Deals

John Holland JV - West Gate Tunnel Project

Advised the joint venture (CPB and John Holland) on a range of contentious contamination and environmental and planning approvals issues associated with the delivery of the A$6.7 billion project, particularly issues associated with the unanticipated discovery of large volumes of PFAS contamination.

TransGrid

Advising on land access and compulsory acquisition issues on Transgrid’s A$200 million Powering Sydney’s Future project, including complex advice on the Electricity Supply Act and the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act.

Santos

Advising Santos in connection with its A$3.5 billion coal seam gas project at Narrabri, NSW. The Narrabri project involves the development of up to 850 gas wells in coal seams located on mostly State-owned land in the nearby Pilliga forest in north-western NSW. Santos has already invested more than A$1 billion on the project to date.

ESR Group

Advised ESR on the global offering and IPO of ESR Group on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange which raised US$1.6 billion representing the third-largest listing in Hong Kong in 2019. The raising implies a market capitalisation for ESR of US$6.7 billion.

ANZ Bank

Advised ANZ Bank on its venture capital investment in Divipay Pty Ltd, a virtual corporate credit card and expense management platform.

Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Advised the Clean Energy Finance Corporation on its cornerstone investment in Tenacious Ventures I, and its venture capital investments in clean tech companies including Redback Technologies and Thinxtra.

Carbar Holdings Pty Ltd

Advised Carbar Holdings Pty Ltd on the venture capital investment and strategic partnership with IAG Ventures.

Tencent Holdings Ltd

Advised Tencent Holdings Ltd, a leading Chinese provider of internet value-added services including WeChat and a number of other platforms, as the lead investor in a US$13 million Series A funding round for Airwallex, a Melbourne-based foreign exchange payments company, and on subsequent raisings.

Regal Investment Fund

Advised the lead arranger and joint lead manager, National Australia Bank Limited, in connection with the formation, IPO and ASX listing of A$310 million Regal Investment Fund.

Benjamin Hornigold Limited

Advised Benjamin Hornigold Limited, an ASX Listed Investment Company, on several proceedings before the Takeovers Panel in respect of related party transactions challenged by the client.

Hancock Prospecting

Advised Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd on its successful off-market takeover of Riversdale Resources Limited.

Fuji Xerox

Advised Fuji Xerox, the Japan-based company headquartered in Tokyo, one of the largest integrated document and print management providers in the Asia-Pacific region, and a market leader in Australian and New Zealand, on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in CSG Limited, the ASX listed provider of print and business technology solutions in Australia and New Zealand, supported by an in-house equipment financing business, via a scheme of arrangement.

GenesisCare

Advised a consortium comprised of China Resources, one of China’s largest state-owned enterprises, and Macquarie Capital, on its acquisition of the majority interest in GenesisCare Limited and associated shareholders’ agreement and management incentive plan. Corrs also advised Macquarie Capital on its subsequent exit from GenesisCare and sale of its interests to funds advised by KKR. GenesisCare is Australia's largest provider of radiation oncology, cardiology and sleep treatments with operations in the United Kingdom and Spain.

Wesfarmers

Advised Wesfarmers on the tax and stamp duty implications of the A$230 million acquisition of online retailer Catch Group Holdings Limited, an established online retail business offering branded products on a first-party basis and a third-party online marketplace.