S&C advised BHP Billiton, a leading natural resources company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, in a deal that
The Australasian Lawyer named as its “International Deal of the Year” at the Australasian Law Awards 2019. In this complex cross-border transaction, BHP Billiton agreed to sell BP its entire interests in the Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Permian Onshore U.S. oil and gas assets for a combined base consideration of $10.5 billion.
S&C’s pre-eminent U.S. legal practice in
Australia and New Zealand includes capital markets work, corporate transactions, project financings, and mergers and acquisitions. The Firm also provides advice on regulatory and corporate governance matters, litigation and investigations. S&C’s practice in Australia regularly draws praise from across the globe: recently the
Financial Times named S&C among the most innovative international firms in the Asia-Pacific region for the Firm’s work on
Australia Pacific LNG’s $1.4 billion refinancing in its
2019 Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Report.