ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Australasia Law Awards, which will be held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney on 15 May
30 Categories:
Nine Law Award Categories
ALB Award
Employment Specialist Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Australian Business Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Franklin Athanasellis
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Haywards Solicitors
Shanahan Tudhope
ALB Award
Intellectual Property Specialist Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Davies Collison Cave
FB Rice & Co
Griffith Hack
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
ALB Award
Insurance Specialist Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Ebsworth & Ebsworth
Kennedys
Moray & Agnew
DLA Phillips Fox
Sparke Helmore
Murdoch University Award
Perth Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Blakiston & Crabb
Cochrane & Lishman
Jackson McDonald
Lavan Legal
Pullinger Readhead Lucas
Steinepreis Paganin
Wright Legal
ALB Award
Adelaide Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Finlaysons
Kelly & Co
Lempriere Abbott McLeod
Mellor Olsson
ALB Award
Brisbane Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Carter Newell
Cooper Grace Ward
Hopgood Ganim
McCullough Robertson
Monash University Award
Melbourne Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Cornwall Stodart
Frenkel Partners
Hall & Wilcox
Holman Fenwick & Willan
Madgwicks
Norton Gledhill
Wisewoulds
ALB Award
Sydney Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Chang Pistilli & Simmons
Cutler Hughes & Harris
Gilbert + Tobin
Henry Davis York
Swaab Attorneys
Truman Hoyle
Wright Pavuk Lawyers
La Trobe University Award
International Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS
Jones Day
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Six In-House Award Categories
ALB Award
Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year
FINALISTS
ABN AMRO
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Macquarie Bank Limited
UBS
ALB Award
Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
FINALISTS
ANZ Bank
AMP Limited
Babcock & Brown
CBA
NAB
Perpetual Limited
Westpac
ALB Award
Government In-House Team of the Year
FINALISTS
Australian Taxation Office
Department of Defence
Department of Education, Science & Training
Department of Employment & Workplace Relations
Department of Finance and Administration
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
ALB Award
Insurance In-House Team of the Year
FINALISTS
Allianz
IAG
Promina
QBE
Suncorp
Zurich Group
Chapman Tripp Award
New Zealand In-House Team of the Year
FINALISTS
Air New Zealand
Carter Holt Harvey
Contact Energy
Fonterra
Telecom New Zealand
Westpac
ALB Award
Australian In-House Team of the Year
FINALISTS
Flight Centre
IBM
Nestle
PBL
Qantas
Telstra
The Westfield Group
ALB Award
Australasian In-House Lawyer of the Year
FINALISTS
Amanda Parshall - HSBC
Anthony D'Arcy - ASX
Brett Johnson - Qantas
Murray King - Alinta
Nicolas Short - Carter Holt Harvey
Peter Jans - Queensland Gas Company
Ross O'Neill - Contact Energy
Saul Cannon - Telstra
15 Deal Award Categories
ALB Award
Commercial Property & Construction Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
Bonnyrigg Housing Development
Firms: Arnold Bloch Leibler; Blake Dawson Waldron; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Minter Ellison
Brisbane NSBT Project
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Clayton Utz; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: ABN AMRO; Calyon Australia; HSBC; NAB; WestLB AG
Accountants: Ernst & Young
Gateway Upgrade Project
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Clayton Utz
Accountants: PwC
Highpoint Shopping Centre
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Arnold Bloch Leibler
Banks: Grant Samuel
Melbourne Convention Centre
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Clayton Utz; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Minter Ellison
Merry Hill shopping centre acquisition
Firms: Berwin Leighton Paisner; Denton Wilde Sapte; Freehills; Freshfields; Herbert Smith; Lovells; Mourant; Ojiers; SJ Berwin; Watts Legal; William Fry
Banks: Deutsche Bank
Accountants: Deloitte; PwC
Project Single LEAP
Firms: Clayton Utz; Minter Ellison
Banks: Deutsche Bank
Accountants: KPMG
Telstra Brisbane property lease
Firms: Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Mills Oakley; Sparke Helmore
ALB Award
Energy & Resources Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
AGL - Alinta
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Gilbert + Tobin; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Goldman Sachs JBWere; Macquarie Bank; UBS
