Mallesons Stephen Jaques has been named Best Financial Law Firm in the prestigious 2008 Finance Asia Achievement Awards.
In announcing the win, Finance Asia said: "Mallesons regains this award in 2008 for its involvement in many of the key M&A and capital markets transactions during the year. Its sizeable M&A team of 60 partners and 200 solicitors worked on multi-billion dollar deals for Chinalco, Incitec Pivot, Primary Health Care, Xstrata, BG Group and Lion Nathan.
“On the capital markets side, the firm has handled equity placements for QBE, NAB, Goodman Group and CSR, and advised on a myriad debt and project finance deals. Mallesons expanded its Asian footprint in 2008, receiving approval to operate under its own name in Shanghai. The firm claims to have the highest per partner revenue performance in the marketplace at A$2.9 million ($1.9 million).”
Mallesons’ Chief Executive Partner, Robert Milliner said: “We are delighted to receive this award as it confirms our position as the premier law firm in Australia and a leading firm regionally. We are proud of our work on the deals that helped position us for this win.”
Mr Milliner noted the award caps off a very successful year for Mallesons in terms external honours, including the CFO Corporate Legal Services Firm of the Year, IFLR's National Law Firm of the Year and the BRW-ANZ Private Business of the Year.
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