CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 ALB AWARD FINALISTS

Macquarie Bank ALB Australasian Law Awards 2011 - Finalists

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  • Debt market deal of the year
    • Asciano Debt Restructure / 144A Issue
      • Firms: Clayton Utz, Sidley Austin, Sullivan & Cromwell
      • Accountants: KPMG
      • Banks: JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, RBS
    • Bank of New Zealand covered bond issue
      • Firms: Allen & Overy, Chapman Tripp, Linklaters, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Russell McVeagh
      • Banks: Barclays PLC, Deutsche Bank, London Branch, Deutsche Bank, Luxembourg S.A
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers
    • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce covered bond issue
      • Firms: Freehills, Mallesons, McCarthy Tetrault
      • Banks: ANZ, HSBC Bank, UBS AG
    • Commonwealth Bank of Australia retail bond issue
      • Firms: Freehills, Mallesons
      • Banks: Citigroup, CommSec, RBS
    • Fortescue US$2bn senior unsecured note offering/ US$1.5bn senior unsecured note offering
      • Firms: Allen & Overy, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sullivan & Cromwell, White & Case
      • Banks: JP Morgan, RBS
    • Primary Healthcare retail bond offer
      • Firms: Freehills, Mallesons
      • Banks: Deutsche Bank, Evans and Partners, Minter Ellison, NAB, Ord Minnett
    • Sydney Airport buy back and re-issue of medium term notes
      • Firms: Gilbert + Tobin, Mallesons
      • Banks: Westpac
  • Energy & Resources Deal of the year
    • Adani Global acquisition of Linc Energy coal tenements
      • Firms: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Norton Rose
      • Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Enam Securities, ICICI Securities, IDFC Capital, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Morgan Stanley, Singhi Advisors, UBS, UBS AG
      • Accountants: KPMG (India)
    • Arrow Energy/Dart Energy demerger, Shell & PetroChina takeover of Arrow Energy
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Blake Dawson, Gilbert + Tobin
      • Banks: UBS, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild
      • Accountants: Deloitte
    • BG LNG deal with China Offshore Corporation (CNOOC)
      • Firms: Herbert Smith, Freehills, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
    • Centennial Coal acquisition by Banpu
      • Firms: Freehills, Norton Rose
      • Banks: JP Morgan, UBS
      • Accountants: KPMG
    • Goldcorp acquisition of Andean Resources
      • Firms: Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
      • Banks: CIBC World Markets Inc, BMO Capital Markets
    • Wandoan Coal project
      • Firms: Baker & McKenzie, Chang, Pistilli & Simmons, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
  • Equity deal of the year
    • Aston IPO
      • Firms: Clayton Utz, Freehills, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sidley Austin (US Counsel)
      • Banks: Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Bank
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young
    • Queensland Rail IPO
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Baker & McKenzie, Clayton Utz, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Minter Ellison, Sidley Austin, Sullivan & Cromwell
      • Banks: Credit Suisse (Australia) Limited, Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia Pty Ltd, Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Limited, RBS Equity Capital Markets (Australia) Limited and UBS AG, Australia Branch
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
    • Shell sale of stake in Woodside Petroleum
      • Firms: Gilbert + Tobin, Baker & McKenzie
      • Banks: UBS
    • Spark Infrastructure capital raising
      • Firms: Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Baker & McKenzie, Sullivan & Cromwell, Sidley Austin (US Counsel)
      • Banks: Deutsche Bank, UBS
    • Westfield Retail Trust establishment
      • Firms: Freehills, HWL Ebsworth, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Russell McVeagh, Sidley Austin (US Counsel)
      • Banks: Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young
    • Woodside capital raising
      • Firms: Freehills, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sidley Austin, Sullivan & Cromwell
      • Banks: Citigroup, UBS, Credit Suisse
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young
  • Insolvency & restructuring deal of the year
