David Bateson (Arbitration) and Paul Starr (Arbitration and Commercial Litigation), partners in the Hong Kong office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques have been nominated as two of the world’s leading lawyers in the just released International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has been ranked No. 1 in Australia in M&A, Banking, Securitisation, Tax, Real Estate and Project Finance, following extensive research over a period of six years. Additionally, two more lawyers were ranked in their respective fields as ‘leaders’.

The publication has ranked a total of 41 lawyers from Mallesons Stephen Jaques as world-best in this guide in 17 practice areas.

The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers is the result of six years of independent research incorporating feedback from tens of thousands of lawyers and in-house counsel and is limited to the world’s 5000 best commercial lawyers.

Mallesons’ Chief Executive Partner, Mr Tony D’Aloisio said: “These results confirm the outstanding breadth of talent and expertise of our people.”