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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.

Mineral Resources chair Malcolm Bundey has vowed “best-in-class” governance practices as he rebuilds the board after a bruising 12 months for the miner, as a sixth director prepares to depart.

St Barbara has taken advantage of the recent gold fever to add an extra $58 million to its coffers for Simberi's expansion project.

Perth options trader Adam Tomasso has won a high-stakes court battle with IG Markets, allowing him to recover $5.5 million he earnt in the space of 30 minutes.

High commodity prices and a wave of cross-border capital have fuelled another busy half for WA's dealmakers.

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.

Greatland Gold has announced a small capital raising and a big selldown by major shareholder Newmont ahead of the $3.5 billion miner's listing on the ASX.

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Major law firms in Perth are increasing their graduate intake as they enjoy strong demand for their services.

Sierra Rutile has advised its investors to not take any action following news that the mineral sands producer has received an on-market takeover offer from US-based Gerald Group.

Australian Unity is set to buy home support services provider myHomecare Group from Enrich Health, a joint venture between RAC and Quadrant Private Equity, for $285 million.

The green energy transition is seen as one of the largest opportunities for WA law firms, with two mid-tier players leading the way.

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

Genesis Minerals has improved its proposal to buy St Barbara's Leonora assets as the takeover target squashes talks with Silver Lake Resources.

Lithium chemicals companies Allkem and Livent have locked in an all-stock merger to create a new global player worth $A15.7 billion.

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Corporate advisory business Sternship Advisers and law firms Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Hamilton Locke lifted their market shares in 2022.

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.

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Documents filed as part of a restructure of Chevron's Australian operations have given a glimpse into the finances of the $13 billion-a-year oil and gas producer.

Genesis Minerals boss Raleigh Finlayson has locked in another part of his ambition to consolidate the Leonora region after striking a deal to buy neighbouring gold company St Barbara.

Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals will make its first move into rare earths by backing ASX-listed aspiring producer Hastings Technology Metals for $150 million via a convertible notes arrangement.

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

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.

“It has been a busy year and it continues to be,” is how Simon Reed describes current market conditions in Western Australia.

Prospect Resources is selling a majority stake in its Zimbabwe flagship lithium project to China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co for $528 million in cash.

Gold Road Resources has stepped in to counter Ramelius Resources' proposed takeover bid for Apollo Consolidated, tabling an all-cash unconditional offer.

Managing safety in the workplace has never been more challenging and the risks never higher, as psychosocial hazards gain more attention.

Woodside has confirmed plans to merge with BHP's oil and gas business, with the new $40 billion entity to be led by Meg O'Neill.

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.

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

Perth-based mining technology company Kinetic Logging Services has been sold for a bumper price of more than $150 million, with local investor Viburnum a big winner.

IGO has agreed to sell its 30 per cent stake in the Tropicana goldmine to Regis Resources, which is paying $903 million in cash for the WA asset.

For the second year running, Macquarie Capital and Canaccord Genuity have topped Business News' league table for capital raisings.

Multinational investment bank HSBC will shift its Perth headquarters from 190 St Georges Terrace to the 43-storey QV1 tower.

National stockbroking firm Ord Minnett has finalised an agreement to buy competitor EL&C Baillieu, which was put up for sale in June this year.

A flood of money for goldminers has defined WA's corporate finance market this year, with Canaccord Genuity and Macquarie Capital leading the charge.

The new Perth partner-in-charge at law firm King & Wood Mallesons has become a strong believer in the benefits of technology, saying COVID-19 has accelerated changes already underway and there is no going back.