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The spinout company of Cassini Resources is seeking to raise $6 million from its initial public offering, with an ASX listing targeted for November.

Allens is poised to substantially broaden its corporate practice in WA after recruiting two partners from rival firm HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, including Bryn Hardcastle.

NRW Holdings is seeking its fifth acquisition after announcing a $100 million off-market takeover of fellow Perth-based contractor Primero Group.

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

There has been plenty of change during the past year in Perth’s legal fraternity, which is enjoying healthy trade.

The owner of Pizza Hut and KFC has proposed to acquire ASX-listed hospitality software company Dragontail Systems.

A Chinese exploration company has made a bid for West Perth-based Myanmar Metals, which is planning for an operational restart at the Bawdwin silver and lead project.

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

Perth-based Titan Minerals has completed the sale of its Zaruma gold project in Ecuador to Pelorus Minerals for $US15 million in cash.

Rox Resources’ nickel spinout has had a strong start to its first day of trading, with its share price surging 50 per cent.

Potash player Kalium Lakes has deferred its debt repayments as part of a financial restructure that includes the company launching a heavily discounted share placement.

The environmental watchdog is assessing a proposal to clear 14 hectares of environmentally sensitive land in Neerabup that would extend the life of one of Perth’s largest sand quarries by 15 years.

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

Sydney-based law firm Hamilton Locke has entered the Western Australian market with a bang after recruiting four corporate finance partners from HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.

Superior Lake Resources will undergo a name change amid plans to develop a large-scale solar energy project in WA’s South West.

Boss Energy is hoping to garner $125 million from investors to bring the company’s Honeymoon uranium project into production.

An Australian company commercialising revolutionary gold testing technology has lodged a prospectus for what is shaping up to be the largest initial public offering of the year.

Local tech enterprise Family Zone is chasing $42 million to acquire a fellow parental control and digital wellbeing business based in Barcelona.

As the days of easy equity draw to a close, companies are pivoting to different methods of raising capital.

Thiess has launched an off-market takeover bid to buy Western Australia’s largest mining services business for an estimated $350 million in cash.

Kalium Lakes has copped a 50 per cent haircut on its share price to raise $22 million in much-needed capital for its Beyondie sulphate of potash project.

An independent expert has deemed Thiess’s $350 million friendly takeover for WA contractor MACA ‘fair and reasonable’, while intentions from rival bidder NRW are still unclear.

Shares in West Perth nickel junior Cannon Resources have shot up after an all-cash $45 million takeover offer from a Toronto-based private equity firm.

A lithium explorer led by Atlas Iron founder David Flanagan is on track to raise $60 million to fund exploration and development campaigns at two WA projects.

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.

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

Thomson Geer's Perth office has recruited two partners from HopgoodGanim in a bid to bolster the firm's mining and energy services offering.

Thomson Geer Lawyers has recruited a third partner this year after appointing Nicholas Creed to its banking and finance team in Perth.

Law firm Thomson Geer has continued its rapid expansion in WA, recruiting an experienced corporate partner from Hong Kong and a special counsel from Allens.

Westgold Resources has declared its intentions to make a $177 million scrip bid for gold junior Musgrave Minerals, with both companies occupying land in the busy Murchison gold province.

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

Perth-based Lotus Resources and A-CAP Energy have agreed to a merger to combine their assets and be a major uranium player in Africa.

John Welborn-chaired Fenix Resources has struck a deal with an offshoot of the world’s largest steel producer to mine and export up to 10 million tonnes of iron ore from the Mid West.

Mining services company Tasmea has forecast an increase in revenue to $435 million and net profit to $34 million as it prepares for a listing on the ASX.

Westgold Resources has announced it will merge with Toronto-listed Karora Resources, resulting in a market capitalisation value of approximately $2.2 billion.

National law firm Thomson Geer has continued its rapid growth in Western Australia, announcing plans to merge with local boutique Tottle Partners.

Corporate lawyers Bryn Hardcastle and Scott Gibson built their reputations at boutique firms but have taken different paths.

Business News’ corporate finance survey reveals the leading financial and legal advisers working on major transactions in WA.

Mid West miner Fenix Resources plans to muscle in on the Pilbara’s iron ore industry via acquisition of billionaire prospector Mark Creasy’s CZR Resources.