    • Alinta Energy restructure
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Baker & McKenzie, Blake Dawson, Bingham McCutcheon, Clayton Utz, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Freehills, Gilbert + Tobin, Mallesons, Minter Ellison, Sidley Austin (US Counsel), Stephen Jaques, Arnold Bloch Leibler
      • Banks: Moelis & Company, Rothschild, UBS
      • Accountants: KordaMentha/333 Capital
    • Griffin Coal restructure and sale
      • Firms: Allen & Overy, Baker & McKenzie, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Freehills, Mallesons, Minter Ellison
      • Banks: ANZ, Macquarie Capital Advisors, UBS
      • Accountants: Ferrier Hodgson, KordaMentha, PPB
    • Lane Cove Tunnel sale to Transurban
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Minter Ellison, Blake Dawson, Gilbert + Tobin
      • Banks: The Bank of New York Mellon
    • Octaviar liquidation
      • Firms: Baker & McKenzie, Blake Dawson, Minter Ellison, Clayton Utz, Henry Davis York
      • Accountants: Bentleys, Deloitte, PPB
    • Windimurra Vanadium restructure
      • Firms: Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Johnson Winter and Slattery, Lavan Legal, Linklaters
      • Accountants: Korda Mentha
    • Yellow Pages restructure
      • Firms: Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay, Mayne Wetherell, Russell McVeagh
      • Banks: Bank of New Zealand ,Goldman Sachs
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young, KordaMentha, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • M&A Deal of the Year
    • Newcrest Mining acquisition of Lihir Gold
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Blake Dawson, Sullivan & Cromwell, Sidley Austin (US Counsel)
      • Banks: Greenhill Caliburn, Lazard, Merrill Lynch, Macquarie Capital Advisers
    • TPG/ Carlyle acquisition of Healthscope
      • Firms: Freehills, Gilbert + Tobin, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Minter Ellison, Sullivan & Cromwell
      • Banks: Lazard, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Bank (led a syndicate of smaller banks)
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers
    • Mirvac Property Trust acquisition of Westpac Office Trust
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Gilbert + Tobin, Minter Ellison
    • Auckland local authority amalgamation
      • Firms: Russell McVeagh Simpson Grierson
    • Arrow Energy/Dart Energy demerger, Shell & PetroChina takeover of Arrow Energy
      • Firms: Allens Arthur Robinson, Blake Dawson, Gilbert + Tobin
      • Banks:Citi, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild, UBS
    • Seven-Westrac merger/ Seven Group formation
      • Firms: Clayton Utz, Freehills
      • Banks: Goldman Sachs
      • Accountants: Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Project finance deal of the year
    • Perth City Square Brookfield facility
      • Firms: Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Minter Ellison
      • Banks: Bank of Nova Scotia, Credit Agricole, ING Bank and NAB
    • Karara Iron Ore project
      • Firms: Clayton Utz, Clifford Chance, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Norton Rose, Wright & Cooney
      • Banks: Syndicate of Chinese banks led by Bank of China and the Chinese Development Bank Corporation
    • Peninsula link PPP
      • Firms: Clayton Utz, Freehills, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
      • Banks: Abigroup, ANZ, BBVA, Bank of Ireland, Bank of Tokyo, Grupo Santander, NAB, SMBC, RBS, WestLB
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers
    • Singapore Sports Hub PPP
      • Firms: Ashurst, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Norton Rose, Onside Law, Rajah & Tann
      • Banks: BNP Paribas, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Crédit Agricole, DBS Bank, HSBC, National Australia Bank, Natixis, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, SMBC, Standard Chartered Bank and WestLB
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • NZ Dealmaker of the year
    • Barry Brown, Chapman Tripp
    • Brynn Gilbertson, Bell Gully
    • Cathy Quinn, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
    • Michael Pollard, Simpson Grierson
    • Pat Bowler, Russell McVeagh
  • NZ Deal team of the year
    • Bell Gully corporate team
    • Chapman Tripp corporate team
    • Russell McVeagh corporate advisory team
    • Simpson Grierson corporate/ commercial
  • Australian Deal maker of the year
