Oceania
Our Oceania group is dedicated to helping corporations, financial institutions and governments across the South Pacific region with their important and complex legal advisory needs.
This includes assisting clients in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and several other nations and territories in the region to navigate through relevant international legal and regulatory frameworks.
With our strong track record of achieving outstanding outcomes on major cross-border transactions, we are committed to facilitating investment opportunities for our key clients in the Oceania region.
We combine our local expertise, experience and local law firm relationship network to anticipate issues (and solutions) and thereby reduce transaction costs and time for our clients. We also ensure that any advice given by a relationship firm matches the high Allen & Overy standard.
The group comprises a team of lawyers in Sydney, Perth, London and Hong Kong, supported by strong relationships in a number of locations across the Oceania region.
Countries covered
- Australia (in addition to our Sydney and Perth offices)
- New Zealand
- Solomon Islands
- Papua New Guinea
- Western Samoa
- American Samoa
- Tonga
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
- Vanuatu
- French Polynesia
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Recent examples of our work
SABMiller
Acting for SABMiller on its AUD12 billion takeover of Foster's Group by scheme of arrangement.
A multinational telecommunications company
Qantas
Acting for Qantas through its subsidiary Jetstar on a joint venture with Japan Airline and Mitsubishi Corporation to form a new low cost carrier flying domestic and international routes from Japan.
Fortescue Metals Group Limited
Acting for Fortescue Metals Group Limited on a USD2 billion syndicated loan facility and a 144A unsecured bond offering and on a 144A secured bond offering.
News and insights
Publications: 02 February 2023
Podcast: Sanctions outlook 2023
Sanctions began dominating the headlines again in 2022. Largely, reports focused on the ongoing sanctions targeting Russia. As we look ahead to 2023, Russia remains a target. Other countries (such as…
News: 13 January 2023
Allen & Overy advised the HKSAR Government on the largest ESG bond issuance in Asia to date
Allen & Overy has advised the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (the HKSAR Government) on the issuance of USD5.75 billion worth of green bonds…
News: 09 January 2023
A&O further bolsters Asia-Pacific Funds & Asset Management group with new partner hire
Allen & Overy is further bolstering its Asia-Pacific Funds & Asset Management group with the appointment of Huaying Daisy Qi (Daisy), a partner based in the Shanghai office.
Publications: 04 January 2023
In this podcast, Hilaire Bedier, Codrina Constantinescu and Emma Danforth discuss some of the key regulatory changes on the horizon which asset managers and funds should have on their radar as we move…
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