The winners of the firm and in-house categories of the Australasian Law Awards for 2020 have been announced
The winners of the firm and in-house categories of the Australasian Law Awards for 2020 have been announced.
The Australasian Law Awards celebrate excellence across the legal profession in Australia and New Zealand, across in-house and private practice teams.
Due to the particularly high calibre of nominations this year, several excellence awards have been awarded to in-house and firm nominees, in addition to the overall winners for each category.
Australian Deal Team of the Year
Winner: Herbert Smith Freehills M&A Team
Excellence award: Herbert Smith Freehills Equity Capital Markets Team
Excellence award: Allens Private Equity Team
Excellence award: MinterEllison
Excellence award: DLA Piper Public Transactions Team
Clayton Utz Australian In-House Team of the Year
Winner: Lendlease Building Legal Team
Excellence award: Springfield City Group Legal Team
Excellence award: AECOM Australia Legal Team
Excellence award: Origin Energy
Excellence award: Carnival Australia Legal Team
Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
Winner: Bank of Queensland Group Legal Team
Excellence award: Macquarie Capital Legal Team
Excellence award: AustralianSuper Legal Services team
Excellence award: Commercial Legal team at NAB
Boutique Firm of the Year
Winner: Clarendon Lawyers
Excellence award: NDA Law
Excellence award: The Fold Legal
Excellence award: Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Keystone Lawyers Major Infrastructure and Construction Group
Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year
Winner: Gilbert + Tobin
Excellence award: Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: BlueRock Law
Excellence award: Ashurst Pro Bono and Corporate Responsibility Team
Excellence award: Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year
Winner: Workdynamic Australia
Excellence award: Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Excellence award: Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Excellence award: HR Law
Marsh Excellence in Employee Health & Wellbeing Award
Winner: Clayton Utz
Excellence award: BlueRock Law
Excellence award: Carter Newell Lawyers
Excellence award: DLA Piper
Excellence award: PwC Australia
Excellence in Technology & Innovation
Winner: Sprintlaw
Excellence award: Ashurst Digital Ventures
Excellence award: Hall & Wilcox
Excellence award: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Excellence award: Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Lander & Rogers
Excellence award: Bird & Bird
Sparke Helmore Insurance In-House Team of the Year
Winner: IAG - Insurance Australia Group
Excellence award: Berkley Insurance Australia
Excellence award: AIG Australia
Excellence award: Steadfast Group
Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year
Winner: Meridian Lawyers
Excellence award: Carter Newell Lawyers
Excellence award: HolmanWebb
Excellence award: Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers
Excellence award: TurksLegal
Law Firm of the Year (> 500 lawyers)
Winner: Allens
Excellence award: MinterEllison
Excellence award: Herbert Smith Freehills
Excellence award: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
GlobalX Law Firm of the Year (101-500 lawyers)
Winner: Gilbert + Tobin
Excellence award: Hall & Wilcox
Excellence award: Gadens
Excellence award: Lander & Rogers
Excellence award: Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Law Firm of the Year (1-100 lawyers)
Winner: Chamberlains Law Firm
Excellence award: Carter Newell Lawyers
Excellence award: Griffin Legal
Excellence award: Bird & Bird
Excellence award: Hamilton Locke
Legal Service Provider of the Year
Winner: Thomson Reuters Australia
Excellence award: BigHand Software
Excellence award: GlobalX
Excellence award: Lawpath
NZ Deal Firm of the Year
Winner: MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Excellence award: Buddle Findlay
Excellence award: Russell McVeagh
Excellence award: Corporate and M&A - Webb Henderson
Excellence award: Corporate & Commercial practice, Chapman Tripp
NZ In-House Team of the Year
Winner: Spark New Zealand
Excellence award: Fonterra In-House Legal Team
State/Regional Firm of the Year
Winner: New South Lawyers
Excellence award: Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
Excellence award: Ryan & Seton Lawyers
Excellence award: NDA Law
Excellence award: Clarendon Lawyers
Excellence award: HHG Legal Group
Congratulations to the winners of the in-house and firm categories across Australia and New Zealand.
The team at Australasian Lawyer will be working with the winners on new ways to celebrate and share their successes with their clients, colleagues and communities.
The awards were due to be announced at a gala dinner in Sydney earlier this year, but unfortunately the ceremony couldn’t take place due to COVID restrictions.
The full list of winners can be found here.
