Highlight: Aussie in-house market shines at the 2022 Australasian Law Awards

The in-house legal market in Australia showed its strength with an excellent showing at the recently concluded 2022 Australasian Law Awards.

The AustralianSuper Legal Department triumphed as the Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year, coming out on top in a loaded field of finalists that included the Airwallex Legal Team, CBA Corporate and Treasury Legal Team and the Judo Bank Legal team, as well as the legal teams from birchal, IMB Bank, UBS AG, Macquarie Capital and IFM Investors APAC. The awards judges described AustralianSuper Legal Department’s accomplishments over the past year as “a very impressive summary of what was clearly a very busy and complex year.”

Meanwhile, Youi Insurance’s in-house legal team nabbed the Insurance In-house Team of the Year award for having “successfully managed a range of complex external regulatory matters, while also creating internal value and scaling operations through the introduction of various efficiency measures designed in-house,” judges explained. The NSW Treasury Office of General Counsel was named the Clayton Utz Australian In-house Team of the Year for its “massive team contribution in the past year to significant projects, government programs and matters, amidst other important initiatives.”