Australasian Law Awards 2021 Excellence Awardees

2021

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Winners of the 2021 Australasian Law Awards will be announced soon – and there’s a shortlist of stellar Excellence Awardees vying for the big prizes FOLLOWING a year like no other, the time is right to recognize the lawyers, firms, in-house teams, dealmakers and legal professionals who have thrived despite such difficult times. It’s never been more important to celebrate the great achievements of those who make the legal profession great – to inspire us all to continue working hard, keep connected as a profession and most importantly rebound from a period of massive upheaval.

The Australasian Law Awards team received an incredible response to the nationwide call for nominations. They would like to extend a massive ‘thank you’ to those who submitted, as well as to the esteemed judges for their important work in selecting the final winners.

The winners will be revealed in a series of breaking news stories from June 15 to June 17, followed by an exclusive comprehensive commemorative guide.

Finally, Australasian Lawyer and publisher Key Media would like to congratulate this year’s Excellence Awardees – who are listed on the following pages.

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DEAL AWARDS METHODOLOGY

INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECTS DEAL OF THE YEAR

INSOLVENCY & RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR

 M embers of the legal profession – including law firms, legal departments, dealmakers and individuals – from across the nation submitted hundreds of nominations.

 G unnedah and Suntop Solar projects

 Bain Capital acquisition of Virgin Australia

 T he Awards research team reviewed all nominations, applying industry knowledge and information gained through Australasian Lawyer, to identify the outstanding firms, teams, individuals, deals or cases in each category that will receive an Excellence Award.  A corresponding announcement is made across our media outlets.  T he second phase of the research process involves Excellence Award submissions being forwarded to the extensive independent judging panel for scoring against strict criteria. Judges’ scores are aggregated to produce a single gold Winner in each category.  T he winners will be revealed in a series of breaking news stories from June 15 to June 17, followed by an exclusive comprehensive commemorative guide.

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Firms: Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates, Maddocks, Norton Rose Fulbright

 I chthys LNG Project refinancing

Firms: Clayton Utz, Herbert Smith Freehills, Jones Day, K&L Gates Accountant: Deloitte Banks: Jefferies

Firms: Allens, Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith Freehills, Latham & Watkins, NautaDutilh NV

Banks: Citigroup, Mizuho Bank

 LJ Hooker restructuring

 M oranbah NorthGrosvenor mining complex transaction

 Ovato restructuring

Firms: Barbosa Müssnich Aragão Advogados, Clayton Utz, Freshfields, Linklaters, MinterEllison Accountants: EY, PwC

 P arramatta Council 5 Parramatta Square and Town Hall project

Firms: Ashurst, King & Wood Mallesons

 Port Kembla LNG import facility Firms: Allens, Ashurst, Clayton Utz, Herbert Smith Freehills, HWL Ebsworth, K&L Gates

Firms: Allens Linklaters, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Gadens, Gilbert + Tobin

Accountant: KPMG

Firms: Allens, Ashurst, Baker & McKenzie, Cornwalls, Herbert Smith Freehills, King & Wood Mallesons, MinterEllison, Norton Rose Fulbright

Accountants: McGrathNicol, 333 Capital Advisors: Duff & Phelps, Scottish Pacific Business Finance, Wexted Advisors

Banks: ANZ, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft

 P ilbara Minerals acquisition of Altura Lithium Operations

Firms: Allen & Overy, Clayton Utz, Lavan Bank: Macquarie

 P urchase of Cockatoo Island mining assets

Firm: Pragma Lawyers Accountant/ReceiverManager: Auxilium Partners

DEBT MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

EQUITY MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR

 A ustralian Office of Financial Management ‘Forbearance’ SPV

 Adore Beauty IPO

Firms: Clayton Utz, Eticore, King & Wood Mallesons

Accountant: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Bank: Bank of New York

Firm: Gilbert + Tobin

Accountant: KPMG

Banks: Crestone Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Shaw and Partners, UBS

 H eartland reverse mortgage securitisation

 Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure IPO

Firms: Allen & Overy, Clayton Utz, Slaughter & May

Banks: Australian Seniors Finance (a subsidiary of Heartland Bank), BNY, M&G Investments

Firms: Herbert Smith Freehills, King & Wood Mallesons, MinterEllison, Sullivan & Cromwell Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte

Banks: Bell Potter Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Australia, Credit Suisse (Australia), Crestone Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia), Morgans Financial, Ord Minnett, Wilsons Corporate Finance

 N ational Broadband Network medium-term notes issuance

Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens Linklaters, nbnco Legal Team Accountant: Grant Samuel

Banks: ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Deutsche Bank, NAB, Westpac

