Meet the winners of the 2015 Australasian Law Awards.
More than 430 of the legal industry’s finest filled the ballroom at Sydney’s Shangri-La Hotel last night for the inaugural 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.
