Regional Rankings in Australia
AMONG ALL FIRMS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE for the 2025 Best Law Firms ™ consideration in Australia, 477 firms received at least one regional ranking in 2025 in Australia, representing the top 2% of firms in the country. The rankings honour law firms of varying sizes and scopes, across 8 geographic regions and 83 practice areas. Ahead, we present all regionally ranked firms in Australia across all three tiers.
data accurate as of 5/7/2024
AUSTRALIA
2025
32 BEST LAW FIRMS ™ AUSTRALIA 2025 EDITION
Adelaide
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Adco Legal ❶
Cowell Clarke ❶
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❶
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnston Withers Lawyers ❸
Kain Lawyers ❶
Mellor Olsson ❷
MinterEllison ❷
Piper Alderman ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ansr. Dispute Resolution ❷
Barry Nilsson ❶
Clark Panagakos Family Law ❶
Cowell Clarke ❷
Dentons ❶
DMAW Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❸
Howe Jenkin Family Lawyers ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
JDC Law ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jon Clarke Advisory ❶
MinterEllison ❸
O’Halloran Law ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Banking and Finance Law
Cowell Clarke ❶
Dentons ❷
Laity Morrow ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Climate Change Law
FBR Law ❷
Seaton Legal ❶
Commercial Law
Adco Legal ❷
Cowell Clarke ❶
Dentons ❶
Dixon & King ❷
DMAW Lawyers ❶
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❶
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Kain Lawyers ❶
Laity Morrow ❶
LK Law Pty Ltd. ❷
Lynch Meyer Lawyers ❷
Madsen O’Dea Agnew ❷
Mellor Olsson ❷
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Motus Legal ❷
NGJ Legal ❸
Piper Alderman ❶
Shaw Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Vardon Legal ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
Competition Law
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Construction / Infrastructure Law
Cowell Clarke ❶
Finlaysons ❷
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Ian Nosworthy Mediation Services ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jon Clarke Advisory ❶
Laity Morrow ❶
Lynch Meyer Lawyers ❷
Mills Oakley ❸
MinterEllison ❷
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Corporate / Governance Practice
Cowell Clarke ❷
Dentons ❷
Dixon & King ❶
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Kain Lawyers ❷
Laity Morrow ❶
LK Law Pty Ltd. ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
Thomson Geer ❸
Corporate Law
Cowell Clarke ❷
Dentons ❷
Dixon & King ❷
DMAW Lawyers ❷
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Kain Lawyers ❶
Laity Morrow ❶
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Motus Legal ❷
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Defamation and Media Law
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
Education Law
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Energy Law
DMAW Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Laity Morrow ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Seaton Legal ❶
Equity Capital Markets Law
Cowell Clarke ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Kain Lawyers ❶
O’Loughlins Lawyers ❸
Family Law
Howe Jenkin Family Lawyers ❶
Norman Waterhouse ❷
Franchise Law
DMAW Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Vardon Legal ❶
Government Practice
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Kelledy Jones Lawyers ❶
Laity Morrow ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Health and Aged Care Law
Finlaysons ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❸
O’Loughlins Lawyers ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
Hospitality and Tourism Law
Piper Alderman ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
Information Technology Law
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Cowell Clarke ❶
Dentons ❶
JDC Law ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
LK Law Pty Ltd. ❶
Madsen O’Dea Agnew ❸
Mansueto Legal ❶
Maurice Blackburn ❷
MinterEllison ❸
O’Halloran Law ❶
O’Loughlins Lawyers ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Insurance Law
Barry Nilsson ❶
Dentons ❷
Finlaysons ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Holman Webb Lawyers ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❷
MinterEllison ❷
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❸
Wotton + Kearney ❶
Intellectual Property Law
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Madderns ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
Richards & Evans Commercial Lawyers ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Labour and Employment Law
Dentons ❶
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
EMA Legal ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Snow Legal ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❶
Vardon Legal ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❷
Land Use and Zoning Law
MinterEllison ❶
Leasing Law
Adco Legal ❶
Cowell Clarke ❶
Dentons ❶
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❷
JFL + Smith Lawyers ❷
Laity Morrow ❷
Lynch Meyer Lawyers ❷
Mellor Olsson ❸
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Wallmans Lawyers ❷
Litigation
1878 Elix Lawyers ❷
Ansr. Dispute Resolution ❷
Barry Nilsson ❶
Cowell Clarke ❶
Dentons ❶
DMAW Lawyers ❶
Finlaysons ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Howe Jenkin Family Lawyers ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Kain Lawyers ❷
LK Law Pty Ltd. ❶
Lynch Meyer Lawyers ❷
Madsen O’Dea Agnew ❷
Maurice Blackburn ❷
Mellor Olsson ❶
MinterEllison ❶
O’Halloran Law ❶
O’Loughlins Lawyers ❷
Oak Law ❸
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Vardon Legal ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
WRP Legal & Advisory ❷
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Cowell Clarke ❷
Finlaysons ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Kain Lawyers ❶
Laity Morrow ❶
MinterEllison ❸
