DEAL AWARDS

• Debt Market Deal of the Year

  Amcor Finance and Bemis Company exchange offering

  • Firm: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • Accountant: PwC

   

  Coles medium-term note programme

  • Firm: Allens

   

   Commonwealth Bank of Australia notes offering

  • Firm: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
    
  • Accountant: EY

   

  Debt acquisition facility to fund Saracen Mineral Holdings's 'Super Pit' acquisition

  • Firms: Herbert Smith Freehills, Wright Legal
  • Accountant: PwC
  • Avisors: RBC Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs Australia, Noah's Rule

   

  National Australia Bank notes offering

  • Firm: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • Accountant: PwC

   

• Energy & Resources Deal of the Year

  ConocoPhillips sale of Australia-West and East Timorese assets to Santos

  • Firms: Allens, Clayton Utz, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
    

   

   East Rockingham waste-to-energy project

  • Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens, Ashurst, Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
    

   

  ICG acquisition of Enwave

  • Firms:  Herbert Smith Freehills, Johnson Winter & Slattery
  • Accountants: KPMG, PwC
  • Advisors: Brookfield Infrastructure Group, Lazard
  • Bank: Citi

   

  Kalium Lakes Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project

  • Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens, DLA Piper, Herbert Smith Freehills

   

  Mineral Resources sale of lithium assets to Albemarle

  • Firms: Gilbert + Tobin, MinterEllison

   

  Wesfarmers acquisition of Kidman Resources

  • Firm: Allens

   

  Woolworths sale of petrol business to EG Group

  • Firms: Allen & Overy, Clayton Utz
    
  • Accountants: EY, PwC

• Equity Market Deal of the Year

  Home Consortium IPO

  • Firms: Baker McKenzie, Gilbert + Tobin, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
    
  • Accountants: EY, PwC

   

  Life360 IPO
  

  • Firms: Allen & Overy, DLA Piper
    
  • Accountant: BDO Australia

   

  Sezzle IPO
  

  • Firm: Squire Patton Boggs
  • Accountant: PwC

   

  Tyro Payments IPO
  

  • Firms: Clayton Utz, Gilbert + Tobin, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
    
  • Accountant: EY

   

  Westpac capital raising
  

  • Firms: Allen & Overy, Allens, Herbert Smith Freehills

• Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year

  Axsesstoday insolvency

  • Firms: Arnold Bloch Leibler, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Accountant: Deloitte

   

  Retail Food Group Restructuring
  

  • Firm: Ashurst, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Accountant: 333 Capital

  
  

  Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal restructuring

  • Firms: Arnold Bloch Leibler, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie

   

  Wollongong Coal and Jindal Steel & Power debt restructuring

  • Firms: AZB, DLA, Kirkland & Ellis, Madun Gujadhur Chambers, Gilbert + Tobin
    

• International Deal of the Year

  Amcor US listing and acquisition of Bemis

  • Firm: Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison, Moulis Legal
  • Bank: UBS

   

  Brambles separation of its IFCO business

  • Firm: Allens
  • Accountants: EY, PwC

   

  Credible merger with Fox Corp

  • Firm: DLA Piper

   

  Government of Timor-Leste purchase of stake in Greater Sunrise Project

  • Firm: PwC

   

  WorleyParsons acquisition of Jacobs Engineering's Energy, Chemicals and Resources division

  • Firms: Allens, Gilbert + Tobin, Herbert Smith Freehills
    

  
  

• M&A Deal of the Year

  BGH acquisition of Navitas

  • Firms: Ashurst, Gilbert + Tobin, Herbert Smith Freehills, King & Wood Mallesons
  • Accountant: Grant Thornton
    

   

  Brookfield acquisition of Aveo
  

  • Firms: Allens, Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison
    
  • Accountants: Deloitte, KPMG
    

   

  Brookfield acquisition of Healthscope
  

  • Firms: Allens, Arnold Bloch Leibler, Herbert Smith Freehills, King & Wood Mallesons, Mayne Wetherell
    
  • Accountants: Deloitte, EY
  • Advisor: Grant Samuel
  • Banks: Merrill Lynch, UBS AG

  
  

  Commonwealth Bank sale of Colonial First State Global Asset Management to Mitsubishi
  

  • Firms: Baker McKenzie, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills, Herbert Smith Freehills
    

   

  KKR acquisition of Arnott's Biscuits
  

  • Firms: Allens, Gilbert + Tobin, King & Wood Mallesons, Mayne Wetherell
  • Accountant: PwC

   

