Allens Arthur Robinson has a long history of involvement with Australian cultural and sporting organisations.
Previous sponsorships that Allens has been involved with include:
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2005 - 2008
Allens sponsored Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe from 2005 to 2008.
During our last sponsorship of Cottesloe from 6-18 March 2008, the event showcased 54 original and
eye-catching outdoor sculptures created by accomplished local, national and international sculptors.
An additional indoor exhibition, entitled 'Sculpture Inside', was held concurrently, featuring small,
unique sculptures by the exhibiting artists.
Thousands of people in Cottesloe experienced the innovative mix of art, sun and surf that
Sculpture by the Sea has to offer.
For further information, visit the
Sculpture by the Sea website. Allens continues to sponsor
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.
Astra Conference 2008
For the seventh consecutive year, Allens was a sponsor of the ASTRA Conference. ASTRA
(Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association) is the peak industry body representing
subscription television in Australia. The annual ASTRA conference is the leading conference
reaching Australian subscription television, media and advertising industries and their audiences.
Approximately 600 guests attend the ASTRA Conference each year, including a number of our key media
clients, decision makers and international guests, where they discuss critical issues and policy.
As part of our involvement at ASTRA 2008: Claiming the future, held in Sydney in March,
Allens co-sponsored the regulatory session and three Allens Partners – Jacqueline Downes
(Partner, Sydney) (view CV), David Yates (former Partner
in our Sydney office) and Niranjan Arasaratnam (Partner, Melbourne)
(view CV) – were on hand to discuss regulatory issues.
For more information about ASTRA and the annual conference, please visit the ASTRA website:
http://www.astra.org.au.
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award 2008
The Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award is a national bi-annual award and exhibition that recognises young and emerging visual artists.
The award offers an acquisitive first prize of $5000, a highly commended prize of $3000 and a commended prize of $800. Established in 1981 and awarded biennially, it is one of a limited number of opportunities for young talent, aged between 18 and 28 years, to be profiled and recognised by both arts industry peers and the broader community.
The award was set up during the lifetime of renowned artist Lloyd Rees and his work continues to be recognised, respected and associated with excellence in the visual arts. Therefore the award attracts a high calibre of entrants who work in painting, drawing and printmaking. A rotating panel of visual arts experts judges the award. The panel has been led by Guy Warren, an Archibald-winning artist and close friend of Lloyd Rees, since its establishment. The Rees family continues to support and be closely associated with the award.
In 2007, Allens Arthur Robinson was proud to sponsor the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award. The judges for the 2007 award included Mr Warren, Euan Macleod and Mirabel Fitzgerald. Mr Macleod was the winner of the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1999. His paintings and drawings feature in prominent public and private collections throughout Australia and overseas, including the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Chartwell Collection, New Zealand.
Mirabel Fitzgerald is a Honorary Associate Professor and former Head of Department, Print Media Studio, at the Sydney College of the Arts and is an accomplished exhibiting artist and print maker.
The 2007 award night was held at the Lane Cove Civic Centre on Friday, 12 October and hosted by Lane Cove Mayor Ian Longbottom. Mathew Bromhead won the award for his artwork Thirty Degrees East. Dean Brown won the highly commended prize and Tamara Mendels won the commended prize.
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Matthew Bromhead, Winner of the 2007 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, with
his winning entry Thirty Views East |
L-R: Guy Warren (Judge), Rachel Ellis (Special guest), Dean Brown (Highly
commended prize winner), Ian Longbottom (Mayor of Lane Cove), Tamara Mendels
(Commended prize winner), Mathew Bromhead (Winner) and Mirabel Fitzgerald
(Judge) |
For further information, contact Centrehouse:
The Manager, Centrehouse
178 Longueville Road,
Lane Cove, NSW 2066
Ph: (02) 9428 4898
Website: http://www.centrehouse.org.au
Asia Mining Congress 2007
Allens Arthur Robinson was a Silver sponsor of the 3rd Annual Asia Mining Congress, held in Singapore from 26-30 March 2007.
The congress is Asia's biggest mining industry event, bringing together
senior regional regulators, top mining companies and international investors.
Three Allens Partners were involved in this year's congress. Seamus
Cornelius (Partner, Allens China) presented
a segment on Foreign investment in exploration and mining in China and Gavin MacLaren
(Partner, Allens Singapore) (view CV) took part in a panel
discussion on the topic of Evaluating Asia's rapidly changing mining investment landscape
and managing investment risks.
Steve Pemberton (Partner, Allens Singapore) (view CV),
along with Seamus and Gavin, held a post-conference master class on 30 March on the Legal
aspects of mining transactions. This master class provided participants with practical
information in negotiating and implementing mining transactions and agreements in Asia.
Our Allens Partners discussed the project risks involved and examined some of the mitigation strategies
available, providing case studies of recent transactions.