 N ewcrest US-dollar corporate bond offering

Firms: Allens, Sullivan & Cromwell Accountant: Ernst & Young

Banks: ANZ, Barclays Capital Asia, BofA Securities, HSBC Securities (USA), J.P. Morgan Securities, MUFG Securities Americas, RBC Capital Markets

 I OOF combined COVID super-sized placement and accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer

Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens, King & Wood Mallesons Accountant: EY

Bank: Citigroup

 Nuix IPO

Firms: Clayton Utz, Gilbert + Tobin, Sidley Austin, Sullivan & Cromwell Accountant: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Banks: Macquarie Capital (affiliate of Macquarie Group), Morgan Stanley Australia Securities

 Sydney Airport equity raising

Firms: Allens, King Wood Mallesons Accountants: KPMG, PwC Bank: UBS

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MID-MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR  A roa Biosurgery IPO

 C rescent Capital Partners acquisition of PRP

Firms: Aroa Biosurgery IPO, Chapman Tripp, MinterEllison, Rimon Law

Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens, Herbert Smith Freehills, Jones Day, MinterEllison Accountant: Ernst & Young

Banks: Barings Global Private Loans, Barings Segregated Loans, BAYVK R PD 1 Loan, Goldman Sachs Australia Capital Markets, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

 B GH Capital acquisition of Healius Primary Care

Firms: Allens, Herbert Smith Freehills, King Wood Mallesons Accountants: EY, PwC

Banks: Morgan Stanley, UBS

 C itadel acquisition of Wellbeing Software

Firms: Ashurst, Gadens, Gilbert + Tobin, Herbert Smith Freehills, Stephenson Harwood (UK), Taylor Wessing (UK)

 eBay acquisition of Cox Australia Media Solutions

Firms: DLA Piper, Gilbert + Tobin, Hogan Lovells Accountant: EY

 Piangil Almond Orchard sale Firms: Gadens, MinterEllison

 Tattarang cross-border purchase of RM Williams

Firms: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Clayton Utz, Gilbert + Tobin, Simpson Grierson Bank: Goldman Sachs

M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR  A nheuser-Busch InBev divestment in Australia

Firms: Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Gilbert + Tobin, Johnson Winter & Slattery

Accountants: EY, PwC

Banks: Lazard, Nomura, Rothschild

 C IMIC divestment of its interest in Thiess

Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens, Ashurst, Borden Ladner Gervais, Desai Law Group, ENSafrica (Mauritius), Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, Herbert Smith Freehills South Africa, McKinsey & Company, MinterEllison, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Morales & Besa, Pimenta e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, Rajah & Tann Singapore, Shardul AmarchandMangaldas & Co, Wood Mackenzie Advisor: Marsh

Accountants: EY, JP Morgan, PwC

 G rainCorp demerger of its international malting business Firms: Gilbert + Tobin, KWM Accountants: KPMG, PwC Banks: Blackpeak Capital, Credit Suisse, Grant Samuel, Macquarie

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 R esolution Life acquisition of the Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses of AMP Life Firms: Allens, Ashurst, Bell Gully – New Zealand, Chapmann Tripp – New Zealand, Debevoise & Plimpton, Greenwoods, Herbert Smith Freehills, KWM Accountant: KPMG Banks: Deutsche Bank, UBS

 S aracen Mineral Holding merger with Northern Star Resources Firms: Ashurst, DLA Piper Accountants: Deloitte Corporate Finance, Ernst & Young Strategy and Transactions, PricewaterhouseCoopers Banks: Macquarie Capital, Sternship Advisers

 V odafone Hutchison Australia acquisition of TPG Corporation Firms: Allens, Herbert Smith Freehills, Norton Rose Fulbright, Prolegis Lawyers Advisor: Lonergan Edwards & Associates Accountants: Deloitte, Herbert Smith Freehills, KPMG Banks: BofA Securities Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Macquarie Capital

IN-HOUSE AWARDS BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR

INSURANCE IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR

YOUNG IN-HOUSE LAWYER OF THE YEAR (30 OR UNDER)

 H UB24 Legal Team

 AIA Australia

ummgroup  h

erkley Insurance  B Australia

dam Papadakis,  A Boehringer Ingelheim

egal & Compliance  L Team, Local Government Super acquarie Capital  M Legal Team BS AG, Australia  U Branch

 HBF Health  IAG Legal

sther Lee, NSW  E Treasury  Kate Cook, TAL Life  Seyda Andrews, Accor heo Kapodistrias,  T UpGuard

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AUSTRALIAN IN-HOUSE LAWYER OF THE YEAR

AUSTRALIAN IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR

NZ IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR

 A nnie Haggar, Accenture

 A ustralian Federal Police (AFP) Chief Counsel Portfolio, comprising AFP Legal and Criminal Assets Litigation teams

