7 August 2009

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has been voted as Australia's leading law firm in the areas of Capital Markets and Banking in the latest editions of the global Expert Guides.

The Expert Guides are produced by Euromoney's Legal Media Group, with inclusions based on independent peer nominations.

Mallesons received more recommendations than any other Australian firm for the 2009 editions of the “Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers” and the “Guide to the World's Leading Banking Lawyers”.

They are:

Capital Markets - Peter Cook, Berkeley Cox, David Friedlander, Greg Golding, Greg Hammond, Stephen Minns, Diana Nicholson, David Olsson.

Banking: - Ken Astridge, Yuen-Yee Cho, Jeff Clark, Nuncio D'Angelo, Peter Doyle, Greg Hammond, Ian Paterson, John Stumbles.

Mallesons also has more lawyers than any other Australian firm listed in Expert Guides’ “Best of the Best 2009” Australia list.

They are:

Best of the Best 2009: - Neil Carabine (Telecommunications), Peter Doyle (Project Finance), Sue Kench (Real Estate), Peter Stockdale (Insurance and Reinsurance).

Managing Partner, Stuart Fuller, said the results demonstrated the depth of Mallesons' expertise in key areas of commercial law.

“We are delighted with these outcomes. They confirm our consistency in developing and retaining Australia's best legal talent over a long period. Combined with our dominance in client voted award wins during the last year, we believe we offer some very compelling reasons for clients to choose Mallesons,” Mr Fuller said.

More information:

Kris Barry, Head of Communications

+61 2 9296 3716 or +61 413 644 388.

Recent Awards

Australian Law Firm of the Year - Who’s Who Legal 2009

Deal Team of the Year - M&A - ALB Awards 2009

Best Large Professional Services Firm - BRW Client Choice Awards 2009

Best Large Law Firm - BRW Client Choice Awards 2009

Law Firm of the Year (Australia) - PLC Which lawyer? Global Awards 2009

National and Regional Law Firm of the Year- IFLR Asia Awards 2009

Best Financial Law Firm - Finance Asia Awards 2008

Corporate Legal Services Firm of the Year - CFO Awards 2008

Best Private Business - ANZ-BRW Private Business Awards 2008

Client Choice Award: Australia - International Law Office Awards 2008