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Engineering group
Acting for a leading global plant construction and mechanical engineering group domiciled in Germany in its defence of a EUR 100 million Singapore International Arbitration Centre arbitration brought by an Indian counterpart for breach of contract.
Sea Harvest
Assisting South Africa-based seafood company, Sea Harvest Group Limited, on the acquisition of the Western Australia fishing assets of leading seafood company, MG Kailis. Thomson Geer advised Sea Harvest on all aspects of the deal, including securing a large number of approvals from a range of state and federal regulatory authorities, as well as assisting Sea Harvest with numerous property approvals, leases, sub-leases and licences.
Flight Centre Limited
Advising in relation to the establishment of the Escape Travel franchise, structure, documents (internal and external), including disclosure and other necessary documentation.
Estia Health
Acting for Australian aged care provider Estia Health on a deal to acquire a portfolio of aged care homes and development sites worth more than A$100 million from Premier Health Care.
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
Advising UK-based investment advisor ARCH Emerging Markets Partners on the cornerstone investment by ARCH Sustainable Resources Fund in Evolution Energy Minerals. The funds raised will enable Evolution to continue development of its Chilalo Graphite Project in Tanzania.
Land sale
Advising a Local Government on conditional land sale provisions incorporating the redevelopment of a strategic CBD landholding in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government, including ensuring compliance with statutory provisions relating to a major land transaction.
Discrimination complaint
Acting for a superannuation trustee in disability discrimination complaints to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Life insurance
Advising a superannuation trustee about the enforceability of offset clauses in life insurance policies.
Testamentary capacity
Representing an executor to defend a claim by a disappointed beneficiary brought on the basis that the deceased lacked capacity to make a will.
Mitsubishi
Acting for Mitsubishi in a class action relating to allegedly misleading fuel consumption claims for its popular Triton ute.
Norman & Associates
Advising Norman & Associates, in their role as Development Manager, on securing approvals for waste water treatment and disposal system and project advice related to the freeholding of 432 licensed allotments at the Fishermans Bay, South Australia, existing development.
Enforcement of foreign arbitral award
Representing US and Australian companies resisting enforcement of a foreign arbitral award made in Singapore at both trial and appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Victoria. 'First of kind' defence in Australian courts based on 'double recovery' as breach of public policy.
ATO negotiations
Advising accountants and clients in negotiations with the ATO on substantive tax matters, including tax planning, structuring, penalty minimisation, and audit case management.
Port of Wyndham
Acted for Kimberley Ports Authority on port management agreement and associated arrangements for appointing a port manager at the Port of Wyndham, Western Australia.
Microba Life Sciences
Assisting gut health business Microba Life Sciences Ltd on its successful listing on the Australian Securities Exchange in an IPO that raised A$30 million.
Australian Finance Industry Association
Acting for the Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) on the drafting, development and consultation of the AFIA Car Rental Code of Practice. The Code for members of AFIA, who have approximately 75% of the total market share by revenue of the car rental market in Australia, went live on 1 March 2018.
L&A Social M&A
Advising the owner of social media and branding agency L&A Social in relation to the sale of all of the shares in the L&A Social to Tag Worldwide (Australia) Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Wertheimer UK Limited). The deal enables L&A Social to combine its social media expertise and Tag's strong end to end offering to provide a more holistic service and deliver continued growth for clients and businesses.
Dee Why RSL Club
Successfully defending Dee Why RSL Club which was the subject of a major disciplinary investigation into the conduct of gambling activities.
Kirin Holdings Company
Advising Japanese food and beverage giant Kirin Holdings Company, Limited on its A$1.8 billion acquisition of Australian healthcare company Blackmores.
MACA Ltd
Thomson Geer advised Perth-based ASX-listed mining and infrastructure services company MACA Ltd on the approx. A$350 million takeover bid announced by Thiess.
Sporting club
Assisting a prominent Australian sporting club client to respond to a privacy related complaint lodged with an Australian regulator. The matter involved analysis of the legal risks and regard to the various nuances of the situation and the personalities involved, to arrive at a response that resolved the matter efficiently and commercially with the complainant and the regulator.
InterGrain
Acting for InterGrain, a wheat, barley and oat breeder, in relation to multiple strategic alliances and technology commercialisation, including most recently in relation to the acquisition of a crop breeding program and commercialisation licence.
Cardinal George Pell
Acting for a large number of media organisations, editors and journalists in relation to contempt of court charges relating to reporting of the conviction of Cardinal George Pell on historic child sex offences, which have since been overturned on appeal.
South Australian Government
Acting for the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport in relation to the outsourcing of Across Government Facilities Management services worth $1.7 billion.