Accountants: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Greenwoods & Freehills; KPMG
Beach Petroleum - Delhi Petroleum
Firms: Gilbert + Tobin; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Middletons; Minter Ellison; Piper Alderman
Banks: Adelaide Equity Partners; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Westpac Institutional Bank
Hardman Resources - Tullow Oil
Firms: Clayton Utz; Freehills; Jones Day; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup; Emerald Partners; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley
Accountants: Grant Samuel; KPMG
Peabody Energy - Excel Coal
Firms: Freehills; McCullough Robertson; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Pilbara Iron Ore Project
Firms: Clayton Utz; Freehills; Jones Day; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup
Accountants: Grant Samuel
Rio Tinto Aluminium greenhouse abatements
Firms: Bartier Perry Solicitors; Minter Ellison
The Griffin Coal Mining Company
Firms: Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Jones Day; Skadden
Banks: Merrill Lynch
Accountants: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Grant Thornton Award
Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
Ajax Fasteners
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Baker & McKenzie; Clayton Utz; Cornwall Stodart; Freehills; Middletons; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: GE Capital Finance
Accountants: PwC
Feltex Carpets
Firms: Arnold Bloch Leibler; Bell Gully; Buddle Findlay; Chapman Tripp; Gadens Lawyers; Herbert Geer & Rundle
Banks: ANZ
Accountants: KordaMentha; McGrathNicol + Partners
HIH scheme of arrangement
Firms: Allen & Overy; Blake Dawson Waldron; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Accountants: KPMG; McGrathNicol + Partners
Henry Walker Eltin
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Bell Gully; Freehills; Holman Fenwick & Willan; Kemp Strang; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Macquarie Bank
Accountants: KPMG; McGrathNicol + Partners
Huon Corporation
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Blake Dawson Waldron; Middletons; Minter Ellison
Banks: GE; NAB
Accountants: Ferrier Hodgson; McGrathNicol + Partners; Sims Partners
Stork ICM Australia
Firms: McCullough Robertson
Accountants: Johnston Rorke; KPMG Actuaries; Professional Financial Solutions
ALB Award
Securitisation Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
CBA hybrid securities issue
Firms: Clayton Utz; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Deutsche Bank; Merrill Lynch
CBA Medallion 2006-1G RMBS
Firms: Clayton Utz
Centro CMBS Series 2006-1
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: BNP Paribas
Emerald Reverse Mortgage Trust
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Blake Dawson Waldron; Henry Davis York
Banks: Barclays Bank
Propertyfinance Securities LS 2005-4 Trust
Firms: Buddle Findlay; Russell McVeagh
Accountants: Deloittes
Resonance Funding Series 2006-1
Firms: Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Minter Ellison
ALB Award
Project Finance Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
Brisbane NSBT Project
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Clayton Utz; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: ABN AMRO; Calyon Australia; HSBC; NAB; WestLB AG
Accountants: Ernst & Young
Defence Headquarters Joint Operation Command PPP
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Freehills
Banks: ABN AMRO
Accountants: KPMG
Melbourne Convention Centre
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Clayton Utz; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Minter Ellison
Pilbara Iron Ore Project
Firms: Clayton Utz; Freehills; Jones Day; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup
Accountants: Grant Samuel
RailCorp Rollingstock PPP tender
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Blake Dawson Waldron; Clayton Utz; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Gadens Lawyers; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: ABN AMRO; Citibank; Financial Guaranty Insurance Company; Mizuho; NAB; Sumitomo Mitsui Finance; Westpac; XL Capital Assurance
Accountants: PwC; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
ALB Award
Debt Market Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
AXA Kangaroo Tier 1 issue
Firms: Allen & Overy; Allens Arthur Robinson
Banks: ABN AMRO; Westpac
Myer leveraged financing
Firms: Clayton Utz; Freehills
Banks: Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; NAB
IAG issue
Firms: Allen & Overy; Blake Dawson Waldron; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: ABN AMRO; Macquarie Equity Capital Markets; UBS
