2017 Finalists
DEAL AWARDS
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Debt Market Deal of the Year
Financing of GE Commercial acquisition
- Firm: Ashurst; King & Wood Mallesons; Mayne Wetherell
Iron Mountain syndicated Term Loan B facility
- Firms: Allens; Clifford Chance; Simpson Thacher; Sullivan & Worcester
Scottish Pacific restructure
- Firms: Allens; Corrs; King & Wood Mallesons
SMART ABS Series securitisation
- Firms: Allen & Overy
- Advisors: JP Morgan; Citi
- Banks: Bank of New York Mellon; HSBC; Macquarie Capital; nabSecurities; Perpetual; Societe Generale; The Trustee Company Ltd
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Energy & Resources Deal of the Year
AWAC joint venture renegotiation
- Firms: Ashurst; King & Wood Mallesons; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (USA)
Beach Energy merger with Drillsearch Energy
- Firms: Ashurst; Clayton Utz; MinterEllison
- Bank: Macquarie Capital
BHP Billiton REDD+ forest bond
- Firms: Baker McKenzie; Gilbert+Tobin
- Advisors: Ernst & Young; KPMG; McGrathNicol; Wood Mackenzie
Establishment of the Powering Australia Renewables Fund
- Firms: Allens; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons
Glencore/ Evolution Mining Ernest Henry Mine agreement
- Firms: Allens; King & Wood Mallesons
Merger of Queesland electricity distributors to create Energy Queensland
- Firms: King & Wood Mallesons; MinterEllison
- Advisor: Ernst & Young
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Equity Market Deal of the Year
Boral Limited capital raising
- Firms: Alston & Bird; Clayton Utz; Herbert Smith Freehills; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Advisors: Deloitte; KPMG
- Banks: Citi; J.P. Morgan Australia; Macquarie Capital
Mayne Pharma equity raising
- Firms: Gilbert + Tobin; MinterEllison; Sidley Austin LLP
- Advisor: Miller & Martin LLC
- Banks: Credit Suisse (Australia) Ltd; UBS AG
Reliance Worldwide Corporation IPO
- Firms: Herbert Smith Freehills
- Advisors: Evans and Partners Pty Ltd; KPMG; Oaktower Partnership Pty Ltd; Macquarie Equities Ltd; Morgans Corporate Ltd; Ord Minnett Ltd; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Banks: J.P. Morgan Australia Ltd; Macquarie Capital (Australia) Ltd
STC sale of StatePlus
- Firms: Clayton Utz; Herbert Smith Freehills
- Advisor: KPMG; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Banks: Macquarie Capital (Australia) Ltd; Morgan Stanley
Tegel IPO and dual listing
- Firms: Bell Gully; MinterEllison; MinterEllisonRuddWatts
- Advisor: PwC
- Banks: Deutsche Bank AG; Deutsche Craigs Limited; First NZ Capital Securities Limited; Goldman Sachs
VIVA Energy REIT IPO
- Firm: Allen & Overy; Allens; Gilbert + Tobin; Sidley Austin
- Banks: Deutsche Bank; Merrill Lynch
WiseTech Global IPO
- Firms: Clayton Utz, Gilbert + Tobin; Sidley Austin
- Advisors: Blackpeak Capital
- Banks: Credit Suisse; Morgan Stanley
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Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year
Arrium Group insolvency
- Firms: Arnold Bloch Leibler; Ashurst; Baker & McKenzie; Cariola Diez Perez Costapos y Cia Ltda; Clayton Utz; Estudio Muniz; Gilbert+Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; Hiswara, Bunjamin & Tandjung; Husch Blackwell LLP; King & Wood Mallesons; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Lewis Rice; McCarthy Tetrault LLP; MinterEllison; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt; Richards, Layton & Finger PA; Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolaus S.C (Mexico); Ropes & Gray LLP; Sidley Austin
- Advisors: Deutsche Bank; KordaMentha
Imdex recapitalisation
- Firms: Ashurst; Herbert Smith Freehills; Mills Oakley
- Advisor: Houlihan Lokey;
- Banks: Bain Capital Credit; Bankwest; HSBC; Imdex Ltd; Westpac
McAleese restructuring and debt sale
- Firm: Allens; Henry Davis York; Herbert Smith Freehills; Johnson Winter & Slattery; King & Wood Mallesons
Sale of six Keystone Group venues
- Firms: Allens; Herbert Smith Freehills; K&L Gates
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International Deal of the Year
ABI acquisition of SABMiller
- Firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gilbert+Tobin
Hanesbrands acquisition of Pacific Brands
- Firm: Baker McKenzie; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons
- Banks: Goldman Sachs; Macquarie Bank
Iron Mountain syndicated Term Loan B facility
- Firms: Allens; Clifford Chance; Simpson Thacher; Sullivan & Worcester
