Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Clients vote Mallesons as Firm of the Year at key awards

27 January 2009

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has been voted by in-house counsel as Australian Law Firm of the Year in the prestigious 2009 PLC Which lawyer? Global Awards. This is the 7th major award for Mallesons in the last 12 months, confirming its place as Australia’s leading law firm.

Announcing the win, PLC Which lawyer? noted:

“Mallesons Stephen Jaques wins this award by a sizeable margin, drawing a string of positive comments from clients, including 'continued first class support to major clients, large deal flow, some big litigation wins. The consistency of high quality legal work, high client focus and strategic thinking make MSJ hard to beat'.”

Mallesons' Chief Executive Partner Robert Milliner said: “This award is very pleasing confirmation that our continued focus on client service is hitting the mark. Full credit to our partners and staff for their commitment to keep striving higher in this regard.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our clients for their support in voting for Mallesons in this and other awards,” Mr Milliner said.

“We understand that to maintain client confidence we must keep working hard, through a commitment to legal excellence, superior client service and a strong regional presence.”

Mallesons has the most leading endorsements of any Australian firm in the PLC Which lawyer? Yearbooks and is also a PLC Global 50 firm. The major awards that Mallesons has secured over the last year are:

  • Law Firm of the Year (Australia) - PLC Which lawyer? Global Awards 2009
  • Best Financial Law Firm - Finance Asia Awards 2008
  • Corporate Legal Services Firm of the Year - CFO Awards 2008
  • Australia Law Firm of the Year - Who's Who Legal Awards 2008
  • National Law Firm of the Year- IFLR Asia Awards2008
  • Best Private Business - ANZ-BRW Private Business Awards 2008
  • Client Choice Award: Australia - International Law Office Awards 2008

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