Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year

Boart Longyear restructure

Firms

• Ashurst
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Minter Ellison

Banks

• Goldman Sachs
• Moelis & Co

Forge receivership and liquidation

Firms

• Clayton Utz
• King and Wood Mallesons
• Norton Rose Fullbright

Mirabela restructure and recapitalisation

Firms

• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Colin Biggers & Paisley
• Gilbert + Tobin
• Hardy Bowen
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Norton Rose Fulbright 
• Pinheiro Guimarães – Advogados

Bank

• Houlihan Lokey

Advisers

• KordaMentha
• Rothschild

Nexus Energy restructure

Firms

• Allen & Overy
• Arnold Bloch Leibler
• Clayton Utz
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Piper Alderman

Advisers

• Ferrier Hodgson
• McGrathNicol

Purchase of CrossCity Tunnel assets from receiver

Firms

• Allens
• Ashurst
• Clayton Utz
• King & Wood Mallesons

Accounting Firm

• KPMG

Property, Infrastructure and Projects Deal of the Year

Hasting Funds Management and China Merchants Group’s acquisition of the long-term lease of Port of Newcastle

Firms

• Gilbert + Tobin
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Minter Ellison

Accounting Firm

• PwC

Adviser

• Morgan Stanley

NBN Co and Telstra – Renegotiation of Agreements to Rollout the National Broadband Network

Firms

• Ashurst
• Clayton Utz
• Gilbert + Tobin
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Webb Henderson

Bank

• Goldman Sachs

North West Rail Link – Operations, Trains & Systems Public Private Partnership

Firms

• Ashurst
• Clayton Utz
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• Herbert Smith Freehills

Roy Hill iron ore project

Firms

• Allen & Overy
• Ashurst
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Latham & Watkins
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd

Investment Banks

• BNP Paribas
• National Australia Bank
• Rothschild 

Accounting Firms

• KPMG
• PwC

TransAlta Power Station Project

Firms

• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Squire Patton Boggs

Accounting Firms

• Ernst & Young
• PWC

Debt Market Deal of the Year

Emeco high-yield bond offering

Firms

• Baker & McKenzie
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Ogilvie LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

NAB climate bond issue

Firms

• Ashurst
• King & Wood Mallesons

Perth Airport Corporate refinancing

Firms

• Allens
• King and Wood Mallesons
• Norton Rose Fulbright

Roy Hill iron ore project

Firms

• Allen & Overy
• Ashurst
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Latham & Watkins
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd

Investment Banks

• BNP Paribas
• National Australia Bank
• Rothschild 

Accounting Firms

• KPMG
• PwC

Westfield debt restructure

Firms

• Allens
• Freshfields
• HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
• Linklaters
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Woolworths syndicated fronted bank guarantee facility

Firms

• Allens
• Henry Davis York
• King and Wood Mallesons

Energy and Resources Deal of the Year

AGL acquisition of Macquarie Generation

Firms

• Ashurst
• Baker & McKenzie
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Minter Ellison

Accounting Firm

• KPMG

Baytex acquisition of Aurora Oil & Gas

Firms

• Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
• Gilbert + Tobin
• Minter Ellison
• Norton Rose Fulbright

Banks

• Credit Suisse
• Goldman Sachs

Glencore acquisition of Clermont Mine

Firms

• Allens
• Ashurst
• Clifford Chance
• King and Wood Mallesons

Origin purchase of exploration permits from Karoon Gas

Firms

• Baker & McKenzie
• K&L Gates

Roy Hill iron ore project

Firms

• Allen & Overy
• Ashurst
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Latham & Watkins
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd

Investment Banks

• BNP Paribas
• National Australia Bank
• Rothschild 

Accounting Firms

• KPMG
• PwC

Equity Market Deal of the Year

APX listings of two Chinese companies

Firm

• Baker & McKenzie

Government of Papua New Guinea purchase of Oil Search shares

Firm

• Norton Rose Fulbright

Bank

• UBS AG

Healthscope IPO

Firms

• Bell Gully
• Gilbert + Tobin
• Herbert Smith Freehills

Banks

• CIMB Capital Markets (Australia )
• Credit Suisse
• Goldman Sachs
• UBS AG 

Advisers

• Deloitte Corporate Finance
• Macquarie Capital
• Merrill Lynch 

Medibank Private IPO

Firms

• Australian Government Solicitor
• Bell Gully
• Clayton Utz
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Sidley Austin
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Banks