  Nippon Paint takeover of DuluxGroup

  • Firms: Clayton Utz, Gilbert + Tobin, Simpson Grierson
  • Advisor: Grant Samuel

   

  Tilt Renewables sale of Snowtown 2 windfarm

  • Firms: Allen & Overy, Gilbert + Tobin, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Accountant: KPMG

• Property, Infrastructure and Projects Deal of the Year

  Collector Wind Farm project

  • Firm: King & Wood Mallesons, K&L Gates
    

   

  Scape acquisition of Urbanest

  • Firms: Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills, Herbert Smith Freehills, MinterEllison
    

   

  Scentre sale of Westfield office tower

  • Firms: MinterEllison, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates, King & Wood Mallesons
    

   

  Sydney Metro public private partnership

  • Firms: Allens, Ashurst, Baker & McKenzie, King & Wood Mallesons
  • Accountant: EY

INHOUSE AWARDS

• Banking & Financial Services In-house Team of the Year

  • ASX Limited
  • AustralianSuper Legal Services Team
  • Bank of Queensland Group Legal Team
  • Commercial Legal Team at NAB
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Macquarie Capital Legal Team
  • Queensland Treasury Corporation
  • UBS AG

• Sparke Helmore Insurance In-house Team of the Year

  • AIA New Zealand
  • AIG Australia Limited
  • Berkley 
  • IAG - Insurance Australia Group
  • QBE
  • Steadfast Group Ltd
  • Youi

• Young In-house Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)

  • Bianca Gomez, Dentsu Aegis Network
  • Michael Napoli, Supercars
  • Annie Pang, Vodafone Hutchison Australia
  • Beth Plunkett, Smile Solutions Group
  • Jeanette Rose, Alinta Energy
  • Jacqueline Sihaphone, Toyota Finance Australia
  • Rejinay Singh, Employers Mutual
  • Emma Taylor, Aecom Anz

• Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year

  • Connie Carnabuci, Australian Broadcasting Corporations
  • Angie Coleman, Springfield City Group
  • Paul Gregory, WesTrac
  • Ria Manguray, Tourism Australia
  • Marnie Manning, Smile Solutions Group
  • Narita Nagin, Sydney Airport
  • Michael Napoli, Supercars
  • Sunil Puranikmath, Telstra
  • Laura Stark, Lander & Rogers
  • Eleanor Wheelhouse, Vodafone

• Clayton Utz Australian In-house Team of the Year

  • Abt Associates Legal and Risk Department
  • AECOM Australia Legal Team
  • Carnival Australia Legal Team
  • Facebook Australia Legal Team
  • Lendlease Building Legal Team
  • nbn Legal
  • Origin Energy Legal
  • Springfield City Group Legal Team

• NZ In-house Team of the Year

  • AIA New Zealand
  • Fonterra In-House Legal Team
  • Spark New Zealand
  • UBS New Zealand

INDUSTRY AWARDS

• The Resolution Institute Australian Arbitrator of the Year

  • William Dean, William Dean Chambers
  • Steven Goldstein 
  • Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Donna Ross, Donna Ross Dispute Resolution
  • Tim Sullivan 

• The Resolution Institute Australian Mediator of the Year

  • Margaret Halsmith
  • Lisanne Iriks, Life Mediation
  • Alison James, SHAW Dispute Resolution
  • Paul Austin Lewis, Resolution Services Group
  • Nicole McWilliam, Granville Boys High School
  • Tania Murdock, Dispute Management Australia
  • Debra Parker, Watts McCray
  • Marguerite Picard
  • Anne Purcell, Resolution Partners

• Legal Service Provider of the Year

  • ACP Solutions
  • BigHand
  • GlobalX
  • Law In Order
  • Lawpath
  • Thomson Reuters Australia

FIRM AWARDS

• Australian Deal Team of the Year

  • Allens Corporate M&A Team 
  • Allens Private Equity Team 
  • Ashurst Corporate M&A Division
  • Ashurst Projects
  • Clayton Utz, Equity Capital Markets
  • DLA Piper Public Transactions Team
  • Gilbert + Tobin's Corporate Advisory Team
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Equity Capital Markets Team
  • Herbert Smith Freehills M&A Team
  • MinterEllison

• NZ Deal Firm of the Year

  • Bell Gully
  • Buddle Findlay
  • Chapman Tripp, Corporate & Commercial practice
  • Mayne Wetherell
  • MinterEllisonRuddWatts
  • Russell McVeagh
  • Simpson Grierson
  • Webb Henderson, Corporate and M&A