Piper Alderman ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Mining Law
Arion Legal ❷
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
Steed Lawyers ❶
Native Title Law
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Mellor Olsson ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Steed Lawyers ❶
Natural Resources Law
Finlaysons ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Non-Profit / Charities Law
MinterEllison ❷
Occupational Health and Safety Law
Cowell Clarke ❸
Dentons ❷
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DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❶
EMA Legal ❶
Finlaysons ❸
Gilchrist Connell ❷
Holman Webb Lawyers ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Jacqui Ion Lawyers ❶
Lynch Meyer Lawyers ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Snow Legal ❸
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Wallmans Lawyers ❷
Oil and Gas Law
DMAW Lawyers ❶
Finlaysons ❸
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Seaton Legal ❷
Personal Injury Litigation
Barry Nilsson ❶
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Holman Webb Lawyers ❸
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnston Withers Lawyers ❷
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❷
Tindall Gask Bentley ❶
Wallmans Lawyers ❷
Planning and Environmental Law
Botten Levinson Lawyers ❶
FBR Law ❷
Finlaysons ❶
Kelledy Jones Lawyers ❶
Mellor Olsson ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Privacy and Data Security Law
HWL Ebsworth ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Private Equity Law
Dentons ❸
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Kain Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Professional Malpractice Litigation
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Project Finance and Development Practice
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Laity Morrow ❸
Piper Alderman ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Real Property Law
Adco Legal ❶
Cowell Clarke ❶
Dentons ❶
DMAW Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
JFL + Smith Lawyers ❷
Laity Morrow ❷
Mills Oakley ❶
MinterEllison ❷
NGJ Legal ❸
O’Loughlins Lawyers ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Regulatory Practice
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Structured Finance Law
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Superannuation Law
DMAW Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❸
Kovich & Co ❶
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
Tax Law
Cowell Clarke ❶
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❶
Kovich & Co ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Shaw Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Tributum Law ❸
VdV Legal ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
WRP Legal & Advisory ❸
Transportation Law
MinterEllison ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
Trusts and Estates
Ansr. Dispute Resolution ❸
DMAW Lawyers ❷
Donlan Lawyers ❶
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❶
Kain Lawyers ❷
MinterEllison ❶
MT Lawyers ❶
O’Loughlins Lawyers ❷
Sedsman Legal ❶
Shaw Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
VdV Legal ❷
Wallmans Lawyers ❶
WRP Legal & Advisory ❸
Venture Capital Law
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Kain Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice
Cowell Clarke ❷
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers ❷
Finlaysons ❶
Kain Lawyers ❶
MT Lawyers ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Tributum Law ❸
WRP Legal & Advisory ❷
Brisbane
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Ashurst ❷
Clayton Utz ❷
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
Hamilton Locke ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Jones Day ❷
K&L Gates LLP ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Talbot Sayer ❶
Thomson Geer ❸
Thynne + Macartney ❶
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Allens ❶
Ashurst ❶
Baker McKenzie ❷
Bartley Cohen Litigation Lawyers ❶
Batch Mewing Lawyers Pty Ltd. ❶
Broadley Rees Hogan Pty Ltd. ❸
Carter Newell ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❸
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Cowen Schwarz Marschke Lawyers ❸
DLA Piper Australia ❶
Gadens ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❷
Haly & Company ❷
Hamilton Locke ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Holding Redlich ❷
HopgoodGanim ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jones Day ❶
K&L Gates LLP ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
McCullough Robertson ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Plastiras Lawyers ❸
Russell Thirgood - Independent Arbitrator ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Thynne + Macartney ❷
Asset Finance Law
Johnson Winter Slattery ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Aviation Law
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Banking and Finance Law
Allens ❶
Clayton Utz ❷
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Dentons ❸
Gadens ❸
Hall & Wilcox ❸
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Hobson Legal ❷
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
M.A. Goss GSL Pty Ltd. ❶
McCullough Robertson ❶
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Bartley Cohen Litigation Lawyers ❶
Clayton Utz ❸
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Biotechnology Law
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Class Action Litigation
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Jones Day ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Climate Change Law
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
White Legal Pty Ltd. ❶
Commercial Law
Ashurst ❸
Broadley Rees Hogan Pty Ltd. ❷
Carter Newell ❷
Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❸
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
d&d Law ❸
Gadens ❶
Hall & Wilcox ❷
Hamilton Locke ❶
Holding Redlich ❷
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jones Day ❷
King & Company ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
