M&A

King & Wood Mallesons has lost a seasoned M&A partner with expertise in real estate and infrastructure deals to Gilbert + Tobin.

Reforms to Australia's merger review regime kicked in on 1 January, but late-breaking amendments to the new laws mean changes to notification thresholds and further exemptions.

WiseTech has agreed to divest logistics software company Expedient, which the ACCC said the Richard White-founded company acquired before the regulator had completed its competition review.

Swiss-based investment firm Partners Group has exited the Australian wind market, selling its stake in a 242-megawatt wind farm in Victoria to Spanish energy company Iberdrola.

The ACCC has opposed IAG’s proposed $1.35 billion acquisition of RACWA's insurance operations, saying the deal would substantially lessen competition for motor vehicle and home and contents insurance in Western Australia.

A Dexus managed fund has paid $683 million to Scentre Group to increase its stake in Brisbane's Westfield Chermside shopping centre.

Mayne Pharma says it, and not US drug maker Cosette, has terminated their $672 million merger agreement and that it is therefore not on the hook for a break fee.

Advised by Johnson Winter Slattery, Morrison-managed investment fund Utilities Trust of Australia has bought out a Canadian pension fund for full ownership of the Sydney Desalination Plant.

Setting up another potential legal fight, Mayne Pharma has said US drug maker Cosette did not validly terminate their $672 million merger agreement, which failed to receive FIRB approval.

Hong Kong-based Far East Consortium has sold a 50 per cent stake in the Ritz-Carlton Perth to Cayman Islands-based Generation Essentials Group for $100 million.