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COMPETITION AND TRADE - RANKED: TIER 4
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> Maddocks’ Gina Wilson recently acted for the Lawrence and Hanson Group in
> cartel proceedings brought against it by the ACCC. Brendan Coady heads the
> team from Sydney and acted as independent expert in the external compliance
> review of the Jewellery Group; he also advised the Competitive Carriers’
> Coalition on its submission to the ACCC with regards to the inquiry into NBN
> Co’s proposed variation to its special access undertaking. Another key name to
> note in Melbourne is commercial partner Robert Gregory, who has experience in
> the technology, media and telecoms sectors.
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CONSTRUCTION - RANKED: TIER 3
Maddocks
> Andrew Pitney’s team at Maddocks is ‘responsive, excellent value for money and
> has in-depth industry knowledge’. The practice is advising the
> Lendlease-Bouygues joint venture on its bid for the A$5.5bn Western
> Distributor toll road, which involves the construction of tunnels and bridges
> connecting west Melbourne to the CBD, and also acts for the
> Lendlease-Bouygues-John Holland joint venture on downstream contracting
> arrangements relating to its bid for the A$11bn Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel
> project. Andrew Chapman has a ‘wealth of practical experience’ and renders
> ‘sound, practical and no-frills advice’. Simone Holding, Paul Woods and Alicia
> Sheridan are also recommended.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Andrew Pitney - Maddocks
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CORPORATE AND M&A
CORPORATE AND M&A - RANKED: TIER 5
Maddocks
> Healthcare, financial services, retail, education and technology are key areas
> of activity for Maddocks’ practice, which is based across Melbourne and
> Sydney. Damien Wurzel, who heads the department jointly with Duncan Hall,
> acted for Camp Australia on its purchase by Bain Capital Private Equity, while
> Robert Gregory advised Swinburne University of Technology on the sale of 30%
> of its 50% stake in Online Education Services to its joint venture partner
> SEEK for A$119m. Angela Wood assisted Regis Aged Care with its acquisition of
> millions of Australian dollars’ worth of allocated places for residential aged
> care in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Catherine
> Debreceny and healthcare expert Aaron Kloczko are also recommended.
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DISPUTE RESOLUTION - RANKED: TIER 4
Maddocks
> Though well known for its excellent work representing the government at
> federal, state and local level, Maddocks’ ‘reliable, responsive and on-point’
> practice has well-rounded commercial litigation capabilities. The ‘smart,
> quick and commercial’ Gina Wilson, who heads the department jointly with
> Norman Lucas, defended Lawrence and Hanson Group in proceedings brought by the
> ACCC in relation to an alleged cartel of electric cable providers. Lucas
> defended Fitch Ratings in a class action regarding the ratings it assigned to
> certain synthetic collateralised debt obligations before the 2007 financial
> crash. Other clients include La Trobe City Council and the Ching Chung Taoist
> Association of Hong Kong. David Laidlaw and Shaun Temby are also recommended.
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IT AND TELECOMS
IT AND TELECOMS - RANKED: TIER 2
Maddocks
> Maddocks has been bolstered with the arrival of three partners and their teams
> from DLA Piper: Caroline Atkins, Anthony Willis and Gavan Mackenzie will
> strengthen the firm’s Commonwealth offering in the Canberra office. The TMT
> group operates within the firm’s commercial group and acts for clients such as
> Bauer, Deutsche Bank and Sydney Airport under the leadership of Sydney partner
> Brendan Coady. Clients laud ‘very practical commercial lawyer’ Jeff Goodall,
> who sits in Sydney; he acted as lead counsel on Uniting’s telecoms outsourcing
> agreement with Optus for the provision of unified communication services and
> data network services. The Melbourne-based Robert Gregory recently assisted
> Myer with the move of selected human resources functions to the cloud and
> acted for Swinburne University of Technology in the sale of 30% of its 50%
> interest in Online Education Services, a joint venture with SEEK. Special
> counsel Brendan Tomlinson and ‘excellent senior associate’ Will Shiel are also
> key contacts in the Sydney office.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Caroline Atkins - Maddocks
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - RANKED: TIER 3
Maddocks
> Maddocks’ Brendan Coady ‘can be relied on in times of emergency to provide
> advice and calm clients’; he co-heads the intellectual property practice from
> Sydney with Robert Gregory who sits in the Melbourne office. Hosting ‘a good
> spectrum of IP expertise’, the group is currently assisting Sydney Airport
> with a whole brand audit and filing strategy under the supervision of
> Sydney-based Jeff Goodall, while Melbourne-based Greg Hipwell routinely acts
> for a number of clients – including Pizza Religion and Cuts Colour – in
> strategic expansion strategies and the rollout of new network structures.