 AIA New Zealand

 D PDHL In House Legal Team

 Metlifecare

 K iri-Ana Libbesson, Settlement Services International  M arnie Manning, Coroners Court of Victoria  M ichael Chin, eftpos Payments Australia  N athan Lanthois, Transdev Australasia  P aul Gregory, WesTrac

 J ames Hardie Industries plc  N SW Treasury Office of General Counsel  R egulatory Legal Services Branch in the Therapeutic Goods Administration (part of the Australian Government Department of Health)  S ydney Airport Legal Team

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 Airways  F onterra Cooperative Group

 P erpetual Guardian Legal Team  UBS New Zealand

INDUSTRY AWARDS RESOLUTION INSTITUTE AUSTRALIAN MEDIATOR OF THE YEAR

LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

 Dr. Anne Purcell, Resolution Partners

 BigHand

 Alison James, SHAW Dispute Resolution

 GlobalX

 Lisanne Iriks, Life Mediation

 LOD

 Marguerite Picard, Smart Separation

 Sprintlaw  Thomson Reuters Australia

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FIRM AWARDS AUSTRALIAN DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR

NZ DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR

NZ DEAL FIRM OF THE YEAR

 C helsey Drake, Allens

 A nna Buchly, Bell Gully

 Bell Gully Corporate

 J ames Stewart, DLA Piper

 I an Beaumont, Russell McVeagh

 Chapman Tripp

 S andy Mak, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

 M ichael Pollard, Simpson Grierson

 T imothy Sackar, Clayton Utz

 N athanael Starrenburg, Harmos Horton Lusk

 T ony Damian, Herbert Smith Freehills

 R oger Wallis, Chapman Tripp  S ilvana Schenone, MinterEllisonRuddWatts

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 MinterEllisonRuddWatts  R ussell McVeagh Corporate Advisory  S impson Grierson Corporate Advisory

CORPORATE CITIZEN FIRM OF THE YEAR

EXCELLENCE IN EMPLOYEE HEALTH & WELLBEING

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

 A shurst

 A llens

 Clayton Utz

arry.Nilsson.  B

aker McKenzie  B

 Gilbert + Tobin

layton Utz  C

layton Utz  C

 Herbert Smith Freehills

ander & Rogers  L

amilton Locke  H

 Lander & Rogers

adens  G

egalite  L

 LodgeX Legal  K&L Gates

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EMPLOYMENT LAW SPECIALIST FIRM OF THE YEAR

INSURANCE SPECIALIST FIRM OF THE YEAR

 A itken Legal

 Barry.Nilsson.

ustralian Business Lawyers & Advisors  A (ABLA)

 Gilchrist Connell

anny King Legal  D armers Workplace Lawyers  H cDonald Murholme  M

 Holman Webb Lawyers  Meridian Lawyers  Moray & Agnew  TurksLegal

orkdynamic Australia  W

BOUTIQUE FIRM OF THE YEAR

YOUNG PRIVATE PRACTICE LAWYER OF THE YEAR (30 OR UNDER)

 A ptum Legal

 Declan Norrie, Proximity

larendon Lawyers  C

 Kerrie Duong, Baker McKenzie

eystone Lawyers  K

 Kevin Pai, Bugden Allen Lawyers

peirs Ryan  S

 Kevin Shum, Allen & Overy

he Fold Legal  T

 Lauren Jeffries, Herbert Smith Freehills

right Legal - Banking and  W Finance Lawyers

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LAW FIRM LEADER OF THE YEAR (≤200 EMPLOYEES)

LAW FIRM LEADER OF THE YEAR (>200 EMPLOYEES)

 A manda Banton, Banton Group

 Andrew Pike, Herbert Smith Freehills

echara Shamieh, Madison Marcus  B

 Anthony Foley, Baker McKenzie

elli Martin, KLM Solicitors  K

 Genevieve Collins, Lander & Rogers

ick Humphrey, Hamilton Locke  N

 Levent Shevki, Cornwalls

am Frey, KCL Law  S tipe Vuleta, Chamberlains  S

STATE/REGIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR

DIVERSITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

 A ilier

 Ashurst

ooper Grace Ward  C

 Bird & Bird

eypoint Law  K

 Hall & Wilcox

DA Law  N

 Harmers Workplace Lawyers

ew South Lawyers  N

 Wotton + Kearney

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LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR (1-100 LAWYERS)

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR (101-500 LAWYERS)

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR (>500 LAWYERS)

 B anton Group

aker McKenzie  B

 Allens

hamberlains Law  C Firm

lyde & Co  C

 Ashurst

ilbert + Tobin  G

 Clayton Utz

outts Lawyers &  C Conveyancers

all & Wilcox  H

egalVision  L

ills Oakley  M

orrs Chambers  C Westgarth

hynne + Macartney  T

parke Helmore  S Lawyers

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