Leading firm, Energy & Natural Resources
Chambers Global Guide 2009
First-tier ranking, Energy
PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009
First-tier ranking, Energy and Natural Resources
Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008-2009
Highly recommended, Construction
PLC Which lawyer 2009
First-tier ranking, Construction
Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008-2009
“This is ‘an excellent construction practice that provides national coverage and serves an impressive range of clients’. The team is ‘technically excellent and responsive to the client’s requirements’, commented one source, and, although they are involved in a lot of large transactions, ‘the lawyers are always up-to-date and they know instinctively what the other side will find acceptable.’ As a result they ‘provide excellent practical and commercial advice’…”
Chambers Global Guide 2009
“With 12 partners and a total of 82 lawyers practising in the sector, Mallesons Stephen Jaques is marked out by sources as one of the pre-eminent firms for corporate transactions and financing work. Its expertise extends beyond this type of transaction, and the team regularly advises on the development of major projects, exploration, distribution, processing and purchase agreements and energy regulation and competition law.”
Chambers Global Guide 2009
“Mallesons Stephen Jaques’ position in the top tier is undisputed. Highlights include Geoff Wood’s advice to Veolia Water on the Sydney Desalination Plant, the largest of its kind in the world, and Andrew Chew’s continuing role acting for RiverCity Motorway Consortium on its successful bid for the A$1.9bn North-South Bypasss Tunnel.”
APL 500 2009/2009
“Mallesons Stephen Jaques acted for BG on its acquisition of interests in coal-seam gas tenements from Queensland Gas, advised Gindalbie Metals on the power supply agreements for the Karara iron ore project, and assisted Mitsubishi Development and Mitsubishi Corporation on the establishment of an incorporated mining joint venture, as well as separate unincorporated rail and port infrastructure joint ventures with Murchison Metals.”
APL 500 2008/2009