> Consultant Shelley Einfeld is part of a team that advised Aristocrat on its
> response to online infringement, and Samsung on the registration for its
> ‘pocket patrol’ mark in a highly anticipated app launch. The team was recently
> expanded through the arrival in Canberra of Caroline Atkins, Anthony Willis
> and Gavan Mackenzie from DLA Piper, and consultant Fiona Wallwork’s arrival in
> Sydney from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT - RANKED: TIER 3
Maddocks
> Well known for its strength in the public sector, Maddocks’ largely
> Melbourne-based practice has excellent experience in EBAs, industrial
> relations and contentious work. Sydney practice head Bruce Heddle advised
> Ernst & Young on breach of restraint injunction proceedings regarding the
> theft of hundreds of documents by two former employees. Karli Evans, who made
> partner in January 2017, is an expert in construction-sector industrial
> relations: she acted for the Australian Building and Construction Commission
> in five separate proceedings against various unions regarding unlawful conduct
> on building sites in Victoria, Tasmania and Canberra. Lindy Richardson heads
> the Melbourne practice; Ross Jackson is also recommended. Vanessa Andersen and
> special counsel Bronwyn Maynard arrived from Henry Davis York in November 2016
> and July 2017 respectively.
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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - RANKED: TIER 4
Maddocks
> Maddocks acts for government and private sector clients, and has particular
> expertise in PPPs. The team provides ongoing advice to the Macquarie Capital
> Consortium on implementation issues associated with the WA Schools PPP.
> Infrastructure highlights include advising the Lendlease-Bouygues joint
> venture on its bid to construct the A$5.5bn Western Distributor toll road, and
> assisting the Lendlease-Bouygues-John Holland joint venture with its bid to
> construct the $11bn Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel project. In the transport
> sector, the team advised V/Line and the Victorian government on the Murray
> Basin Rail Project, which will upgrade the Victorian freight rail network.
> Andrew Pitney and infrastructure head Andrew Chapman are recommended.
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REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE - RANKED: TIER 4
Maddocks
> Maddocks’ real estate team acts for government entities, foreign investors and
> private clients such as retailers and land developers in a wide range of real
> estate matters. Nick Holuigue heads the Melbourne development practice and
> advised on several asset transactions such as Spencer West’s acquisition of a
> potential development site and the development of the Ikebana project in West
> Melbourne on behalf of Gurner. David Hartney also handled several of the
> team’s work highlights; he advised Golden Sunrise on its development of a twin
> tower residential apartment, and Parklea on the sale of the Arena shopping
> centre in Victoria. The department is spearheaded by Bronwyn Badcock in Sydney
> and Marine Nincevic in Melbourne; they are supported by the Sydney-based
> commercial transactions specialist Alicia Albury and leasing expert Stella
> Wild. Nick Sparks made partner.
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RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY
RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY - RANKED: TIER 3
Maddocks
> Maddocks fields a team of three dedicated Melbourne-based insolvency
> practitioners who are active mostly in contentious work, primarily liquidation
> and recovery. Group head David Newman, who is ‘very commercial, quick to
> respond and always willing to go the extra mile’, acted for Ferrier Hodgson on
> its liquidation of Banksia Securities, and assisted it with the administration
> of the Sage Institute of Fitness. Newman and Marelda Hibberd advised Pitcher
> Partners, the trustees of the bankrupt estate of Joseph Gutnick, on
> negotiating funding with a major creditor and conducting a well-publicised
> examination of Gutnick. On the creditor side, Damian Wurzel advised Société
> des Mines de la Tontouta as a major creditor of Queensland Nickel on the
> latter’s liquidation, including the appointment of a special-purpose
> liquidator. Michael Johns is also recommended.
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AUSTRALIA: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY (WHS)
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT: WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY (WHS) - RANKED: TIER 3
Maddocks
> Active in investigations and contentious work as well as advising clients on
> WHS compliance and regulatory frameworks, Maddocks’ department is based across
> Melbourne and Sydney, where Catherine Dunlop and Bruce Heddle are the key
> partners respectively. Dunlop acted for VicRoads on the WorkSafe investigation
> into and prosecution of the death of a subcontractor in 2011, and on the
> client’s WHS strategy and supervision. She also advised Monash Health on WHS
> compliance, occupational violence at its hospitals, and the due diligence
> obligations of the board members. Transport Safety Victoria is another
> representative client.
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