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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
- 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
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