3 February 2012: Maddocks law firm will be a participant in the soon-to-be established Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities (WSC), comprising 74 national and international participants including state and local governments, water utilities and land development organisations. Maddocks is the only law firm participant in the CRC.
16 December 2011: Maddocks lawyers have advised Malaysian developer Magna Prima Berhad on its $200 million acquisition of the Dynasty Living Apartments development at 218-236 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne.
The acquisition by Magna Prima Berhad, a publicly-listed company in Malaysia, is its first property purchase in Australia.
15 December 2011: Maddocks will open a new office in Canberra early in the new year to service its growing list of Commonwealth clients.
The new office will be headed by Ms Simonetta Astolfi, who has over 20 years’ experience dealing with high-level, complex public and private sector legal issues.
Ms Astolfi will lead a team of lawyers advising Commonwealth …
15 December 2011: Maddocks lawyers have finalised the contract work on the acquisition of some 200 hectares of planned residential and park land at Clyde in the Urban Growth Boundary by listed developer, Mirvac.
The purchase, within the City of Casey, is one of Mirvac's largest land holdings in the South Eastern growth corridor and will cater for a planned 2000 …
5 December 2011: On Friday 2 December the Centro Property Group announced that it has lodged court orders with ASIC to effect one of the final stages of the $7 billion restructure of the Centro Group – one of the largest and most complex restructures in recent Australian corporate history. The deal was unique because of the complexity of the structure, the size of the debts …
29 November 2011: Australian law firm, Maddocks, has welcomed today’s announcement by the Australia Council that the extremely exciting visual artist, Simryn Gill, will represent Australia at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.
Ms Gill will be the sole artist exhibiting in the Australian Pavilion, which is being sponsored by Maddocks as part of the firm’s …
22 November 2011: Maddocks lawyers were proud nominees for two of Australia’s most prestigious awards designed to promote gender equality and diversity in the workplace.
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Business Achievement Awards were presented in Sydney on 9 November.
Mr David Rennick, Maddocks CEO, said the nominations …
27 October 2011: For energy reform to take place across Australia in a transparent and orderly way the key challenges of rising peak demand, industry investment, rising prices and market resilience must be addressed, according to the head of the Australian Energy Market Commission, John Pierce.
Speaking at a lunch with 25 key stakeholders and clients of Australian …
15 September 2011: Corporate Social Responsibility is set to play a bigger role at Maddocks following approval by the Maddocks Board of a Corporate Social Responsibility policy for the firm.
Maddocks CEO, David Rennick said that staff would be encouraged to take part in community and charitable activities and the firm would set high standards for itself in corporate …
24 August 2011: Maddocks law firm has advised WPG Resources Limited on the sale of its iron ore assets to OneSteel for approximately $346 million, one of this year's most significant mining merger and acquisition deals.
Signing took place late Sunday evening following an intensive program of work conducted by Maddocks to negotiate, structure and document the sale …
