Mallesons Stephen Jaques has an unrivalled government legal practice across Australia. The firm advises and represents:
- Government departments and agencies in their wide ranging requirements for legal services, and
- Corporate clients in their dealings with Government, Ministers, the Parliament and Government officials.
Mallesons' government business/regulatory lawyers are recognised for their outstanding client service as well as their ability to combine rigorous analysis with astute judgment, to give clients a competitive edge.
What differentiates Mallesons' practice is its extensive and broad ranging experience in acting for major private sector clients as well as statutory authorities and Government departments and agencies generally. The firm is able to balance the public interest and accountability needs of government with a practical and pragmatic "outcomes-based" approach.
The firm's specialists understand the government operating environment and the legislative, financial and the accountability frameworks within which departments and agencies operate.
Mallesons has extensive expertise and experience in all facets of government law. It has a strong track record in public law, including administrative law, judicial review and the principles of government decision-making. The firm's practitioners have a thorough knowledge of the legislative process, from development of proposals for legislation, Cabinet authority, drafting instructions and the introduction and passage of legislation through Parliament.
The firm has been involved in many of the largest and most complex public sector commercial transactions and outsourcing projects. It has advised on many of the Commonwealth government corporatisations and privatisations, asset sales and major infrastructure projects. Additionally, it has advised on large-scale procurement processes, grant funding agreements, venture capital structure and a range of novel, relationship-based contracting models.
Mallesons also assists its corporate clients in their dealings with government. The firm's knowledge of government processes and decision-making ensures that it provides focused and effective advice on regulatory issues, including the interpretation of legislation and regulatory frameworks, approvals from government and achieving policy and legislative change. The firm assists clients with submissions to government and appearances before Parliamentary committees and government inquiries.
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
“The depth of practice and consistent quality of its lawyers undoubtably contributes to Mallesons Stephen Jaques’ success as Australia’s premier law firm.”
The Global 50
PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2005