According to independent research carried out by the Legal Media Group, Mallesons Stephen Jaques is the leading firm in the Asia Pacific region with more nominees for the Expert Guides series than any other law firm in the past 24 months.

The Expert Guides’ research nominates the world's leading lawyers in various practice areas.

Expert Guides of the last two years have consistently shown that during that period, Mallesons stands out as a leading firm in Australia and Asia, with the highest number of nominations in practice areas including: Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources, Real Estate, Structured Finance and Securitization, Banking, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Technology, Media and Telecoms and Commercial Arbitration.

In Australia the firm has been ranked as having the highest number of leading individuals in Tax and Corporate Governance.

“Our research shows that Mallesons’ clients are very satisfied with the service they receive from the firm’s partners,” said Michael Evans, managing editor of the Expert Guides publications. “The firm should be congratulated for its dedication to excellence in such a wide range of practice areas.”

Legal Media Group commissions its research department to carry out an in-depth study of experts in each field of law. The initial stage of the research process involves distributing 2000-5000 questionnaires to senior practitioners or in-house counsel involved in the practice area in over 120 jurisdictions. The questionnaires ask leading figures to nominate those practitioners they consider are amongst the most capable in the relevant practice area. The results are then analysed and screened for firm, network and alliance bias.

As a final verification, the list is discussed with a select group of advisers from leading legal centres worldwide, including: London, New York, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Paris, Washington DC, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Zurich, Madrid, Milan, Stockholm, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Moscow, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Vienna, Amsterdam, Brussels and Shanghai.

At the culmination of this process researchers identified more Mallesons’ lawyers as experts in their areas of practice than in any other firm in the Asia Pacific region.