Leading firm, Investment Funds
PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2010
Number one ranking, Funds Management
Best Lawyers Australia 2010
First tier ranking, M&A
Chambers Global Guide 2010
First tier ranking, M&A
IFLR 1000 2010
First tier ranking, M&A
Asia Pacific Legal 500 2010
First tier ranking, M&A
PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2010
Mallesons partners Tim Blue, Jim Boynton, Barry McWilliams and John Sullivan were all listed as leading individuals in the 2010 edition of PLC Which lawyer?
“Fielding expertise in its Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Australia offices, this firm specialises in cross-border funds matters, including fund-related joint venture and M&A transactions across the region. Principally involved in real estate funds work, the team has been especially active in the Indian infrastructure and real estate sectors lately; highlights include acting for Macquarie Bank on its management joint ventures with State Bank of India and IFC. Other key matters include advising Credit Suisse on the proposed launch of a UCITS III fund linked to a proprietary hedge fund index in Hong Kong.”
Chambers Asia 2010
“Hailed as ‘the most visible firm in Australia, and certainly one of the leaders there,’ Mallesons has built up a superb REITs practice within its homeland. Five offices throughout the country enable an excellent network of talented and experienced professionals. Its level of renown in Hong Kong, Shanghai and London, meanwhile, is not far behind. Recently the team assisted joint underwriters HSBC and UBS on the SGD296.8 million IPO of the Singapore-listed MacarthurCook Industrial REIT.”
Chambers Global Guide 2009
“The group routinely acts as international counsel to the underwriters of Singapore REITs and business trusts relating to real estate in Singapore, Japan and India. In Hong Kong, the team also focuses on the formation of Hong Kong-listed private real estate funds, often with a focus on China, and it is also renowned for its expertise in the structured debt fund sector.”
Chambers Asia 2009
“The Australian firm advises asset managers and investors on a range of matters, chiefly in the realm of real estate funds, REITs and infrastructure funds…Benefiting from firm roots in the country where REITs first originated, the team impresses clients with ‘its outstanding capabilities in this market’ and ‘exceptional level of service and attention to detail’…”
PLC Which lawyer? Global 50 2009
“The firm's Asia practice goes from strength to strength after several high-profile partner relocations to the Hong Kong office. Leveraging off the reputation the firm has built among the region's leading investment banks, and with the ability to draw on the resources of its massive Australian operations, the practice is visible in both Hong Kong and mainland China.”
PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2009
“The Asian investment funds practice at this leading Australian firm is spread across the Hong Kong and Sydney offices and pools ‘extremely diligent and technically excellent partners and associates.’ According to market commentators, this practice is probably best known for its consummate knowledge of the real estate investment sector.”
Chambers Asia 2009
“Clients proclaim the practice to be ‘top-rate in terms of quality, knowledge and efficiency’, and also appreciate the ‘great price performance’. Observers regard the firm as being in ‘an enviable position due to its dedicated client base’.”
Chambers Global Guide 2008
“The funds team at Mallesons comprises lawyers who ‘are exceptionally talented, very technical and thorough and display a high level of commercial acumen,’ commend clients and peers alike. They offer services in relation to a variety of fund types, and have been increasingly involved in unlisted fund structures…Clients across the region applaud this team’s ‘exceptional service levels’…”
Chambers Asia 2008
“Mallesons Stephen Jaques’ leading tax practice boasts expertise in dual-listed company tax structures, demerger and consolidation tax issues, Goods and Services Tax (GST) and stamp duty in the development of financial products. The team contains some of the brightest stars in the sector…”
Asia-Pacific Legal 500 2007-2008