The winners of the individual categories of the Australasian Law Awards for 2020 have been announced
The winners of the individual categories of the Australasian Law Awards for 2020 have been announced.
The Australasian Law Awards celebrate and recognise excellence across the legal profession in Australia and New Zealand.
Due to the particularly high standard of nominations this year, several excellence awards have been announced, in addition to the overall winners for each category.
The Resolution Institute Australian Arbitrator of the Year
Winner: Donna Ross, Donna Ross Dispute Resolution
Excellence award: Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Steven Goldstein
Australian Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: Tony Damian, Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Philippa Stone, Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: David Ryan, DLA Piper
Excellence award: Tom Story, Allens
Excellence award: Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Herbert Smith Freehills
Australian In-House Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Connie Carnabuci, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Excellence award: Marnie Manning, Smile Solutions Group
Excellence award: Sunil Puranikmath, Telstra
Excellence award: Angie Coleman, Springfield City Group
Excellence award: Paul Gregory, WesTrac Pty Ltd
The Resolution Institute Australian Mediator of the Year
Winner: Dr Anne Purcell, Resolution Partners
Excellence award: Tania E Murdock, Dispute Management Australia
Excellence award: Margaret Halsmith, Halsmith Dispute Resolution
Excellence award: Debra Parker, Watts McCray
Excellence award: Alison James, SHAW Dispute Resolution
Excellence award: Marguerite Picard, MELCA
Law Firm Leader of the Year (>200 lawyers)
Winner: Danny Gilbert, Gilbert + Tobin
Excellence award: Paul Jenkins, Ashurst
Excellence award: Andrew Pike, Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Robert Cutler, Clayton Utz
Excellence award: Tony Macvean, Hall & Wilcox
Law Firm Leader of the Year (≤200 lawyers)
Winner: Paul Hopkins, Carter Newell Lawyers
Excellence award: Manuel Makas, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Michael Harmer, Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Excellence award: Bruce McFarlane, BlueRock Law
Excellence award: John Emmerig, Jones Day
NZ Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: Henry Willis, Webb Henderson
Excellence award: Anna Buchly, Bell Gully
Excellence award: Mark Forman, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Excellence award: Pip England, Chapman Tripp
Excellence award: David Raudkivi, Russell McVeagh
Excellence award: Silvana Schenone, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Young In-House Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)
Winner: Annie Pang, Vodafone Hutchison Australia
Excellence award: Jeanette Rose, Alinta Energy
Excellence award: Emma Taylor, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
Excellence award: Jacqueline Sihaphone, Toyota Finance Australia Limited
Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)
Winner: Myra Beal, Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Ari Bendet, Allens
Excellence award: Mai Go, Allens
Excellence award: Alex Other-Gee, MinterEllison
Excellence award: Felicity Karageorge, Johnson Winter & Slattery
Congratulations to the winners of the individual categories of the Australasian Law Awards.
The awards team at Australasian Lawyer will be working with the winners on new ways to celebrate and share their successes with their clients, colleagues and communities.
The awards were due to be announced at a gala dinner in Sydney earlier this year, but unfortunately the event couldn’t take place due to COVID restrictions.
The list of individual award winners and excellence awards can be found here.
The winners of the firm and in-house categories will be announced on 20 August 2020 at 1pm (AEST).
