Johnson Winter & Slattery law firm news

The latest Thomson Reuters Mid-Market Rankings for the Australian and New Zealand M&A market show a slight overall improvement in the first three months of the year, compared to 12 months ago.

Middletons has ramped up its energy and resources expertise with the appointment of former Johnson Winter & Slattery partner Fiona Melville.

Middletons has appointed a new partner, Catie Burdett, to its major projects and infrastructure group. Formerly a partner of Johnson Winter & Slattery, Burdett is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in the area of transport, energy and infrastructure projects.

The partner shuffle continues with Johnson Winter & Slattery appointing former Blake Dawson partner, Austin Bell, as a partner based in the firm’s Sydney office.

Rain-sodden Brisbane is still shaping up as one of the hottest markets for the legal industry in 2011– but local firms are wary of the ever-increasing competition

Johnson Winter & Slattery’s new Brisbane office is a sign of optimism that Queensland’s resources sector will continue to ride high – but is that optimism being shared by local lawyers?

After a brief hiatus, Perth is ready to resume its role as a national and regional powerhouse – and one of the world’s biggest law firms wants a piece of the action.

Johnson Winter & Slattery (JWS) has ridden its existing energy and resources deal flow into Queensland, with the launch of a Brisbane office following the lateral hire of a partner each from Freehills and Mallesons.

Law firms with private equity clients can expect to be burdened with a heavy workload in the next 12 months, but determining exactly what practice groups will shoulder that workload requires partners to look at their clients’ situations

ALB Guide: Energy & Resources 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them

Johnson Winter & Slattery, representing investors in 10 CDO Series issued under the A$2bn-plus Lehman sponsored Dante Notes Program, has secured a win for its clients against Lehman Special Financing

Foreign investors have dominated the Australian M&A sector in 2009, being involved in all seven of the billion-dollar-plus public takeovers and schemes of arrangement (SOAs) seen over the last financial year

Mallesons Stephen Jaques has topped the Mergermarket Australasian M&A league tables, advising on 30 deals valued at US$24.4bn between January and September this year

Four law firms have worked with banks and energy companies to create a set of guidelines to regulate secondary trading, under the Australian government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

PRC firms, for the first time ever, have topped the Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A legal advisory league table.

总部位于北京的通商和德恒按金额在2009上半年亚太地区（日本除外）并购法律顾问排名中上升到前两名。这标志着中国律所首次在类似法律顾问排行中名列榜首。

JWS has promoted four to partnership and a further four to senior associate level

ALB Guide: Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers operating within them

Mallesons, Freehills, Blakes and Allens have topped Bloomberg's M&A league tables with respect to deal value for the first half of 2009

ALB Guide: Banking & Finance Law 2009 is the latest in an exciting series of detailed insights into specific practice areas and the leading firms and lawyers