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CC circles Gilbert & Tobin to fulfil Aussie strategy

G&T, JWS, Blakes or Corrs would be logical foreign takeover choices. G&T has excellent rep in Sydney but no presence in crucial resources markets (unless Blakistons joins up). Blakes has very strong resources practice esp. in Brisbane and Perth but its Sydney/Melb presence is weaker. Corrs has become very profitable, with good M&A practitioners but question is whether it has the client links (which presumably a firm like Clifford Chance would bring). In each cases, the firms wouldn't challenge the supremacy of the European partners. Mallesons, Allens or Freehills are too established for it to be a 'merger of equals'.

14-Dec-2010

11:08 pm