Hot-shot Perth sols have been consulted. Therefore this should...

Hot-shot Perth sols have been consulted. Therefore this should not be a simple farm-out. Those things are straight-forward as a rule. No, this is a corporate matter that requires specialist advice.

Darren Martin of Longreach Capital has been consulted as well. From LC's website:
Darren Martin | Managing Director

Darren has 20 years experience in the fields of investment banking and corporate advisory.
Most recently Darren was an Executive Director at PCF Capital leading the Mergers and Acquisition business.
Before joining PCF, Darren was Executive Director and Co-Head of Gresham Advisory Partners' Western Australia office.
Darren has advised clients on public company takeovers and schemes, private M&A transactions and corporate strategy across a broad range of sectors, including resources and mining services, industrials, property, financial services, and aged care.
Prior to joining Gresham, Darren worked within the Global Metals and Mining team at Rothschild in Sydney, completing various corporate advisory assignments both in Australia and internationally and Ernst & Young where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant

A clue may be in this info - Chartered accountant, merger and acquisition advisor, takeovers and schemes advisor, corporate strategist ....

From the sols' website - cherry-picked'
Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers

Our mergers and acquisitions practice forms a large part of the work that we do, and we have advised on numerous takeovers, schemes of arrangement and other transactions, small and large, in this area.
We will work with the client and the corporate advisory team from the outset in order to structure all aspects of an offer, or to formulate a defence. ...... We are experienced in complex bids, or hostile situations, and have substantial experience in commencing and defending Takeovers Panel applications.