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Minter Ellison Rudd Watts NewsMinter Ellison Legal Group tops 2011 M&A results Minter Ellison has topped the 2011 mergermarket M&A league tables, released last week, for the most number of M&A deals completed in the Asia-Pacific region (75 deals). Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, the New Zealand arm of the global Minter Ellison Legal Group, were advisors on over 25 deals. Minter Ellison Legal Group also ranked No.1 for the number of Australasian M&A deals completed in 2011. In a year when M&A activity has followed a downward trend worldwide, the stats are a pleasing result for the firms’ M&A teams that have been recognised as leaders in the market by both clients and international legal directories. Noticeable deals for Minter Ellison Rudd Watts in 2011 included advising
• Agria Corporation and New Hope Group Co., Limited on Agria (Singapore) Pte Limited's NZ$141 million partial takeover of PGG Wrightson Limited
• Canadian Helicopters Limited on its agreement to acquire the assets and business of Helicopters (N.Z.) Limited for approximately $160 million • Direct Capital Limited on its acquisition of majority stake in Scales Corporation Limited • one of the shareholders of Flavoured Beverages Group Holdings Limited (holding company of the Independent Liquor Group) in the sale of 100% of the shares in Flavoured Beverages to the Asahi Group for a purchase price in the order of $1.5 billion • Anchorage Capital Partners on its private equity exit from Antares Restaurant Group, the operator of the Burger King business in New Zealand • BOS International (Australia) Limited on the sale of a New Zealand property loan portfolio to a consortium involving Goldman Sachs and Brookfield Asset Management For further information on the 2011 mergermarket League Tables, please click here. 
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