In 2009, Mallesons Stephen Jaques celebrates 20 years of operations in Asia.
In 1989 we opened an office in Hong Kong with four legal staff. Today, Mallesons has over 100 lawyers operating in offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Our firm is one of the top 10 largest firms in Hong Kong and one of the law firms most frequently used by Chinese companies listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
We have established good working and referral relationships in Asia and have considerable experience in instructing top domestic law firms and leading legal experts across a wide range of areas.
Mallesons provides strategic legal advice to clients throughout Asia, including mainland China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Mallesons offers a full-service commercial capability for business in Asia. We have a unified firm culture and approach across all of our offices which translates into consistent legal quality and seamless service.
Our experts have advised major corporations, financial institutions and governments across a diverse range of industries, including financial services, resources and energy, commercial property, climate change and clean energy as well as telecommunications, mining, media and technology, transport and infrastructure. As a result, we are able to provide our clients with multi-disciplinary advice, backed by knowledge of their business and industry.
Mallesons also has an established track record for cross-border work and we have worked as international counsel on the region’s most important transactions.
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Awards and external recognition
- IFLR Asian Awards - Winner, Regional Law Firm of the Year, 2004-2007; 2009
- Global 50 PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 - listed as one of the world’s top 50 law firms
- Who’s Who Legal 70 - the only Australian law firm listed as one of the world’s top 70 law firms
- India Business Law Journal (2009; 2008) - ranked as a "Significant Player" for India-related work.
- ALB - ranked #3 in its 2008 survey of Asia's largest law firms