Global
Capital Markets: Equity - Australia
Philippa Stone is widely reputed as the dominant practitioner with regard to ECM matters, often being the lawyer of choice for issuers, underwriters and lead managers on major IPOs and secondary capital raising.
Strengths
"She is the doyenne in the market."
"Philippa is undoubtedly the leader of equity capital markets in Australia."
Corporate/M&A - Australia
Philippa Stone commands the highest respect among both clients and other sources in this space, not only for handling public M&A deals as effectively as the equity capital markets transactions for which she is especially renowned, but also in the spheres of negotiated deals, privatisations and corporate reconstructions.
Strengths
"Philippa is the most capable, experienced, well-recognised capital markets lawyer in the country, but she's also an extremely accomplished M&A lawyer – undoubtedly a contender for a lead M&A lawyer as well."