Mallesons Stephen Jaques national government legal practice has been developed through the work we have done
- as members of legal panels or as strategic advisers to government departments, agencies and statutory authorities
- on behalf of corporate clients when they have been dealing with governments, ministers or Parliament.
What differentiates Mallesons' government practice is our lawyers who have extensive and broad ranging experience gained from acting for government departments, agencies and statutory authorities combined with skills developed through the work done for major private sector clients. This means Mallesons lawyers approach their work by combining rigorous analysis with astute judgement ensuring our clients have legal teams which provide them with a competitive edge. At all times Mallesons balances the public interest and accountability needs of government with a practical and pragmatic "outcomes-based" approach while still meeting the client's business needs.
The firm's lawyers includes specialists who have worked in, or have been seconded to, government departments and agencies. This means they fully understand from a legal and practical point of view the government's operating environment including the legislative, financial and the accountability frameworks which underpin the way departments and agencies operate.
With the firm's knowledge of government processes and decision-making, Mallesons is able to provide focused and effective advice including the interpretation of legislation and regulatory frameworks, approvals from government and achieving policy and legislative change. Mallesons assists clients with submissions to government and appearances before Parliamentary committees and government inquiries (at state, territory and the federal level).
Mallesons provides an extensive array of government and regulatory legal services, including:
- Administrative law
- Alliances and joint ventures
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Asset sales
- Commercial law
- Commercialisation
- Constitutional law
- Contracts, grants and agreements
- Corporate governance
- Corporatisation
- Drafting instruments
- Delegated authority
- Environment
- Financial statement audits
- Freedom of Information
- Government practices and policies
- HREOC hearings
- Inquiries
- Information technology
- Intellectual property
- Legislation
- Litigation
- Local Government - town planning
- Market testing and outsourcing
- Ombudsman matters
- Parliamentary Committees
- Privacy Act matters
- Private and public international law
- Privatisation
- Probity audits
- Procurement
- Property law
- Public sector employment law including Public Service Act
- Space law
- Trade practices and competition law
- Statutory interpretation
- Tax
- Technology agreements
- Tenders and proposals
- Torts
- Trade sales
- Venture capital transactions