McCullough Robertson ❶
Mills Oakley ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Piper Alderman ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Thynne + Macartney ❶
Competition Law
Ashurst ❶
Carter Newell ❸
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Piper Alderman ❷
Construction / Infrastructure Law
Ashurst ❶
Batch Mewing Lawyers Pty Ltd. ❶
Carter Newell ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❷
Gadens ❸
Helix Legal ❸
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Holding Redlich ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❷
Jones Day ❶
K&L Gates LLP ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Lander & Rogers ❸
McCullough Robertson ❶
Mills Oakley ❶
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MinterEllison ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
Piper Alderman ❷
Russell Thirgood - Independent Arbitrator ❶
Schweikert Harris ❷
Stoic Advisory Pty Ltd. ❷
Thomson Geer ❷
Corporate / Governance Practice
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
d&d Law ❷
DLA Piper Australia ❶
Gadens ❸
Hall & Wilcox ❸
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❷
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❸
Mills Oakley ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Piper Alderman ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Corporate Law
Aldersgate Holding Company Limited ❸
Baker McKenzie ❶
Carter Newell ❸
Clayton Utz ❶
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
d&d Law ❷
Gadens ❷
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Hamilton Locke ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Holding Redlich ❷
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jones Day ❶
K&L Gates LLP ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
McCullough Robertson ❶
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❷
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
MMLC Group ❸
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Piper Alderman ❷
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❸
Talbot Sayer ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Thynne + Macartney ❸
Criminal Defence
Gilshenan & Luton ❷
Nyst Legal ❶
Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors ❶
Debt Capital Markets Law
Clayton Utz ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Defamation and Media Law
Bartley Cohen Litigation Lawyers ❶
Clayton Utz ❷
Lyndon Duhs Law ❸
Thomson Geer ❶
Distressed Investing and
Debt Trading Practice
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Education Law
MinterEllison ❶
Mullins Lawyers ❶
Employee Benefits Law
Allens ❶
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❸
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Franklin Athanasellis Cullen Pty Ltd. ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HopgoodGanim ❸
K&L Gates LLP ❷
Kingston Reid ❷
Lander & Rogers ❶
Macpherson Kelley ❷
McCullough Robertson ❶
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Energy Law
Ashurst ❶
Baker McKenzie ❸
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Gadens ❸
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HopgoodGanim ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❷
Jones Day ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
White Legal Pty Ltd. ❶
Entertainment Law
McCullough Robertson ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Equipment Finance Law
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Equity Capital Markets Law
Carter Newell ❸
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Hamilton Locke ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❷
Mills Oakley ❷
Talbot Sayer ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
Family Law
Barry Nilsson ❶
BGM ❶
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❸
Damien Greer Lawyers ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
Lander & Rogers ❷
Michael Lynch Family Lawyers ❸
Mills Oakley ❶
Phillips Family Law ❶
Small Myers Hughes ❷
Family Law Mediation
Barry Nilsson ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
Mills Oakley ❶
Phillips Family Law ❶
Financial Institutions
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❸
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Jones Day ❶
Franchise Law
K&L Gates LLP ❶
Keypoint Law ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Funds Management
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❷
Jones Day ❶
Government Practice
Ashurst ❶
Bartley Cohen Litigation Lawyers ❷
Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❶
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❸
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Gadens ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
McCullough Robertson ❷
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Stoic Advisory Pty Ltd. ❶
Thomson Geer ❸
Health and Aged Care Law
Clayton Utz ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❸
McCullough Robertson ❶
Meridian Lawyers ❸
MinterEllison ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Hospitality and Tourism Law
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
McCullough Robertson ❷
Mullins Lawyers ❶
Immigration Law
Fragomen (Australia) Pty Ltd. ❷
Information Technology Law
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Holding Redlich ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❷
Moulis Legal ❷
Sharpe Ivo ❶
Thomson Geer ❶
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Allens ❶
Ashurst ❷
Baker McKenzie ❷
Clayton Utz ❶
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
Gadens ❶
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Hamilton Locke ❶
HopgoodGanim ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
James Conomos Lawyers ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
K&L Gates LLP ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
McCullough Robertson ❷
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❸
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Mullins Lawyers ❷
Taylor David Lawyers ❸
Thomson Geer ❷
Thynne + Macartney ❸
Insurance Law
Barry Nilsson ❶
BTLawyers ❷
