More than 430 of the legal industry’s finest filled the ballroom at Sydney’s Shangri-La Hotel last night for the 2015 Australasian Law Awards. The event was a roaring success, and celebrated the outstanding achievements of the legal profession.
The firms, in-house teams and lawyers who took our last night’s awards are listed below:
Insolvency and Restructuring Deal of the Year Mirabela restructure and recapitalisation
Property, Infrastructure and Projects Deal of the Year NBN Co and Telstra – Renegotiation of Agreements to Rollout the National Broadband Network
Debt Market Deal of the Year Roy Hill iron ore project
Energy and Resources Deal of the Year Roy Hill iron ore project
Equity Deal of the Year Medibank Private IPO
M&A Deal of the Year Westfield Group demerger and subsequent merger with Westfield Retail Trust
Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year Salvos Legal
JLT Employee Health & Wellbeing Award Herbert Smith Freehills
Banking & Financial Services In-house Team of the Year Westpac Banking Corporation
Sparke Helmore Insurance In-house Team of the Year IAG
Gilbert + Tobin Investment Bank In-house Team of the Year UBS AG
Empire Careers Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year Harmers Workplace Lawyers
AIG Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year Wotton + Kearney
IP Specialist Firm of the Year Griffith Hack
Russell McVeagh NZ In-house Team of the Year Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
Clayton Utz Australian in-house Team of the Year Telstra
FTI Consulting Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year Justin Forsell, NBN Co Legal Group
NZ Dealmaker of the Year John Strowger, Chapman Tripp
Australian Dealmaker of the Year Philippa Stone, Herbert Smith Freehills
NZ Deal Team of the Year Chapman Tripp
Australian Deal Team of the Year Herbert Smith Freehills, M&A team
Scarlis Pringle Law Firm Leader of the Year Danny Gilbert, Gilbert + Tobin
Australian Deal of the Year Westfield Group demerger and subsequent merger with Westfield Retail Trust
International Deal of the Year Hasting Funds Management and China Merchants Group’s acquisition of the long-term lease of Port of Newcastle
Australasian Lawyer International Firm of the Year King & Wood Mallesons
State/ Regional Firm of the Year Finlaysons
FTI Consulting Australian Boutique Firm of the Year Salvos Legal
Huon IT Australian Law Firm of the Year (100-249 lawyers) Johnson Winter & Slattery
Australian Law Firm of the Year (250-500 lawyers) Gilbert + Tobin
FTI Consulting Australian Large Law Firm of the Year Clayton Utz
For more information visit
www.auslawawards.com.au.