Independent supermarkets
Advising a group wishing to form and register a national brand, in relation to the registration, supply agreements, the franchise system to support the formation of the brand and the acquisition of the warehouse business.
Energy360
Assisting Australian biogas systems provider Energy360 on its acquisition by energy giant AGL. Thomson Geer advised Energy360 on all aspects of the deal, including due diligence, drafting and negotiation of the transaction documents and implementing the acquisition.
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corp
Advising the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation on the establishment of a renewable energy project partnership in Western Australia with ACEN Corp worth more than A$1 billion.
Village Roadshow Limited
Acting for Village Roadshow Limited in obtaining a Class Ruling from the Australian Taxation Office confirming the taxation treatment of a return of share capital to shareholders.
Licella Holdings
Acting for Licella Holdings Limited in relation to its commercialisation of its patented Cat-HTR technology for conversion of waste feedstocks into biofuels including licensing of international and Australian joint venture entities and advising in relation to participation in a CRC-P Partners Agreement.
Dragontail Systems
Advising food technology company Dragontail Systems on its acquisition by restaurant company Yum! Brands via a scheme of arrangement for A$93.5 million.
Iconic building
Acting for a university as proprietor in relation to the major refurbishment of an iconic building and surrounds, and associated long term leasing arrangements, including advising and documenting arrangements for relocation and pop up/temporary accommodation.
Close the Loop
Helping Australia-based packaging and recycling company Close the Loop become a key player in the world’s rapidly growing circular economy through a strategic merger and oversubscribed A$12 million initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
1300Smiles
Acting for ASX-listed Australian dental surgery chain 1300Smiles on its A$165 million sale to trans-Tasman dental operator Abano Healthcare Group.
Domino’s Pizza
Thomson Geer advised Domino’s Pizza Enterprises on its acquisition of Domino’s Pizza in Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia for A$214 million with an earn-out of up to A$142 million.
Defamation
Successfully defending the publisher of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph in defamation proceedings brought by former sport journalist Josh Massoud. The NSW District Court found the media had made out its truth defence and proved that Mr Massoud was a bully who threatened and intimidated his work colleagues.
Havilah Resources
Advising ASX-listed Australian minerals explorer, Havilah Resources Limited on the proposed A$205 million acquisition of its Kalkaroo Project by OZ Minerals.
Security of payment
Acting on large infrastructure related adjudications under Security of Payment legislation ranging from A$1 million to $80 million in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.
Altus Strategies and Alphastream Capital
Advising UK and Canadian listed Altus Strategies plc and United Arab Emirates specialist mining and streaming company AlphaStream Capital on their joint acquisition of a gold royalty portfolio from Newcrest Mining Limited valued at US$37.5 million.
Tribunal hearings
Representing AFL clubs, club officials, players and spectators in the AFL Tribunal in contested hearings and hearings on penalty.
Incannex Healthcare
Advising medicinal cannabis pharmaceutical company Incannex Healthcare on a A$23.6 million capital raising through the exercise of loyalty options.
Investor – State dispute
Advising on enforcement of award made under the Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID), including issues of foreign state immunity.
Paraway Pastoral Company
Acting for Paraway Pastoral Company (Macquarie Pastoral Fund) on its purchases, divestments, and leases of rural properties in NSW, including the purchase of access rights, water rights, and licences.
International arbitration
Acting for multinational resources company in arbitration proceedings under rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, including advice on anti-suit injunction to restrain foreign civil proceedings in breach of arbitration agreement.
ACCIONA
Advising ACCIONA which, in a 50-50 joint venture, has been engaged by Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to deliver the Inland Rail Southern Civil Works Program.
Toll Holdings
Lead adviser to Toll Holdings and other successful parties in their bids and associated contracts for the major port, tug, barge, roro and marine supply base logistics contracts to support the $50 billion Gorgon gas project. These contracts are amongst the largest and most complex marine supply base and logistics contracts ever entered into in Australia.
Leighton Holdings
Partner Scott Castledine acted for Leighton Holdings (now CIMIC) in its defence and $70 million settlement of a securities class action arising out of a $1 billion profit downgrade in connection with AirportLink in Brisbane, a Desalination Project in Victoria and investments in the Middle East.
Solar project
Partner Jae Lemin has experience advising Standard Chartered Bank and GuarantCo, on the project financing of the 28 MW Teknaf Solartech solar project in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The project was the first utility-scale, grid-connected solar project in Bangladesh and won “Asia-Pacific Solar Deal of the Year” at the Infrastructure Journal awards.
Car maker
Assisting a leading global automotive company to review and update their existing Australian privacy compliance program to create a robust framework that satisfies the Australian law requirements. As part of this matter, we assisted with audit procedures, followed by a review and update of existing privacy practices and procedures and a comprehensive all of company privacy training program.