Carter Newell ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Clyde & Co LLP ❶
Cochrane Leahy Litigation Pty Ltd. ❷
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
DLA Piper Australia ❶
DWF (Australia) ❶
Edmondson Legal ❸
Gilchrist Connell ❷
GRT Lawyers ❸
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Haly & Company ❶
HBA Legal ❷
Hede Byrne & Hall ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❷
Holman Webb Lawyers ❸
HopgoodGanim ❶
Hughes and Lewis Legal ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Ken Horsley: Barrister At Law ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❸
Lander & Rogers ❷
Maurice Blackburn ❷
McCullough Robertson ❶
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❶
Meridian Lawyers ❶
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Moray & Agnew ❶
Mullins Lawyers ❷
Piper Alderman ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❶
Stone Group Lawyers ❸
Thynne + Macartney ❶
Travis Schultz & Partners ❶
Wotton + Kearney ❷
Intellectual Property Law
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Davies Collison Cave ❶
Griffith Hack ❶
HopgoodGanim ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❷
McBratney Law ❷
McCullough Robertson ❶
MinterEllison ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
International Arbitration
Ashurst ❶
Bartley Cohen Litigation Lawyers ❸
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❷
GRT Lawyers ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Jones Day ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❸
Russell Thirgood - Independent Arbitrator ❶
Investment Funds
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Labour and Employment Law
Allens ❶
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❸
Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Franklin Athanasellis Cullen Pty Ltd. ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❷
HBA Legal ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Holding Redlich ❸
HopgoodGanim ❷
HR Law ❷
K&L Gates LLP ❷
Kingston Reid ❶
Lander & Rogers ❶
McCullough Robertson ❶
Mills Oakley ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Mullins Lawyers ❸
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
PwC Australia ❸
Thomson Geer ❷
Land Use and Zoning Law
Carter Newell ❸
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Gadens ❷
HopgoodGanim ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❸
McCullough Robertson ❶
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❶
MinterEllison ❶
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Allen & Overy LLP ❶
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Anchor Legal Pty Ltd. ❸
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Competition Law
HFW ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
MDS Legal ❸
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Allens ❶
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Basil Georgiou ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❷
Gandhi and Shaw ❷
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
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Grondal Bruining Pty Ltd. ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Jackson McDonald ❶
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HFW ❸
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K&L Gates LLP ❷
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Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Ashurst ❷
Blackwall Legal LLP ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❷
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Grondal Bruining Pty Ltd. ❷
Hamilton Locke ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HFW ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
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Thomson Geer ❶
Debt Capital Markets Law
Allen & Overy LLP ❷
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❸
Thomson Geer ❷
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Clayton Utz ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
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Employee Benefits Law
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Clayton Utz ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❷
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Energy Law
Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Allens ❶
Ashurst ❷
Clayton Utz ❸
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Dentons ❸
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Grondal Bruining Pty Ltd. ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jones Day ❷
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Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Allens ❷
Blackwall Legal LLP ❶
Clayton Utz ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Dentons ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❸
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Hamilton Locke ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
K&L Gates LLP ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Poplar Legal ❸
Thomson Geer ❷
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HHG Legal Group ❷
Kim Wilson & Co. Pty Ltd. ❶
Mills Oakley ❷
O’Sullivan Davies Lawyers ❶
Richardson Legal Pty Ltd. ❶
Financial Institutions
Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Dentons ❷
MinterEllison ❶
Government Practice
Allens ❸
Ashurst ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Jackson McDonald ❶
McLeods ❶
Moray & Agnew ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
Health and Aged Care Law
Herbert Smith Freehills ❷
Panetta McGrath ❶
Hospitality and Tourism Law
Jessica Patterson Law & Consultancy Pty Ltd. ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Squire Patton Boggs ❷
Information Technology Law
Allion Partners ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Jones Day ❷
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Allens ❷
Ashurst ❷
Blackwall Legal LLP ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Gilbert + Tobin ❸
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Jackson McDonald ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❷
