Allens is an international law firm with offices throughout Australia and Asia.
- Leader in our field
- Our approach
- Our clients
- Our services
- Our values
- 'Best friends' with Slaughter & May
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Leader in our field
Our focus on excellence and our clients has led to many accolades - for example:
- The top ranked Australian Legal Adviser in Global Project Finance deals – Dealogic 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; the only Australian law firm to appear in the global project finance tables for the past six years (press release)
- We were involved in 6 of the top 7 capital raisings in the Australian market between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009
- Ranked fourth in worldwide M&A rankings
Thomson Reuters (press release) - Named leading Australian Intellectual Property Firm
Managing Intellectual Property magazine 2009 (press release) - Employer of Choice for Women for the fifth consecutive year
Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) award, 2009 (press release) - Ranked in the top tier for Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Intellectual Property, Native Title, Projects, Restructuring/Insolvency, Tax, and TMT
Chambers Global 2009 - Best Large Professional Services Firm and Best Large Law Firm 2008, finalist for 2009 (2nd)
BRW Client Choice Awards (2008 press release) - Ranked number one firm for announced deals, 2008
Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) Thomson Reuters M&A league tables - Ranked top Australian firm, 2007 and 2008
Thomson Reuters worldwide M&A league tables - M&A deal of the Year - CEMEX / Rinker
CFO Awards 2008 - Secondary Market Equity Raising of the Year – Wesfarmers' $2.6 billion equity raising
CFO Awards 2008 - Acted on four of the top 10 M&A transactions in Asia in 2008 and six of the top 10 deals in Australia
Thomson Reuter's Q4 2008 M&A Legal Advisor Review (press release)
Our approach
What makes this law firm different from our competitors? It's technical excellence combined with commercial insight. It's the ability to take the most complex questions and provide the clearest answers.
Our lawyers unashamedly love the law. But we understand clients don't want pages on what legislation says. They want succinct answers that achieve their commercial aims. To achieve this, we use our intellectual creativity to distil complexity and provide clear-cut solutions.
Our clients
Allens Arthur Robinson has some of the world's longest ongoing client relationships, stretching back more than 150 years. It's a fact of which we are immensely proud and one we never take for granted.
Sixty of Australia's, and 45 of the world's, top 100 companies choose Allens Arthur Robinson as their legal adviser. Whether you're a global multinational or a suburban-based company with a bright idea, our commitment to providing excellent service remains the same: combining technical excellence with commercial insight to provide the clearest of answers.
Our services
Allens is a major legal force in Asia with lawyers working in Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby and all major Australian capitals.
With more than 30 years' experience on the ground in Asia across a broad range of industries, we offer our clients technical excellence combined with business and cultural insights.
And when it comes to legal advice, we cover all commercial issues, from biotech to native title. For more information, you can find the right person with the right experience for you by using our expert search.
Our values
Allens Arthur Robinson sees its values as a core part of the firm's approach.
They are not a series of warm words.
They do not live on a poster.
The firm undertakes an independent staff survey, which, in part, focuses on whether the firm's values are the right ones and if they are being lived on a day-to-day basis.
That survey shows near unanimous agreement on both those points.
Allens Arthur Robinson's values are:
- Excellence
- Integrity
- Respect
- Performance
- One firm
'Best friends' with Slaughter and May
Allens Arthur Robinson has entered into a 'best friends' relationship with leading UK law firm Slaughter and May to work together in the Asia region (excluding Japan). The best friends relationship will allow us to provide lawyers from both firms to work on transactions as a team. We will be able to bring together the best legal expertise for any transaction in a totally integrated and seamless service to the client. This has all the benefits for clients of a global one-stop shop, covering multiple jurisdictions, without losing the traditional quality controls of each firm.
