Australian Firm’s Deals Work Propels It to Global Big Law Stage

Australia’s Allens has guided some of the year’s largest deals, helping it to garner the sort of notoriety usually reserved for the world’s largest law firms.

The firm steered long-term client CPP Investments, which acted alongside Blackstone Inc., in the pending purchase of data-center operator AirTrunk for $16.1 billion. Allens also helped Global Infrastructure Management in relation to BlackRock Inc.'s purchase of Global Infrastructure Partners for more than $12 billion.

The activity earned Allens the 20th spot on Bloomberg Law’s mergers and acquisitions league tables for the first three quarters of 2024, with contributions to 49 deals worth an ...