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BHP Billiton is the world’s largest diversified resources company. We are distinguished from other resource companies by the combination of the quality of our assets; our deep inventory of growth projects; our customer-focussed marketing; our diversification across countries, commodities, and markets; and our petroleum business.
As at 30 June, 2007 we had some 39,000 employees working in over 100 operations in 25 countries. Reflecting our aim to be a premier global company, we occupy industry leader or near industry leader positions in major commodity businesses, including aluminium, energy coal and metallurgical coal, copper, manganese, iron ore, uranium, nickel, silver and titanium minerals, and have substantial interests in oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and diamonds.
The central tenet of the BHP Billiton business model is that its diversified portfolio of high quality assets provides more stable cash flows and greater capacity to drive growth than the traditional resource cyclicals. In FY2007, we generated turnover of US$47.5 billion, underlying earnings before interest and tax (Underlying EBIT) of US$20.1 billion, attributable profit (excluding exceptional items) of US$13.7 billion and net operating cash flow of US$15.6 billion.
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The Norton Rose Group is a leading international legal practice. They offer a full business law service from offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
Knowing how our clients’ businesses work and
understanding what drives their industries is fundamental to us. Our lawyers
share industry knowledge and sector expertise across borders, enabling us to
support our clients anywhere in the world. We are strong in financial
institutions; energy; infrastructure and commodities; transport; and technology.
The Group
has over 1800 lawyers operating from 30 offices in Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam,
Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Canberra, Dubai,
Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Perth,
Piraeus, Prague, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Warsaw and from
associate offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta and Riyadh.
They are the largest international legal practice in Australia, offering a full range of legal services, with 600 lawyers in five offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, and Perth. Their Australian offices are tightly integrated and form an integral part of their Asia Pacific practice. Their Australia teams also work closely with our lawyers in Europe and the Middle East.
The Norton Rose Group has been the recipient of a number of awards, including the M&A Deal of the Year, China Law & Practice, 2009, and the Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year, ALB Australasian Law Awards, 2009. Twelve partners were named in 2009's Best Lawyers Australia list.