HSF and KWM Advise on $3.6 Billion Australian Electricity Takeover Bid - Law.com

Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Australia’s AGL Energy after local billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management made an unsolicited $5.8 billion bid for the company.

HSF was named by AGL as its legal advisor in relation to the current takeover, but the firm declined to provide any details.

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