The agenda of the master class was:
- Concessions/licences/COWs/MDAs
- Joint ventures
- Financing mining projects
- Sale of product
- Acquisition of interest
- Taxation of mining projects
For more information, please visit the website: http://www.terrapinn.com.
BRW Private Equity Australia 2007
Allens Arthur Robinson was a Gold sponsor for the BRW Private Equity
Australia Conference, held on 21 and 22 March 2007 in Sydney.
Unprecedented growth in the proportion of Australian mergers and acquisitions attributable
to private equity made this an important and exciting area for further examination.
Allens Partner David Wenger (view CV) chaired the first day
of the conference, and later spoke on the rise of consortium deals, providing examples and
statistics, and discussed the regulatory issues of 'club' deals.
Photograph courtesy of News Ltd photographer, Marc McCormack
Other speakers included:
- Joe Skrzynski, Co-founder – Champ Private Equity
- Peter Yates, Managing Partner – Allco Equity Partners Ltd
- Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, CEO – Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
- Simon Moore, Managing Director – The Carlyle Group
- Roy McKelvie, Managing Director – Gresham Private Equity
- Tim Sims, Managing Director – Pacific Equity Partners
- Michael Blythe, Chief Economist – Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- John Murphy, Managing Director – Investec Wentworth Private Equity Ltd
- Matthew McLellan, Investment Director – Ironbridge Capital
- Avi Gilboa, Principal – CCMP Capital Asia
IAMA Conference 2006
Allens Arthur Robinson continues its association with the IAMA Conference for the third year in a row.
Held on 26-28 May, the 2006 national conference focused
on the topic 'Drawing a line in the sand: new approaches
in ADR'. Allens was proud to have sponsored the
conference's keynote speaker, The Honourable Justice Ian
Callinan AC. In a wide-ranging address, the eminent
judge considered the case for state subsidisation of
mediation and whether the courts should have power to
order alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
The conference also addressed new approaches in
arbitration, mediation, adjudication and provision of a
diversity of new ADR services in areas such as
industrial relations, maritime law and native title.
The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia
(IAMA) is the nation's largest,
independent and most experienced ADR organisation.
Founded in 1975, its membership comprises some of
Australia's eminent and experienced professionals from a
diverse range of sectors including commercial, legal,
education and government. Allens Consultant John Dorter
is a life fellow and Partner John Cooper is a member and
former president of IAMA.
For more information, please visit the website:
http://www.iama.org.au.
Photograph courtesy of News Ltd photographer, Marc McCormack
Allens Arthur Robinson is proud to have been one of the first
organisations to support the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games in its
capacity as Official Law Firm.
We have been part of the Melbourne business landscape for more than 150
years. The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games was an opportunity for us
to help showcase Victoria, and Australia as a whole, to an international audience.
It also continues our proud tradition of advising on Australia's most
significant sporting events, including the Olympic Games, Formula One
Grand Prix, the Melbourne Cup, World Cup Cricket and Rugby World Cup 2003.
Allens worked alongside Melbourne 2006's in-house legal team on issues
ranging from contractual and supplier negotiations through to preventing
ambush marketing, with all Australian offices being involved.
Allens' relationship partner for Melbourne 2006 was
Paul Kenny.
If you're keen to show off your sporting prowess or intellectual capabilities, play a round of our
Synch or Swim interactive synchronised swimming game or our
Gold on the Green interactive lawn bowls game.
- Brains behind the Games –
To celebrate our sponsorship of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, we
joined with other Melbourne 2006 sponsors, Hudson and PricewaterhouseCoopers, for the Brains behind the Games Trivia Quiz.
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more»
- History of the Games –
How did the Commonwealth Games come about? Why are they known as the 'Friendly Games'?
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- The Games at a Glance –
Do you know which city is hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games? Or how many volunteers are required at the 2006 Games? Read more»
- Go Aussie Go! –
Australia is the undisputed leader of the Commonwealth Games' medal tally with 1684 medals, England second with 1584, and Canada third with 1230. Read more»
- Useful links –
Hungry for more facts and figures about the Commonwealth Games? Read more»
- M2006 Relationship Partner –
Paul is widely experienced in capital markets, project financing and privatisation, particularly in the energy and resources sectors.
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Rugby World Cup 2003
Allens Arthur Robinson was proud to support Rugby World Cup 2003 as the Official Law Firm. Around two million Australians attended matches, with millions more watching around the world.
As an Asia Pacific firm, Allens provided the full range of legal services, but the emphasis was upon protection of trade marks and other intellectual property rights and litigation, sports law issues and broadcasting and commercial issues. The Allens team was led by two senior partners, Richard Alcock and Jim Dwyer.
'Having been involved in other high-profile international sporting events, our firm was delighted to be involved with Rugby World Cup,' said Mr Alcock.
We received fantastic feedback on our
Rugby Shootout game and 131,158 players had a go during the competition period (note: this is not an official game of Rugby World Cup 2003). You can still play the Rugby Shootout game though winning entries can no longer be submitted.
We look forward to the next Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in 2011.
