Australia Recommended firms Tier 1 Allens Arthur Robinson Blake Dawson Waldron Clayton Utz Freehills Mallesons Stephen Jaques Tier 2 Gilbert + Tobin Minter Ellison Tier 3 Atanaskovic Hartnell Baker & McKenzie Australia has seen some colossal deals this year with the surge of private entrepreneurs accessing public markets in an attempt to acquire strategic assets. Such investors are less interested in financial services, due to the heavily leveraged and highly regulated bank sector, and are instead looking towards businesses that can be re-engineered in a short span of time. While private-equity deals remain attractive for their sheer size, they have the potential to present equally huge obstacles for firms attempting to structure transactions under the tight time constraints imposed. As one lawyer pointed out: "Private-equity investors have been able to do these deals too easily. A$3 billion worth of private-equity deals have fallen in the last three months and now we're seeing a reappraisal."
January 01 2008
