For the third year in a row, Mallesons Stephen Jaques has secured the position of Australasia’s premier law firm in the authoritative guide, Chambers Global, The World’s Leading Lawyers.

In this year’s 2002-2003 edition, of the 12 areas of practice covered in the Australia section, Mallesons Stephen Jaques is ranked top tier in 10 areas - banking & finance, capital markets, communications, competition/anti-trust, corporate/M&A, energy, litigation/general commercial, projects, real estate and tax.

Chambers Global 2002-2003 said: “Another strong performance from this firm [Mallesons Stephen Jaques] across all practice areas has ensured that it again rules the roost in the Australian legal market…Overall the market perceives the firm to have become a ‘national institution’, with a focus on giant clients such as Telstra and National Australia Bank.”

Mallesons’ Chief Executive Partner, Mr Tony D’Aloisio said: “This is a pleasing achievement for the firm and reflects the enormous effort that has been put in by our people and validated by our clients. We will continue to build on these results by further strengthening our service delivery throughout Asia Pacific.”