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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
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Barry Nilsson ❶
Basil Georgiou ❸
Clyde & Co LLP ❷
DLA Piper Australia ❶
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Hall & Wilcox ❷
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HWL Ebsworth ❸
Jackson McDonald ❶
Jarman Legal ❷
Kennedys ❷
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McCabes ❶
Meridian Lawyers ❶
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MinterEllison ❷
Moray & Agnew ❶
Panetta McGrath ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❶
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Allion Partners ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Wrays ❷
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Allen & Overy LLP ❶
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Gordon Smith Legal ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❷
McComish Legal Pty Ltd. ❸
Squire Patton Boggs ❷
Investment Funds
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Dentons ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Thomson Geer ❷
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Fogliani.Lawyer ❷
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HFW ❸
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Miriam Power ❶
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King & Wood Mallesons ❷
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
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HopgoodGanim ❶
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Allen & Overy LLP ❷
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Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Allens ❶
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Barry Nilsson ❷
Basil Georgiou ❶
Bennett Law ❶
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Blackwall Legal LLP ❷
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
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Hamilton Locke ❷
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Allion Partners ❶
Ashurst ❶
Blackwall Legal LLP ❷
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Dentons ❸
DLA Piper Australia ❶
EMK Lawyers ❶
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Grondal Bruining Pty Ltd. ❶
Hamilton Locke ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Hollingdales ❸
Jackson McDonald ❸
Johnson Winter Slattery ❷
Jones Day ❷
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
M Watts Legal ❶
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Native Title Law
Ashurst ❶
Castledine Gregory Law & Mediation ❷
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Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Lantegy Legal Pty Ltd. ❷
M Watts Legal ❸
Natural Resources Law
Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Allens ❶
Allion Partners ❶
Ashurst ❶
Blackwall Legal LLP ❸
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Dentons ❷
DLA Piper Australia ❶
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Grondal Bruining Pty Ltd. ❶
Hamilton Locke ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jones Day ❸
K&L Gates LLP ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Lantegy Legal Pty Ltd. ❶
M Watts Legal ❷
Piper Alderman ❷
Occupational Health and Safety Law
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HFW ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Jackson McDonald ❶
Kingston Reid ❶
Lavan ❸
MinterEllison ❷
Oil and Gas Law
Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Allens ❶
Ashurst ❸
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Dentons ❸
Gilbert + Tobin ❷
Grondal Bruining Pty Ltd. ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
Jones Day ❷
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McCabes ❶
Moray & Agnew ❶
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King & Wood Mallesons ❷
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McLeods ❶
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Moharich & More ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
Thomson Geer ❷
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Lavan ❷
Steedman Stagg Lawyers ❶
Private Equity Law
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Gilchrist Connell ❷
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Professional Malpractice Litigation
Gilchrist Connell ❶
Moray & Agnew ❷
Panetta McGrath ❶
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❸
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Allens ❶
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Clayton Utz ❸
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❸
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
MinterEllison ❷
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
Thomson Geer ❷
Real Property Law
Ashurst ❷
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Culshaw Miller Lawyers ❷
Dentons ❷
DLA Piper Australia ❶
Hall & Wilcox ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HopgoodGanim ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
Jackson McDonald ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
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McWilliams Davis Lawyers
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Solomon Brothers ❸
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Ashurst ❸
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Jackson McDonald ❶
Panetta McGrath ❶
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
King & Wood Mallesons ❶
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Thomson Geer ❶
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Cocks Macnish ❶
DLA Piper Australia ❷
Thomson Geer ❶
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Croftbridge ❷
Jackson McDonald ❶
Sunstone Legal ❸
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Allens ❷
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Lantegy Legal Pty Ltd. ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
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Hall & Wilcox ❷
Wallis Legal ❶
