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Equity Capital Markets in Australia

Our Capital Markets Group have considerable experience in equity offers, acting for issuers, investment banks and underwriters.

In difficult financing conditions, many ASX-listed companies are increasingly seeking to raise equity by way of secondary offers to reduce debt, bolster balance sheets or fund acquisitions. We help issuers develop the structure to execute these transactions.

We bring unique international advice to the Australian market through our "one-stop shop" capability, which provides US securities law advice to Australian issuers from our Sydney office. This means only one point of contact for clients, and enables us to advise Australian issuers in a more direct, convenient and cost effective manner than hiring separate Australian and US law firms.

Our Equity Capital Markets Group was awarded the 2009 "Equity Market Deal of the Year" at the Macquarie Bank Australasian Legal Business Awards for our work on the A$2 billion placement by Commonwealth Bank of Australia for the acquisition of BankWest.

Experiences and insights on capital-raising through RMB bonds Our international Securities team conducted a webinar to discuss the benefits of an RMB bond offering and share tips on managing the legal aspects of RMB bond transactions. Listen to a recorded session if you missed the discussion.		Proposed revisions to capital treatment under Basel securitisation framework This alert discusses the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s consultation paper which is aimed at addressing shortcomings in capital treatment under the current framework. The committee welcomes comment on the consultation paper until 15 March 2013.		Kazakhstan introduces new provisions for securities offerings We provide an overview of changes to Kazakhstan’s securities market law, which set out new requirements and procedures for international securities offerings as well as provisions for domestic securities issuances. Most of the amendments took effect on 1 February 2012.
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