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Just hours after the developers of a $670 million waste-to-energy project announced they planned to start construction after obtaining all necessary approvals, the state government disclosed it has asked the Environmental Protection Authority to conduct further investigations.

Navitas directors have recommended shareholders accept an increased $2.1 billion takeover proposal by a consortium that includes its founder and former chief executive, Rod Jones, who says the new ownership would boost the company's prospects .

AP Eagers has made a takeover bid for Automotive Holdings Group, which values the struggling West Perth-based car retailer at around $635.4 million.

The ranking of Perth’s major law firms has changed substantially over the past two years.

A flurry of hostile takeover deals has provided a boost for corporate lawyers, with an expectation there are more on the way.

Navitas has disclosed that it will incur costs of about $20 million on its acquisition by a BGH consortium, including fees to professional advisers and extra payments to its directors and executives.

Takeover target Automotive Holdings Group will pursue the sale of its refrigerated logistics business after a strategic review found it had overstated revenue in the underperforming unit.

Shell is seeking to build its presence in the Australian power sector, launching a $617 million takeover bid for Australia’s second-largest energy retailer that looks likely to be accepted.

Northern Star Resources has confirmed it is the new owner of a half stake in Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s famous Super Pit, with the gold miner announcing an $US800 million ($1.16 billion) deal with Newmont Goldcorp.

Construction of Western Australia’s second large scale waste-to-energy project will begin this month near Rockingham after the development consortium reached financial close just before Christmas.

Finance group Argonaut has won a Supreme Court ruling against Perth company director Russell Moran, who could owe in excess of $30 million after taking out a high-interest loan six years ago to buy shares.

Perth’s top corporate lawyers have been busy helping their clients navigate the fallout from COVID-19.

IGO has backed a $60 million capital raising by nickel producer Mincor Resources, which is planning to restart its Western Australian operations later in the year.

The Supreme Court has approved a settlement of the long-running Bell Group dispute that will see $1.9 billion distributed to five major creditors.

A parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient cultural sites could be stalled for months as the mining giant faces growing shareholder pressure.

Shares in Northern Star Resources and Saracen Mineral Holdings rose strongly today after they announced a merger to create a top 10 global gold producer with a market value of $16 billion.

Victorian artist Serena Cowie is the 2020 winner of Western Australia’s richest art award, The Lester Prize for Portraiture.

Several Perth companies executed value-creating mergers and acquisitions last year, none more so than Pilbara Minerals.

Three Western Australian gold explorers have launched IPOs this past week, with the biggest raising headed by Subiaco-based Barton Gold.

Barton Gold has had a slow start to its first day of trading, with its shares down 12 per cent as the explorer gets ready to drill targets in South Australia.

Law firms Steinepreis Paganin and Thomson Geer and stockbroker Canaccord Genuity were the top deal makers in the June half.

BHP has started development of a new Pilbara iron ore mine after its Japanese partners, ITOCHU and Mitsui & Co, bought a minority stake in the project.

Northern Star Resources has sold a large portion of its Kalgoorlie operations to Evolution Mining on the same day it appointed Stuart Tonkin as the goldminer’s new managing director.

Global Infrastructure Partners will join Woodside Petroleum’s $US5.6 billion Pluto LNG expansion, having struck a deal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in the project.

Perth nickel company IGO has continued to push its clean energy strategy confirming it will acquire rival Western Areas in an all cash takeover, ending months of speculation.

Bill Beament-led Develop will pay up to $100 million for Heron Resources and the Woodlawn copper-zinc mine in NSW, seven months after the developer went into administration.

King & Wood Mallesons has achieved a major recruiting coup by luring one of Perth’s top corporate lawyers, Roger Davies, and his experienced colleague Antonella Pacitti.

More than a dozen law firm partners in Perth including Paul Evans, Paul Lingard and Spencer Flay are on the move in an extraordinary period of change for the sector.

King & Wood Mallesons has formally announced the appointment of four experienced lawyers to the partnership, including projects specialist Peter Vaughan and M&A adviser Roger Davies.

Perth’s top law firms open up on the extraordinary wave of partner poaching that is reshaping the sector.

State-owned Water Corporation has made a major strategic shift after striking a deal to buy one of Western Australia’s largest wind farm projects.

Zenith Insurance Services, Dardanup Butchering Co, Austral Pool Solutions, Omni Dental and Forpark Australia were among numerous private WA companies to change hands late last year.

Canadian engineering giant WSP Global will more than double the size of its WA operation to 1,300 people after agreeing to buy most of Calibre Group’s business.

Leaders from some of Perth’s major professional services firms have seen big changes in their working lives over three decades.

Perth-based Lotus Resources and A-CAP Energy have agreed to a merger to combine their assets and be a major uranium player in Africa.

Confirmation from ASX-listed explorer Lithium Power International that it has been in talks with Chilean copper giant Codelco lifted its share price 35 per cent.

The state government has belatedly disclosed the fees paid to law firm Ashurst for advice on Griffin Coal after being criticised by the Auditor General.

Perth ‘rich lister’ Laurence Escalante plans to borrow $1.4 billion to buy out minority shareholders in VGW in a deal that values his online gaming business at $3.2 billion.