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Project Finance League Tables confirm Mallesons’ leadership position

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has gained top honours in Project Finance rankings for the first half of 2003.

According to analysis by Dealogic ProjectWare, Mallesons is positioned at number one in Australasia, holding greater than a 35% share of the project finance market, with nine deals valued at US$913 million signed and funded during the period 1 January - 30 June 2003.

Mallesons was ranked second in the Asia Pacific region, with a greater than 8% share of this particular market.

Mallesons’ project finance partner Peter Doyle said the firm’s top deals so far this year include the Western Sydney Orbital Tollway and the refinancing and capital restructure of Perth International Airport. Additionally, Mallesons’ lawyers advised Manila North Tollways on the North Luzon Expressway project.

“We are currently very busy right across the project finance practice and pleased to have been involved in the most significant deals to date this year. We look forward to further enhancing our performance in the next round.

“We will continue our strong commitment to providing high quality project finance advice across the breadth of jurisdictions in Asia Pacific and thank our clients for the support we receive.”

Recently, Mallesons was also awarded a first-tier ranking for Project Finance in the Chambers Global Guide 2003-04, one of the leading global legal surveys.

Legal Adviser league table - Australasia
1 Jan - 30 June 2003

Pos.

Legal Adviser name

Proj. Amt (US$m)

No.

%Share

1.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

913.05

9

35.01

2.

Allens Arthur Robinson

836.82

5

32.09

3.

Clayton Utz

439.09

1

16.84

4.

Minter Ellison

155.55

2

5.96

5.

Blake Dawson Waldron

91.30

3

3.50

6.

Freehills

89.52

3

3.43

7.

Baker & McKenzie

33.17

1

1.27

8.

McCullough Robertson

24.67

1

0.95

9.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

24.67

1

0.95

 

Total of items used in the table

2,607.83

12

100.00

Source: DealogicProjectWare

Legal Adviser league table - Asia Pacific
1 Jan - 30 June 2003

Pos.

Legal Adviser name

Proj. Amt (US$m)

No.

%Share

1.

Latham & Watkins

1,557.98

3

13.79

2.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

913.05

9

8.08

3.

Clifford Chance

877.13

3

7.76

4.

Allen & Overy

869.17

4

7.69

5.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

864.65

1

7.65

6.

Allens Arthur Robinson

836.82

5

7.41

7.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

661.00

2

5.85

8.

Nishimura & Partners

600.00

1

5.31

8.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

600.00

1

5.31

10.

Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw

455.00

1

4.03

11.

Clayton Utz

439.09

1

3.89

12.

Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office

412.00

4

3.65

13.

Linklaters

334.33

1

2.96

13.

Lee & Ko

334.33

1

2.96

15.

Baker & McKenzie

309.17

2

2.74

16.

Lee & Li

276.00

1

2.44

17.

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy

206.00

1

1.82

18.

White & Case LLP

155.83

2

1.38

19.

Minter Ellison

155.55

2

1.38

20.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

93.33

1

0.83

 

Total of items used in the table

11,296.53

27

100.00

Source: Dealogic ProjectWare