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ABL wins two deal awards for Arrium restructure at the Australasian Law Awards

Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Restructuring & Insolvency
Last night Arnold Bloch Leibler took home 'Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year' and 'Australian Deal of the Year' at the prestigious Australasian Law Awards for 2018.

Selected from a field of six finalists in this award category, the award was presented to ABL for our work with client KordaMentha as administrators of the Arrium Group.  ABL’s well-coordinated, multi-disciplinary team advised in all aspects of the Arrium administration, with the successful sale finalised in July 2017.  ABL’s development of a landmark substantive asset consolidation deal broke new ground, allowing the assets to be shuffled by keeping the debt separate. The final deal was described as having saved the town of Whyalla, as well as Arrium itself.  

The cross-practice team who represented KordaMentha in this landmark matter included partners Leon Zwier, Justin Vaatstra, Ben Mahoney, Susanna Ford, Genevieve Sexton and Christine Fleer, and senior associates Gavin HammerschlagStephen Lloyd, Elyse Hilton and Daniel Mote.

ABL is known for advising on some of the most complex insolvency and restructuring matters in Australia and was involved in four of the other deals selected for this category (Slater & Gordon, BIS Industries, Boart Longyear and Ten Network restructures).

The firm was also shortlisted as a finalist for Law Firm of the Year (100-500 lawyers). 

For more information, or to arrange an interview, contact Claire Tedeschi, on 0457 822 642.

About Arnold Bloch Leibler

Arnold Bloch Leibler is a premier Australian commercial law firm that provides strategic legal and commercial advice nationally from its offices in Melbourne and Sydney to a diverse range of leading Australian corporations, high-net-worth individuals and large family businesses as well as international corporations. Arnold Bloch Leibler also has a dedicated pro bono practice providing advice on social, environmental and cultural issues to more than 150 charitable and not-for-profit organisations.

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