Mallesons Stephen Jaques, has been named as the Australian Law Firm of the Year in this year’s International Financial Law Review’s (IFLR) Asian Legal Deals of the Year Awards 2002.

In making the announcement IFLR commented: “Australia produced its fair share of key deals in 2002, with Mallesons Stephen Jaques taking a role on some of the most high profile.”

Tony D’Aloisio, chief executive partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, said: “We are very pleased to win this award. It was based on IFLR’s comprehensive survey of corporates and financial institutions in the region with particular consideration to our recent cross-border work in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, securitisation, structured and project finance and restructuring.

“This award reinforces our position in Australia and our emerging status in the region and reflects the judgment of the market. We thank our clients for the confidence they have shown in us. Our focus will continue to be on Australia with a strong commitment to building and enhancing our Asia Pacific capability enabling us to better service our clients’ regional needs.”

This year Mallesons was also nominated as INSTO Magazine’s Law Firm of the Year and the firm also received some of the highest rankings in recent global surveys, including Global Counsel 3000 2002/2003, Asia Pacific Legal 500 2002/2003, M&A Asia 2002 Legal Adviser League Tables and Thomson Financial’s 2002 M&A League Tables.