Staff
As one of the largest law firms in the Australia and Asia region, we have almost 200 partners and over 600 legal professionals. Our lawyers are based in Australia, Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Port Moresby, Shanghai and Singapore and have language skills including English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Thai, Japanese, Korean, French and German.
Global recognition
Our strength in the region and the commitment of our lawyers has been recognised by independent international surveys as among the world's best:
- Independently ranked the top Australian legal adviser for project finance deals
Dealogic, 2004–2011 (press release) - Named Australian Law Firm of the Year
Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2011 - Winner of the Energy and Resources Deal of the Year for the firm's work on the Chinalco-Rio Tinto Simandou joint venture
Asian Legal Business China Law Awards - Employer of Choice for Women for the seventh consecutive year
Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) award, 2011 - Ranked as a Band One firm in 17 of 23 practice areas
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 - Named Australian Law Firm of the Year 2010
Who's Who Legal Awards - Won six awards at the Australasian Legal Business Awards 2010, including the Australian Dealmaker of the Year, Australian Deal Team of the Year and Australian Deal of the Year (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 2009
Thomson Reuters (press release) - Named leading Australian Intellectual Property Firm
Managing Intellectual Property magazine 2009 (press release)
Our offices
Allens Arthur Robinson offers one of the most comprehensive legal networks in Australia and Asia, with staff based in 13 cities and seven countries across the region. For our office contact details, see the Offices page.
History
Allens was established in July 2001, following the merger of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and Allen Allen & Hemsley. The two firms date back to 1860 and 1822 respectively. They had been affiliated for the past 15 years, through the Allens Arthur Robinson Group alliance.
Allens Arthur Robinson Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys was established in July 2001, following the merger of McMaster Oberin Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks and Allens Patent & Trade Marks Services.
For more, see our History page.
Recent work
The firm:
- acted for part of winning consortium for Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
- advised banks on Ramsay Health Care refinancing
- advised Australia's largest listed investment company on capital raising
- advised Solimar on TSXV listing, capital raising
- acted on tissue deal that's one out of the box
- acted on Australia's biggest solar power project
- advised nine major banks on a $1.23b finance package for Perth Airport
- advised banks on deal that equips Leighton for Indonesian mining operations
- acted on Northern Territory prison PPP project
- advised iSelect on 'Choice' takeover
- acted for MAp on asset swap, restructure
- advised OneSteel on major mining acquisition
- advised Leighton on sale of Pilbara-based businesses
- advised on year's largest project financing
- advised Foster's on global drinks deal
- acted on Chinese-backed US$190m loan
- acted on financing of Southern Hemisphere's largest wind farm
- acted for CBA Equities on the IPO of Bega Cheese
- acted on mining merger to create new West African gold producer
- advised on successful MYOB sale
- acted on strategic Vietnamese insurance partnership
- acted on Centro restructure
- advised ACCIONA on New South Wales wind farm
- advised BGF Equities on investment by Canaccord Financial
- advised Canadian pension fund on record Australian trade
- advised Zijin on Norton investment
- acted for MAp on A$1.6b asset swap
- acted for Frasers Property on significant Central Park Joint Venture
- advised Franklin Templeton on its acquisition of BEM
- acted on GIC's first Australian logistics joint venture
- advised Plenary Group on a Defence Force PPP
- advised HBF on sale of general insurance business to CGU
- advised Newcrest on Qld gold mines deal
- acted on one of Australia's first public transport PPPs
- advised NBN Co on wireless deal with Ericsson
- acted on one of Australia's largest ever PPPs
- advised Peet on capital management initiatives
- acted on disaster relief-focused Queensland divestment
- acted for Rio Tinto on Chinese exploration agreement
- acted on strategic deal for RCR Tomlinson
- advised Goodman Group on airport acquisition
- advised FOXTEL on proposal to acquire AUSTAR
- acted on credit joint venture
- advised Solimar on cross-border capital raising, Canadian listing
- acted for Cargill on grain business acquisition
- acts for GIC on Salta industrial portfolio acquisition
- acts for Telecom NZ on AAPT consumer division & iiNet sale
- acting for Challenger Life Company Limited on proposed acquisition of Challenger Kenedix Japan Trust
- acting for Rio Tinto in negotiations for the A$6.7 billion Oyu Tolgoi resource, the world's largest undeveloped copper and gold project in Mongolia
- advising Commonwealth on first issue of Treasury Indexed Bonds since 2003
- acting for lenders on US$145m syndicated loan
- advising underwriters on NAB's A$2.75b placement
- advising underwriters on ANZ's A$2.5b share placement
Allens in the community
Our involvement in the community is co-ordinated by our Charity Committee and Pro Bono Committee, and while their activities are intertwined, each has a unique purpose and goal. For more, see our Allens in the community section.
