About

The fourth largest Australian financial institution in terms of customers and market capitalisation, National Australia Bank, has been in existence for over 150 years and today employs more than 35,000 people serving 10 million customers at more than 800 locations in Australia, New Zealand and other countries around the world. Acting as a commercial legal advisor within the company, the Bank’s legal team has provided strategic legal advice on a broad range of transformational legal matters including global mergers and acquisitions, major litigations and global regulatory reform. Recently, for instance, the team made an impact with its participation in the successful demerger and subsequent IPO of Clydesdale Bank. Over the last few years, the team has also demonstrated consistency in its work across five distinct areas- corporate advisory, dispute resolution, employment law, shared services and technology. Coming in for particular praise by nominators has been the legal team’s expertise in handling intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks and licensing disputes.