    • Dominic Emmett, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
    • Garry Besson, Gilbert + Tobin
    • Jon Webster, AAR
    • Nigel Hunt, Mallesons
    • Philippa Stone, Freehills
    • Stuart Byrne, Clayton Utz
    • Tony Damian, Freehills
  • Australian Deal team of the year
    • AAR Insolvency & restructuring team
    • Clayton Utz M&A team
    • Corrs Chambers Westgarth coporate advisory team
    • Freehills M&A team
    • Mallesons capital markets team
    • Mallesons energy & resources team
  • New Zealand Deal of the Year
    • Auckland local authority amalgamation
      • Firms: Russell McVeagh, Simpson Grierson
    • Bank of New Zealand covered bond programme
      • Firms: Allen & Overy, Chapman Tripp, Linklaters, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Russell McVeagh
      • Banks: Bank of New Zealand, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank (London branch), Deutsche Bank, Luxembourg S.A
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers
    • Heartland bank formation
      • Firms: Chapman Tripp
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte
    • Infratil/Guardians NZ Super acquisition of Shell New Zealand downstream business
      • Firms: Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay, Chapman Tripp, Harmos Horton Lusk, Anthony Harper, Russell McVeagh, Simpson Grierson
      • Banks: UBS, HRL Morrison & Co
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young
    • New Zealand electricity restructure
      • Firms: Chapman Tripp, Franks & Ogilvie, Harmos Horton Lusk, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Russell McVeagh
      • Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers
    • Yellow Pages restructure
      • Firms: Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay, Mayne Wetherell, , Russell McVeagh
      • Banks: Bank of New Zealand, Goldman Sachs
      • Accountants: Ernst & Young, KordaMentha, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Australian deal of the year
    • To be announced on the night
  • Banking & Financial Services In-house team of the year
    • AMP
    • Perpetual
    • RBS
  • Insurance in-house team of the year
    • CBA Legal Group - Colonial First State Investments & CommInsure Legal
    • Zurich
    • Third finalist to be published shortly
  • Investment bank in-house team of the year
    • Credit Suisse
    • J.P Morgan
    • UBS
  • New Zealand in-house team of the year
    • Beca
    • Air New Zealand
    • Auckland Transition Agency
  • Australian in-house team of the year
    • Abigroup
    • CSIRO
    • CSR
    • SP AusNet
    • UBS
  • In-house lawyer of the year
    • Evan Holland, SP AusNet
    • Sandra Steele, Bovis Lend Lease
    • Jiun Yoong Lim, RBS
  • Employment firm of the year
    • FCB Workplace Law
    • Harmers Workplace Lawyers
    • Middletons
    • People & Culture Strategies (PCS)
  • Insurance firm of the year
    • Colin Biggers & Paisley
    • Curwoods Lawyers
    • Hall & Wilcox
    • Sparke Helmore
    • Turks Legal
    • Wotton + Kearney
  • IP Specialist Firm of the Year
    • AJ Park
    • Davies Collison Cave
    • FB Rice
    • Griffith Hack
    • Truman Hoyle
  • Corporate citizen firm of the year
    • Arnold Bloch Liebler
    • Clayton Utz
    • DLA Phillips Fox
    • Freehills
    • Harmer Workplace lawyers
    • Henry Davis York
    • Simpson Grierson
  • CSR Firm of the year
    • Freehills
    • Harmers
    • Mallesons
  • Innovative use of technology award
    • Carter Newell
    • Clayton Utz
    • Gilbert + Tobin
    • Holley Nethercote Commercial Lawyers
  • International firm of the year
    • Baker & McKenzie
    • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Adelaide firm of the year
    • Finlaysons
    • Kelly & Co
    • Lynch Meyer
  • Brisbane Law Firm of the Year
    • Carter Newell
    • Cooper Grace Ward
    • Hopgood Ganim
    • McCullough Robertson
    • McInnes Wilson
  • Perth firm of the year
    • Allion Legal
    • Cochrane Lishman Carson Luscombe
    • Jackson McDonald
    • Lavan Legal
  • Melbourne Firm of the Year
    • Clarendon Lawyers
    • Hall & Wilcox
    • Herbert Geer
    • Mills Oakley
  • Sydney firm of the year
    • Chang, Pistilli & Simmons
    • Gilbert + Tobin
    • Henry Davis York
    • Truman Hoyle
  • Managing partner of the year
    • Damian Paul, Macpherson + Kelley (M+K)
    • Danny Gilbert, Gilbert + Tobin
    • John Denton, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
    • Robert Milliner, Mallesons
    • Tony Holland, DLA Phillips Fox