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Plymouth Minerals has appointed John Sanders as technical manager and Robert Jewson as its business development manager.

Mining-focused private equity firm Resource Capital Funds is seeking to privatise engineering and construction contractor Ausenco by way of a scheme of arrangement.

Robert S Middlemas has resigned as non-executive director of Elemental Minerals, after 6 years with board both as a non-executive director and previously as a non-executive chairman.

SPECIAL REPORT: A flurry of deals over the past fortnight, including four acquisitions by international companies expanding in Western Australia and the year's largest capital raising, has added life to a flat corporate finance market.

Shane Murphy has been appointed as special counsel to the Perth offices of DLA Piper.

SPECIAL REPORT: Livestock exporter Wellard has had a rocky start to life as a listed company after completing Western Australia's second-largest capital raising of 2015, and the state's sixth-largest initial public offerings of all time. Wellard's $299 million IPO was one of the few high points of 2015, when a lack of mining deals led a sharp slide in overall capital raising activity.

SPECIAL REPORT: Local firms Azure Capital and Hartleys punched above their weight in 2015 in what was a lucrative year for a handful of top corporate advisers in WA. Click through to see which corporate advisers, lawyers and brokers managed 470 M&A and capital raising deals.

Perth-based Tiger Resources has finalised terms of a $US162.5 million ($A225.5 million) finance facility with two investment groups to refinance its debt and fund expansion of its Kipoi copper project.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has selected its Perth office to trial an ‘insourcing' centre that will recruit up to 30 graduates to work in tandem with a similar centre in Dublin.

A Perth lawyer has come up with a novel approach that addresses two issues facing the law community – a lack of job opportunities for recent graduates and a funding shortfall for community legal centres.

A series of major trade sales and the prospect of one of WA's biggest-ever IPOs were highlights in what remained subdued capital markets in the September quarter. Also in our special report, how a surge in backdoor listings is attracting Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum is considering growth opportunities in Papua New Guinea, announcing today it was evaluating a takeover offer for Oil Search through an all-scrip deal valued at more than $11 billion.

John Hayward has been appointed as special counsel at IRDI Legal. Mr Hayward has over 48 years of experience in legal practice.

Three fast-growing gold miners have undertaken further expansion moves in Western Australia, with Evolution Mining announcing its intention to make a takeover offer for Phoenix Gold.

The Town of Port Hedland has received three bids, each worth more than $150 million, for a long-term lease over its airport, with the council due to make a final decision on the privatisation deal later this month.

Upwards of 130 corporate finance transactions worth more than $11 billion were announced in WA in the June quarter, but most notable was a handful of landmark M&A deals.

Business News shines a light on four businesses operating in WA that have achieved the highest level of national recognition for increasing opportunities for indigenous Australians.

Most of the big law firms in Perth have shrunk in size over the past year, with Ashurst experiencing the biggest drop in staff, while only a couple of smaller firms have achieved significant growth, research by Business News has found.

Shareholders in Australian Finance Group are planning a major sell-down of their stakes in the Perth-based mortgage provider as part of a $140 million initial public offering launched today.

Gold company Evolution Mining has finalised its purchase of La Mancha Resources' Australian assets and secured $100 million in financial firepower to continue its growth opportunities.

The 2009 Australian young lawyer of the year, Matthew Keogh, has been elected unopposed as the 2015 president of the Law Society of Western Australia.

Neon Energy may be leaving its Perth headquarters after entering into a merger implementation agreement with MEO Australia, which would create a combined entity based in Melbourne.

Independent law firm Clayton Utz has appointed Simon Taskunas to its national real estate team as a new partner.

Perth-based Paladin Energy has settled the sale of a 25 per cent stake in its flagship Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Nambia, under a deal originally announced to the market in January this year.

Perth-based City Farmers has been sold for $205 million, just nine months after managing director Clayton Hollingsworth struck a deal for Quadrant Private Equity to pay $93 million for a major stake in the pet care retailer.

SPECIAL REPORT: Law firms are having to adapt as more businesses build in-house legal teams and squeeze billing rates.

Nedlands-based explorer Bullabulling Gold has signalled it will not accept a takeover bid from Norton Gold Fields which values the company at about $24 million, saying the offer does not reflect the value of its assets.

SPECIAL REPORT: Waning interest in the resources sector has encouraged a pick-up in IT and tech companies.

Gina Rinehart has virtually ensured her family's long-held dream of operating its own iron ore mine, securing final funding for her massive Roy Hill project.

SPECIAL REPORT: The past 12 months have been tough for WA's corporate finance professionals, but there is cautious optimism that 2014 will be a different story.

ThinkSmart shares have shot up 39 per cent upon its announced agreement to sell its Australian and New Zealand businesses to financial services company FlexiGroup for $43 million to shift focus to its operations in the United Kingdom.

Tangiers Petroleum is to acquire Jacka Resources via a friendly off-market takeover bid, combining to create an Africa-focused upstream oil and gas company valued at about $80 million.

After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.

Diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers looks set to acquire risk management and compliance firm Greencap in an all-scrip takeover bid worth up to $21.2 million.

The top of Perth's legal world has shrunk slightly as the 10 biggest law firms recorded a combined net loss at partnership level following a three-year binge of global mergers focused heavily on th

Aspiring iron ore miner Brockman Mining has submitted a proposal to gain access to rail infrastructure built by Fortescue Metals Group, setting up competition between two infrastructure providers i

Oil and Gas giant Chevron has committed to expand its lease and take up 45 per cent of the commercial space in CBD office building QV1.

The Perth legal market is evolving with new alliances and brands but the pace of change has slowed from the breakneck speed of recent years.

THE past 12 months was a lean time for lawyers working in the corporate finance field, with a slump in both takeover deals and capital raisings.

HAVING recently moved into the Western Australian market after its merger with Q Legal, Brisbane-based HopgoodGanim has announced a cooperation agreement with two major Chinese law firms.