Royal Dutch Shell Plc's A$98 billion takeover of BG Group Plc passed its final Australian regulatory hurdle and received approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board ( FIRB ). The merger ...

Allens has advised Cue Energy Resources Ltd, through its 100 per cent subsidiary, Cue Exploration Pty Ltd, on farm-out and option arrangements relating to two exploration permits with BP Developmen ...

Allens will give a legal leg-up to energy and natural resources startups in Perth and Brisbane as legal partners for KPMG's Energise 2.0 accelerator program. Designed to boost innovation in the ...

Allens is advising AWE Limited on its proposed acquisition by Mineral Resources Limited via a recommended scheme of arrangement, as well as its response to the takeover bid from China Energy Reserv ...

Allens has advised Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Lead Managers and UBS as a Joint Lead Manager on the IPO of Viva Energy Group Limited, Australia's largest ...

Allens has advised Woodside Energy Ltd on its gas sale and purchase agreement with Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd for the supply of domestic pipeline gas for a term of 20 years. The ...

The gas is being supplied to the Worsley Alumina integrated mining and refining complex in Western Australia. The Worsley Alumina Joint Venture is held by South32 (86%), Japan Alumina Associates ...

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has rejected a wide-ranging attack by a contracting party preferring litigation to arbitration on the operation of an arbitration clause Partner Andrew Maher reports ...

A new regime that streamlines the environmental approvals process for petroleum activities in Commonwealth waters will place a greater responsibility on the titleholder of a tenement rather than the operator Partner Chris Schulz and Senior Associate Eve Lynch provide an overview of the changes ...

New legislation has been introduced into the Queensland Parliament that will mark the first stage of a program that will attempt to rationalise the regulatory regime for all types of resources tenure in that state The new legislation also introduces a number of major reforms to the land access and ...