Sale of Moly-Cop
- Firms: Allen & Overy; Arnold Block Leibler; Baker & McKenzie; Baker Botts; Bell Gully ; Cariola, Diez Perez-Cotapos & Cia Ltda ; Estudio Muniz; Gilbert + Tobin; Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung; Husch Blackwell; King & Wood Mallesons; Kirkland & Ellis ; Lewis Rice; McCarthy Tetrault ; MinterEllison; Morgan Lewis ; Nader Hayaux & Goebel; Osler; Richards, Layton & Finger; Ritch Mueller ; Ropes & Gray; Sidley Austin; Stikeman Elliott; Von Wobeser y Sierra
- Advisors: Ernst & Young; KPMG; McGrathNicol; Wood Mackenzie
- Banks: Deutsche Bank; Macquarie Bank; UBS
Sale of Pacific Hydro to State Power Investment Corporation
- Firm: Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons
- Bank: IFM Investors
Shanghai Pharma and Primavera acquisition of Vitaco
- Firm: King & Wood Mallesons; MinterEllison
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M&A Deal of the Year
Acquisition of Asciano by Brookfield and Qube
- Firms: Allens; Baker & McKenzie; Bell Gully; Clayton Utz; Gilbert+Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; King & Wood Mallesons; MinterEllison
- Advisors: Ernst & Young; KPMG; McGrathNicol; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Wood Mackenzie
- Banks: Citibank; Macquarie; UBS
Acquisition of SAI Global by Baring Private Equity
- Firms: Gilbert+Tobin; King & Wood Mallesons; MinterEllison
- Advisors: Dr Bob Austin; Deloitte; GRA Cosway; James Lockhart SC; Lathan & Watkins
- Banks: Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; UBS
Blackstone acquisition of Goodman portfolio
- Firm: Clayton Utz; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Advisors: Deloitte
Privatisation of Ausgrid
- Firms: Allens; Ashurst; Clayton Utz; Herbert Smith Freehills
- Advisors: Arup; Deloitte; Downer; KPMG
- Banks: Deutsche Bank; IFM Investors; Macquarie; UBS
Sale of Pacific Hydro to State Power Investment Corporation
- Firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
- Finance: IFM Investors
Universal Robina acquisition of Snack Brands Australia
- Firms: King & Wood Mallesons; Mayne Wetherell
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Property, Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year
Canberra Light Rail PPP
- Firms: Allens; Clayton Utz; Herbert Smith Freehills; Sparke Helmore
- Advisors: ARUP; Ernst & Young; Everything Infrastructure Group; SNC-Lavalin; TBH; Turner & Townsend; Veitch Lister Consulting; Group WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Engineering Services
High Capacity Metro Trains project
- Firms: Ashurst; Clayton Utz; Colin Biggers Paisley; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons
- Advisors: KPMG; PwC
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Investa Property Group
- Firms: Allens; Clayton Utz
Port of Melbourne lease
- Firms: Allens; Ashurst; Herbert Smith Freehills; King & Wood Mallesons; Minter Ellison; Torys
- Advisors: Arup; Mazars; PwC
- Banks: Credit Suisse; Flagstaff Partners; Gresham; Morgan Stanley
Victoria International Container Terminal project financing
- Advisors: Allen & Overy; Allens; Citi; Linklaters
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
Lawyers on Demand Banking & Financial Services In-house Team of the Year
Sparke Helmore Insurance In-house Team of the Year
Young In-house Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)
FTI Consulting Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year
Clayton Utz Australian In-house Team of the Year
Russell McVeagh NZ In-house Team of the Year
PROFESSION AWARDS
The Resolution Institute Australian Arbitrator of the Year
The Resolution Institute Australian Mediator of the Year
FIRM AWARDS
Australian Deal Team of the Year
New Zealand Deal Firm of the Year
Scarlis Pringle Australian Dealmaker of the Year
NZ Dealmaker of the Year
Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year
JLT Employee Health & Wellbeing Award
Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year
AIG Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year
IP Specialist Law Firm of the Year
FTI Consulting Boutique Firm of the Year
Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)
State/Regional Law Firm of the Year
Law Firm Leader of the Year ( ≤ 200 employees)
Scarlis Pringle Law Firm Leader of the Year ( > 200 employees)
Law Firm of the Year ( 1 - 100 Lawyer)
GlobalX Law Firm of the Year ( 101 – 500 Lawyers)
FTI Consulting Law Firm of the Year ( > 500 Lawyers)
