NeuroScientific has completed its acquisition of Perth pharmaceuticals company Isopogen WA, which controls the StemSmart technology patent, in a bid to boost its stem cell offerings.
Steedman Stagg Lawyers, Kennedy Vinciullo and Gaffney & Palermo Lawyers are new names in Perth's legal fraternity while a fourth, Mason Ledger, has been radically restructured.
Victoria-based online mediation and arbitration service Immediation will officially launch in Western Australia on November 20, on the back of $1.8 million partially raised from local investors.
Two Western Australian arts organisations have made changes to their boards, with appointments including David Shirley, Rowena Albones, Ben Lisle and Rishelle Hume.
The federal government has today announced new and renewed appointments to its Takeovers Panel including Perth-based John McGlue, Shirley In't Veld and Denise McComish.
Fifteen local broking, legal and advisory firms have teamed up to put forward their concerns with the ASX's proposed changes to its listing requirements, and to advocate three particular amendments.
Law firms Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff will merge to create a 32-partner firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second biggest law firm in Western Australia.
Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff have announced they will merge to create a 32-partner law firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second largest firm in WA.
Another prominent resource sector executive has joined the Black Swan Theatre Company board with Alcoa Australia managing director Alan Cransberg joining chairman Sam Walsh.
Perth's planned new sporting stadium at Subiaco could include innovative venues for the presentation of theatre and music to sports fans attending big games.
Mining engineers, scientists and technology entrepreneurs should collaborate with innovators in the arts sector to produce outcomes that benefit all sectors, the WA Business News boardroom forum was told.
Picking over the carcasses of failed companies and seeking to bring them back to life is something of a specialty in the Western Australian corporate scene, where the appetite for risk and a ready supply of listed shells have spawned a unique industry.
Three substantial commercial law firms have been established in Perth in the past year and each has adopted a fundamentally different strategy and business model.
The new financial year has triggered a series of changes at the top of Perth's big law firms with senior partners leaving MinterEllison, Clayton Utz and Freehills.
Big corporate collapses such as Sons of Gwalia, EG Green Group, Henry Walker Eltin and most recently Westpoint Corporation have provided plenty of work for insolvency lawyers, but a much smaller deal has been hailed as the best restructuring of 2005.