• Commonwealth Bank
• Deutsche Bank
• Goldman Sachs 

Advisers

• Bell Potter Securities
• Craigs Investment Partners
• Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu
• Ernst & Young
• Evans and Partners
• JBWere
• Lazard
• Macquarie Capital
• Morgans Financial
• Ord Minnett
• Reunion Capital Partners
• UBS AG
• Wilson HTM Corporate Finance

Transurban Group’s equity raising and accelerated entitlement offer

Firms

• Gilbert + Tobin
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Sidley Austin LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Banks

• Goldman Sachs 
• Morgan Stanley

Accounting Firm

• PwC

M&A Deal of the Year

Fosun takeover bid for ROC Oil

Firms

• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Norton Rose Fulbright

Macquarie acquisition of HSBC credit card portfolio

Firms

• Allen & Overy
• Clayton Utz
• HWL Ebsworth

Telstra’s sale of stake in Sensis to Platinum Equity

Firms

• Baker & McKenzie
• King and Wood Mallesons
• Norton Rose Fulbright

Westfield Group demerger and subsequent merger with Westfield Retail Trust

Firms

• Ashurst
• King & Wood Mallesons

Accounting Firm

• KPMG

Advisers

• Ernst & Young
• Morgan Stanley
• Russell McVeagh
• UBS AG

Woolworths acquisition of David Jones by scheme of arrangement

Firms

• Arnold Bloch Leibler
• Bowman Gilfillan
• Gilbert + Tobin
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Latham & Watkins
• Linklaters
• Webber Wentzel
• Werksmans Attorneys

Advisers

• Ernst & Young
• Grant Samuel
• Gresham Partners
• Macquarie Capital
• Rothschild

NZ Dealmaker of the Year

• Gavin Macdonald, Bell Gully
• John Strowger, Chapman Tripp
• Graeme Quigley, Russell McVeagh
• Michael Pollard, Simpson Grierson
• Garth Sinclair, Webb Henderson

Australian Dealmaker of the Year

• Garry Besson, Ashurst
• Neil Pathak, Gilbert + Tobin
• Tony Damian, Herbert Smith Freehills
• Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Herbert Smith Freehills
• Philippa Stone, Herbert Smith Freehills
• David Friedlander, King & Wood Mallesons
• Dr Martyn Taylor, Norton Rose Fulbright

NZ Deal Team of the Year

• Bell Gully
• Chapman Tripp
• Russell McVeagh
• Simpson Grierson
• Webb Henderson

Australian Deal Team of the Year

• Ashurst, Corporate Advisory
• Ashurst, Tech, Media
• Baker & Mackenzie, Major Projects
• Gilbert + Tobin, Corporate Advisory
• Herbert Smith Freehills, M&A Team
• King & Wood Mallesons, M&A Team

Australian Deal of the Year

Winners of the market-specific deal awards are entered as finalists for this category.

 

International Deal of the Year

Hasting Funds Management and China Merchants Group’s acquisition of the long-term lease of Port of Newcastle

Firms

• Gilbert + Tobin
• King and Wood Mallesons
• Minter Ellison

Accounting Firm

• PwC

Adviser

• Morgan Stanley

HOPU Investment in Paladin Energy Ltd

Firm

• King and Wood Mallesons

Sale of global property services business, DTZ, for UGL Limited

Firms

• Gilbert + Tobin
• Herbert Smith Freehills

Bank

• Goldman Sachs

Accounting Firm

• KPMG

Woolworths acquisition of David Jones by scheme of arrangement

Firms

• Arnold Bloch Leibler
• Bowman Gilfillan
• Gilbert + Tobin
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Latham & Watkins
• Linklaters
• Webber Wentzel
• Werksmans Attorneys

Advisers

• Ernst & Young
• Grant Samuel
• Gresham Partners
• Macquarie Capital
• Rothschild