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Date	Name	AUD$m
19/11/2008	Marubeni-Resource Pacific stake acquisition	199
18/11/2008	Lion Nathan-Kirin CC Amatil takeover bid	7,560
18/11/2008	CSR capital raising	476
13/11/2008	National Foods-Dairy Farmers acquisition	896
13/11/2008	BOC-Auscom stake acquisition	218
12/11/2008	New Hope-Resource Pacific takeover bid	598
12/11/2008	REST Super - SEA gas pipeline acquisition	-
11/11/2008	Commonwealth Bank placement	2,037
11/11/2008	Stemcor Pellets-Savage River mine stake disposal	74
10/11/2008	Lend Lease-Babcock & Brown Communities acquisition	338

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Deacons BusinessDay's Mr Bud Gerigar made headlines after buying a share in listed Downer EDI using a loophole in the law and some very lax checks and balances within the nation's off-market transfer system.
Sparke Helmore Mark Darras and William Mansfield have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Australia Post. Mr Darras is currently Special Counsel with Sparke Helmore Lawyers and Mr Mansfield is a Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
Piper Alderman My previous partner's surname was Crawley who worked for Piper Alderman. My current home is in Pipers Avenue. My soul mate Trevor Cologne worked for the Woodville Library and rockclimbed. I have worked for the Woodville Library and my twin brother rockclimbed.
Davies Collison Cave Sally Wilson of Davies Collison Cave reports on a new royalty scheme to be introduced for Australian visual artists as a result of legislation to be enacted by the Federal Government.
Bell Gully The recent proceedings in relation to Woolworths' and Foodstuffs' applications for clearance to acquire The Warehouse raised two important issues in relation to the test for clearance.

Deacons

BusinessDay's Mr Bud Gerigar made headlines after buying a share in listed Downer EDI using a loophole in the law and some very lax checks and balances within the nation's off-market transfer system.

Sparke Helmore

Mark Darras and William Mansfield have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Australia Post. Mr Darras is currently Special Counsel with Sparke Helmore Lawyers and Mr Mansfield is a Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Piper Alderman

My previous partner's surname was Crawley who worked for Piper Alderman. My current home is in Pipers Avenue. My soul mate Trevor Cologne worked for the Woodville Library and rockclimbed. I have worked for the Woodville Library and my twin brother rockclimbed.

Davies Collison Cave

Sally Wilson of Davies Collison Cave reports on a new royalty scheme to be introduced for Australian visual artists as a result of legislation to be enacted by the Federal Government.

Bell Gully

The recent proceedings in relation to Woolworths' and Foodstuffs' applications for clearance to acquire The Warehouse raised two important issues in relation to the test for clearance.

Large law firms miss out on PM's infrastructure spend-a-thon
By Richard Szabo | Thursday, 20 November 2008
Although Prime Minster Kevin Rudd's A$300m government funding for infrastructure projects has been welcomed, it is not nearly enough to provide significantly more work for lawyers.

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Ex-Swaab partner moves to "egalitarian" firm - 20/11

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Ex-Linklaters lawyer chooses family over magic circle - 18/11

ALB unveils all-rounder legal salary statistics - 17/11

OPINION: Is there a glass ceiling for female lawyers? - 17/11

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