Mallesons Stephen Jaques has been named National Law Firm of the Year for Australia at the International Financial Law Review’s (IFLR’s) Asia Awards 2008. This is the sixth year in a row that Mallesons has secured this prestigious award.
The IFLR Asia Awards recognise the best performing law firm in each of the Asian jurisdictions that IFLR covers, with a particular focus on cross border capital markets, finance and mergers and acquisitions work. Firms are rewarded for innovation, quality and commitment to the development of legal services in the Asia-Pacific region.
When deciding the winners IFLR took into consideration client recommendations and the innovation and legal complexity of deals .
Mallesons’ Chief Executive Partner Robert Milliner said: “Winning this award for the sixth time is an outstanding endorsement of our continuing strong performance. The IFLR Awards recognise our success as a standout law firm and provide an important guide to client perceptions of the quality of our legal work, as well as our service and expertise.
“We strive to deliver the most focussed and innovative performance for our clients. Our great people combined with our culture, resources and collegiate support underline our reputation for legal excellence,” Mr Milliner said.
“It has been a great year for us with our highest growth rate to date and we are extremely pleased to be awarded National Law Firm of the Year in recognition of our hard work.”
Recent results in the Australian chapter of the IFLR 1000 guide to the world’s financial law firms, saw Mallesons receive the most first tier rankings of any firm including in the areas of banking, debt capital markets, equity mergers and acquisitions, project finance and structured finance.
Over the last 12 months Mallesons has also secured:
- Law Firm of the Year - INSTO banking and finance awards
- The most leading endorsements in the PLC Which lawyer? rankings
- Corporate Legal Services Firm of the Year - CFO Awards
- Best Large Law Firm - BRW-St George Client Choice Awards
- Australian Law Firm of the Year - Who’s Who Legal Awards.
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