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Capital Markets: Equity - Asia-Pacific Region

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Mallesons fields a highly-reputed capital markets team from its offices in Australia and Singapore. It regularly advises issuers and underwriters on large IPOs, secondary raisings and listings on foreign exchanges. Its Sydney and Melbourne teams possess deep expertise in securitisation, including asset-backed and reverse mortgage securitisation deals. The firm is noted for advising Australian governmental organisations on policy and industry reforms. In addition, Mallesons has an extensive track record advising sovereign, supranational and international issuers on their MNT programmes, kangaroo bonds and hybrid securities.

Notable practitioners

David Friedlander, Ian Paterson and Ian Edmonds-Wilson are capital markets practice leaders in Australia.

Work Highlights

  • Mallesons acted for various financial institutions, including ANZ, NAB, Insurance Australia Group, Macquarie, and Suncorp, on their issuances of AT1 capital notes.

  • Mallesons advised Lifestyle Communities on its AUD275 million rights issue.

Strengths

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