principles and policy issues involved in such projects.

We are currently working with governments across Asia to implement various reform projects, including Indonesia, China, Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

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