Accountants: KPMG
LeasePlan issuance programme
Firms: A&L Goodbody; Blake Dawson Waldron; Clifford Chance; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: ABN AMRO; Deutsche Bank; NAB; WestLB; Westpac
Leighton Equipment financing
Firms: Clayton Utz; Freehills
Banks: CBA; RBS
Orica step-up preference securities
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Citigroup; Macquarie Bank
ALB Award
Equity Market Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
CBA PERLS III
Firms: Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Citigroup; Comsec; Deutsche Bank; Macquarie Bank; UBS
Dyno Nobel
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Credit Suisse; Macquarie Equity Capital Markets
Telstra 3
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Anderson Mori & Tomotsune; Bell Gully; Freehills; Linklaters; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Skadden; Sparke Helmore; Stikeman Elliott; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: ABN AMRO; Goldman Sachs; UBS
Accountants: Ernst & Young; PwC
Westpac Trust preferred securities
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; MECM; UBS; Westpac
ALB Award
M&A Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
AGL - Alinta
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Gilbert + Tobin; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Goldman Sachs JBWere; Macquarie Bank; UBS
Accountants: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Greenwoods & Freehills; KPMG
ARH Investments - Colorado Group
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Clayton Utz; Minter Ellison
Banks: Credit Suisse; Gresham Advisory Partners
Accountants: KPMG; Lonergan Edwards & Associates
ASX - SFE
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Babcock & Brown - Australian Railroad Group
Firms: Cochrane Lishman; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Babcock & Brown; Merrill Lynch
Accountants: Ernst & Young
Brambles divestments and unification
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Skadden; Slaughter and May
Banks: UBS
Accountants: Deloitte; Ernst & Young; PwC
DCA Group private equity buyout
Firms: Blake Dawson Waldron; Clayton Utz; Freehills; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: ANZ; Bank of Scotland; Barclays Capital; Goldman Sachs; RBS
Orica Limited - Dyno Nobel
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Freehills; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Skadden
Banks: Macquarie Bank; UBS
Toll Holdings - Patrick Corp
Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson; Arnold Bloch Leibler; Clayton Utz; Freehills; Johnson Winter & Slattery; Minter Ellison
Banks: Caliburn Partnership; Carnegie Wylie & Co; Citigroup
Accountants: KPMG; PwC
ALB Award
New Zealand Deal Team of the Year
FINALISTS
Bell Gully - Corporate/M&A
Chapman Tripp - Corporate/M&A
Russell McVeagh - Corporate/M&A
ALB Award
Australian Deal Team of the Year
FINALISTS
Allens Arthur Robinson - Corporate/M&A
Blake Dawson Waldron - Project Finance
Clayton Utz - Major Projects
Freehills - Capital Markets
Mallesons Stephen Jaques - Capital Markets
Gilbert + Tobin - Corporate/M&A
ALB Award
New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year
FINALISTS
Andrew Harmos - Harmos Horton Lusk
Cathy Quinn - Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Gavin Macdonald - Bell Gully
John Strowger - Chapman Tripp
Peter Eady - Simpson Grierson
Pip Greenwood - Russell McVeagh
Simon Vodanovich - Buddle Findlay
OMEGA Watches Award
Australian Dealmaker of the Year
FINALISTS
Andrew Bullock - Gilbert + Tobin
David Friedlander - Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Doug Jones - Clayton Utz
Ewen Crouch - Allens Arthur Robinson
Philippa Stone - Freehills
Joanne Evans - Blake Dawson Waldron
ALB Award
New Zealand Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
CHH - Hancock Natural Resources
Firms: Bell Gully; Russell McVeagh
Banks: First New Zealand Capital; Goldman Sachs
Accountants: PwC
Fairfax - Trade Me
Firms: Buddle Findlay; Quigg Partners; Russell McVeagh
Accountants: PwC
Independent Liquor acquisition
Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Buddle Findlay; Chapman Tripp; Clayton Utz; Jackson Russell; Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Banks: First New Zealand Capital; UBS
Accountants: PwC
Infratil - Alliant
Firms: Buddle Findlay; Russell McVeagh
Banks: ABN AMRO; First New Zealand Capital
Waste Management - Transpacific Industries
Firms: Bell Gully; Blake Dawson Waldron; Clayton Utz; Russell McVeagh
Banks: Goldman Sachs; Macquarie Bank
ALB Award
Australian Deal of the Year
FINALISTS
To be announced on the evening