King & Wood Mallesons has announced its intention to split into separate Australian and Chinese partnerships, marking a notable reversal in the trend to globalised law firms.
Leeuwin Wealth has nearly doubled its funds under management to $1 billion and has worked on 18 capital market transactions in its first 12 months of operation.
WA's premier national portraiture prize has secured a $90,000 three-year partnership with Westpac, as its total prize pool and entry numbers top those for the Archibald Prize.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 achieved a major recruiting coup by luring one of Perth's top corporate lawyers, Roger Davies, and his experienced colleague Antonella Pacitti.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