• Australian Dealmaker of the Year

  • Guy Alexander, Allens
  • Stuart Byrne, Clayton Utz
  • Vijay Cugati, Allens
  • Tony Damian, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Neil Pathak, Gilbert + Tobin
  • David Ryan, DLA Piper
  • Simon Scott, MinterEllison
  • Philippa Stone, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Tom Story, Allens

• NZ Dealmaker of the Year

  • Anna Buchly, Bell Gully
  • David Coull, Bell Gully
  • Pip England, Chapman Tripp
  • Mark Forman, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
  • Rob McLean, Simpson Grierson
  • Michael Pollard, Simpson Grierson
  • David Raudkivi, Russell McVeagh
  • Silvana Schenone, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
  • Henry Willis, Webb Henderson

• Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year

  • Ashurst Pro Bono and Corporate Responsibility Team
  • BlueRock Law
  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • Griffin Legal
  • Hall & Wilcox
  • Harmers Workplace Lawyers
  • Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Sparke Helmore Lawyers

• Marsh Excellence in Employee Health and Wellbeing

  • Bird & Bird
  • BlueRock Law
  • Carter Newell Lawyers
  • Clayton Utz
  • DLA Piper
  • Gadens
  • Herbert Smith Freehills
  • PwC Australia

• Excellence in Technology & Innovation

  • Ashurst Digital Ventures
  • Bird & Bird
  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth
  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • Hall & Wilcox
  • Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Lander & Rogers
  • LOD
  • LegalVision
  • Sprintlaw

• Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year

  • Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors Employment 
  • Employsure Law - Workplace Law
  • FCB Workplace Law
  • FCW Lawyers
  • Harmers Workplace Lawyers
  • HR Law
  • McDonald Murholme Solicitors
  • Workdynamic Australia

• Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year

  • Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers
  • Carter Newell Lawyers
  • Gilchrist Connell
  • HolmanWebb
  • Meridian Lawyers
  • Sparke Helmore Lawyers
  • TurksLegal
  • William Roberts Lawyers - Insurance Team 

• Boutique Firm of the Year

  • Clarendon Lawyers
  • Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Keystone Lawyers Major Infrastructure and Construction Group
  • NDA Law
  • Speirs Ryan
  • The Fold Legal
  • Vincent Young Lawyers
  • Wright Legal 

• Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)

  • Myra Beal, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Ari Bendet, Allens
  • Lauren Chamberlain, Allens
  • Matthew Charman, Gilbert + Tobin
  • Scott Colvin, Mills Oakley
  • Mai Go, Allens
  • Felicity Karageorge, Johnson Winter & Slattery
  • Hannah Catherine Morris, Mills Oakley
  • Alex Other-Gee, MinterEllison
  • Michael Repse, Arnold Bloch Leibler

• Law Firm Leader of the Year (<200 Lawyers)

  • John Emmerig, Jones Day
  • Michael Harmer, Harmers Workplace Lawyers
  • Paul Hopkins, Carter Newell Lawyers
  • Nick Humphrey, Hamilton Locke
  • Manuel Makas, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Bruce McFarlane, BlueRock Law
  • Stipe Vuleta, Chamberlains Law Firm

• Law Firm Leader of the Year (>200 Lawyers)

  • Robert Cutler, Clayton Utz
  • Anthony Foley, Baker McKenzie
  • Danny Gilbert, Gilbert + Tobin
  • Paul Jenkins, Ashurst
  • Tony Macvean, Hall & Wilcox
  • John Nerurker, Mills Oakley
  • Andrew Pike, Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Doug Stipanicev, Dentons
  • Chris Ward, Cooper Grace Ward

• State / Regional Firm of the Year

  • AJ & Co Lawyers
  • Clarendon Lawyers
  • Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
  • HHG Legal Group
  • NDA Law
  • New South Lawyers
  • Redenbach Lee Lawyers
  • Ryan & Seton Lawyers
  • Ryder Legal
  • Southern Waters Legal

• Law Firm of the Year (1-100 Lawyers)

  • Bird & Bird
  • Carter Newell Lawyers
  • Chamberlains Law Firm
  • Griffin Legal
  • Hamilton Locke
  • Keypoint Law
  • LegalVision
  • Madison Marcus
  • Massons
  • Speirs Ryan

• GlobalX Law Firm of the Year (101-500 Lawyers)

  • Baker McKenzie
  • Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers
  • Clyde & Co
  • Gadens
  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • Hall & Wilcox
  • Lander & Rogers
  • Sparke Helmore Lawyers

• Law Firm of the Year (>500 Lawyers)

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