Nutanix
Advising Nutanix on a contract to provide IT solutions for systems used by the Department of Defence.
Construction finance
Advising on senior and mezzanine financing of construction of a 123 lot mixed residential and commercial development in Bondi Junction, Sydney.
Building contracts
Advising for a Government Department in relation to the preparation of standard form building and infrastructure contracts and acting in relation to significant infrastructure disputes.
Roshana Group
Advising Roshana Group on the $15 million Valencia Nursing Home redevelopment. This involved providing strategic advice and advocacy through multiple SAT mediations and JDAP meetings to facilitate approval for a 120 bed redevelopment of an existing aged care facility in the City of Kalamunda.
Arbitration
Arranging arbitrations to resolve “on risk” disputes between two life insurance companies.
92 Energy
Advising Canada-focused uranium explorer 92 Energy Limited on its successful A$8.7 million capital raising using Canada’s flow-through share regime. This regime provides tax incentives to eligible Canadian investors and enables shares to be placed at a higher price than would otherwise be possible.
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries
Advising Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (Priceline) on performance management programs; dealing with long-term absentee employees; and enterprise agreements at distribution centres across Australia.
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Assisting with various commercial tasks including its establishment and then advising on clinical trial agreements, fundraising, and privacy law compliance.
Company director
Successfully represented a former company director of a mining company who was sued by the company for damages for breaches of the Corporations Law resulting in a finding of no liability.
Fashion designer
Advising a well-known fashion designer to understand the Australian privacy and surveillance landscape and how it applies to their retail operations in Australia. The client was developing global surveillance policies and consents for its personnel, and we provided Australian law review.
Irrigation schemes
Acting for irrigation schemes and unincorporated associations in relation to their irrigation infrastructure, constitutions including rights and obligations of members and the transfer of water entitlements between outgoing members and incoming members.
GeelongPort
Acting for GeelongPort in negotiating a complex Agreement for Lease and Lease with TT-Line in relation to the relocation of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry from Melbourne’s Station Pier to Geelong.
Southern Palladium
Advising Southern Palladium Ltd on its successful dual listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange after an oversubscribed A$19 million initial public offering.
L&A Social
Advised the owner of social media and branding agency L&A Social in relation to the sale of all of the shares in the L&A Social to Tag Worldwide (Australia) Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Wertheimer UK Limited). The deal enables L&A Social to combine its social media expertise and Tag's strong end to end offering to provide a more holistic service and deliver continued growth for clients and businesses.
Major developer
Acting for a major developer in respect to A$1.2 billion in debt facilities. Works included drafting and negotiating loan note subscription agreements, syndicated facility agreements and associated securities, comprehensive due diligence and providing advice on complex financial structures and trust arrangements.
EPA prosecutions
Acting for industrial and mining clients in relation to EPA prosecutions in the Land & Environment Court and other enforcement matters.
Mark Moran Vaucluse
Advising on the development of the retirement living, aged care and wellness precinct, Mark Moran Vaucluse.
FKP Commercial Developments
Advising FKP Commercial Developments in relation to the Gasworks multi-use development at Newstead, Brisbane. Work included drafting and implementing complex titling arrangements for this significant mixed use master planned development.
Mineral Resources
Lead adviser to Mineral Resources in relation to its proposed development and operation of a 25mtpa iron ore export transhipment terminal in the Port of Ashburton.
Restructure
Advising a major post-secondary education provider about a restructure of its businesses across Australia, including the strategy for implementation and communication of a large number of redundancies.
Codafication
Advising Codafication on deployment of Codafication’s proprietary Virtual Assist, Crunchwork, and Unity Cloud business automation platforms-as-a-service, particularly with Suncorp, QBE, IAG, and other significant insurers and brokers.
CTP Regulator
Advising the CTP Regulator in relation to the entry of insurer Youi into the South Australian compulsory third party insurance market.
Class actions
* Fuel Labelling Class Action: currently defending Mitsubishi Motors in $1 billion diesel emissions consumer class action. * Dick Smith Proceedings: successfully defended Deloitte following the collapse of the electronics retailer. * QBE: defended securities class action and "common fund" application.
Life insurance policies
Advising an offshore life insurance company about selling life insurance policies covering Australian residents.
Tax law
Advising on tax law administration, including appearing on behalf of taxpayers before ATO investigations, and dealing in white-collar crime including offences under the Criminal Code Act and the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Barley Australia M&A
Advising the peak body for the Australian barley and malting industry, Barley Australia, on its merger with Grains Australia. Thomson Geer advised Barley Australia on the terms of the merger and on intellectual property matters.
Qualcomm Inc
Acting for Qualcomm Inc and Qualcomm Australia Pty Ltd advising on protection of Qualcomm’s confidential commercial information including source codes in the Apple and Samsung patent and anti-trust Federal Court proceedings.
Litigation funder
Advising a litigation funder in relation to a proposed class action involving allegations of very significant underpayment to employees across a chain of hospitality businesses.
Electrification of mining fleet
Acted for Liebherr Australia in negotiating an agreement for the joint development and supply of hydrogen fuel cell and battery electric mining haul trucks to Fortescue Future Industries.
Mistaken contributions
Acting for a superannuation trustee in circumstances where an employer had made mistaken superannuation contributions of approximately $85,000.
Barley Australia
Advising the peak body for the Australian barley and malting industry, Barley Australia, on its merger with Grains Australia. Thomson Geer advised Barley Australia on the terms of the merger and on intellectual property matters.
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises
Advising in relation to all documentation for new franchisees, leases, franchise sales, disposals, acquisitions, ACCC, ASIC and other regulatory compliance and Domino’s IPO, and its international expansion.
Luxury goods conglomerate
Assisting a global luxury goods conglomerate on a range of privacy and surveillance matters, and advice on compliance framework and enforcement matters.
Mineral Resources
Lead adviser to Mineral Resources in relation to its proposed development and operation of a 25mtpa iron ore export transhipment terminal in the Port of Ashburton.
Incannex Healthcare
Advising on acquisition of medicinal cannabis research and development company APIRx.
Port of Wyndham
Acted for Kimberley Ports Authority on port management agreement and associated arrangements for appointing a port manager at the Port of Wyndham, Western Australia.
Business structuring
Advising large private groups and ASX listed companies on business structuring and acquisitions.
Misappropriation
Acting for a superannuation trustee in circumstances where approximately $100,000 of misappropriated funds had been deposited into a member’s account.
Property portfolio
Advising the Government of South Australia in relation to the sale of an agency’s property portfolio with a value of $565.5 million.
Priority disputes
Acting for the liquidators of a listed entity in relation to priority disputes with PPSA creditors, providing advice as to vesting of interests under the PPSA, undertaking public examinations and acting in relation to a variety of proceedings, including uncommercial transaction proceedings and breach of director’s duties claims.
Parade College
Working with Melbourne school Parade College to partner with English Premier League champions Manchester City to launch the first Manchester City Football School in Australia.
Wage audit
Advising one of Australia's largest health care providers on an audit of alleged underpayments of wages and allowances and managing notifications to affected employees and the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Blackstone
Successfully acting for Blackstone in respect of a significant leasing dispute. Successfully obtained an order and recovered possession of an industrial property and managed responses to statutory Notices to Produce issued by EPA Victoria regarding the tenant's actions.
Ingenia Communities
Advising Ingenia Communities on its acquisition of five rental retirement villages and a tourist park. The purchases incorporated 274 senior village rental units and 236 cabin and camp sites. The units are located throughout New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.
LBT Innovations
Assisting ASX-listed LBT Innovations throughout the development, prototyping, and commercialisation of its medical technology products. Recently assisted in concluding a A$6 million joint venture based in Switzerland to develop and distribute a diagnostic imaging device.
Incannex Healthcare
Advised medicinal cannabis pharmaceutical company Incannex Healthcare on a A$23.6 million capital raising through the exercise of loyalty options.
Genesis Minerals
Thomson Geer advising gold company Genesis Minerals Ltd (ASX:GMD) on its merger with mining neighbour St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) to form a leading Australian gold company to be called Hoover House.
Performance/conduct management
Advising a large education provider in relation to a series of performance and conduct management processes, including two involving formal external investigations. Some of these processes led to termination of employment/engagement and some to negotiated resignations and demotions.
Aircraft leasing
Acting for a US-based global leader in aircraft leasing in respect of a London Court of International Arbitration commenced against a Chinese cargo operator for delivery up and US$150 million in contractual damages for ongoing breaches of a 747 freighter lease.
QBiotics
Advising on the $130 million merger of the QBiotics Group, by the use of two schemes of arrangement to tophat existing companies, Qbiotics Limited and EcoBiotics Limited, with a new holding company, QBiotics Group Limited.
Ferrier Hodgson
Acting for Ferrier Hodgson in their capacity as receivers and managers of a pharmacy chain located across the Eastern seaboard. This included the negotiation and drafting of sale documentation in respect of several individual multi-million dollar businesses, together with the creation of security interests in certain personal property.
Registered clubs
Assisting several registered clubs with amalgamations and other transactions including Mounties Group, Blacktown Workers Club, Windsor RSL and Campsie RSL.
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