Sydney
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Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Strauss & Partners ❷
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Arnold Bloch Leibler ❶
Ashurst ❶
Baker McKenzie ❶
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Colin Biggers & Paisley ❶
Cornwalls ❷
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Eleven Wentworth ❶
Gadens ❷
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
Hall & Wilcox ❶
Henry William Lawyers Pty Ltd. ❷
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Holman Webb Lawyers ❷
Horton Rhodes ❸
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HWL Ebsworth ❶
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K&L Gates LLP ❶
Kerry Hogan-Ross Mediations ❶
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Madison Marcus Law Firm ❸
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Meridian Lawyers ❷
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Moray & Agnew ❷
Morris Mennilli Pty Ltd. ❷
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
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K&L Gates LLP ❷
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Norton White ❶
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Hamilton Locke ❶
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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
Pinsent Masons ❷
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Arnold Bloch Leibler ❷
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Bret Walker, Barrister-at-Law ❶
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Gadens ❷
Henry William Lawyers Pty Ltd. ❶
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Addisons ❸
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Emil Ford Lawyers ❸
Hall & Wilcox ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
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Allen & Overy LLP ❷
Arnold Bloch Leibler ❶
Ashurst ❶
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Clyde & Co LLP ❶
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Eleven Wentworth ❷
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Horton Rhodes ❷
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King & Wood Mallesons ❶
Maurice Blackburn ❶
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan ❷
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❸
Webb Henderson ❶
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Beatty Hughes & Associates ❷
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Bird & Bird LLP ❷
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K&L Gates LLP ❶
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Competition Law
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Baker McKenzie ❷
Clayton Utz ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Gilbert + Tobin ❶
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Horton Rhodes ❸
HWL Ebsworth ❷
Johnson Winter Slattery ❶
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King & Wood Mallesons ❶
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Quay Law Partners ❸
Webb Henderson ❶
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Ashurst ❶
Bret Walker, Barrister-at-Law ❶
Eleven Wentworth ❶
Construction / Infrastructure Law
Addisons ❷
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Ashurst ❶
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Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❶
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❶
Dentons ❷
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Fielding Robinson ❶
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HWL Ebsworth ❷
Infralegal Pty Ltd. ❷
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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
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Ashurst ❶
Atanaskovic Hartnell ❷
Baker McKenzie ❶
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
Jeremy Kriewaldt Lawyers ❸
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McCafferty Legal Pty Ltd. ❸
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Addisons ❶
Allen & Overy LLP ❶
Allens ❶
Arnold Bloch Leibler ❶
Ashurst ❶
Atanaskovic Hartnell ❷
Baker McKenzie ❶
Bird & Bird LLP ❷
Chris Lyons Legal ❸
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Clifford Chance ❶
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Hall & Wilcox ❷
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K&L Gates LLP ❷
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Eleven Wentworth ❶
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Allen & Overy LLP ❷
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K&L Gates LLP ❸
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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❷
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Abrams Turner Whelan ❶
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Allens ❶
Ashurst ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
Colin Biggers & Paisley ❷
Corrs Chambers Westgarth ❷
Eleven Wentworth ❶
Gadens ❷
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
HWL Ebsworth ❷
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King & Wood Mallesons ❶
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Maddocks ❶
Mills Oakley ❶
MinterEllison ❶
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❶
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Allens ❶
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Hall & Wilcox ❷
Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Holman Webb Lawyers ❷
HWL Ebsworth ❶
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Maddocks ❶
McCabes ❷
McInnes Wilson Lawyers ❷
Meridian Lawyers ❶
Mills Oakley ❷
MinterEllison ❶
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Moray & Agnew ❶
Piper Alderman ❸
Sparke Helmore Lawyers ❸
Thomson Geer ❶
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Varess ❶
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Ajuria Lawyers ❶
Australian Government Solicitor ❷
D’Ambra Murphy Lawyers ❶
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Eleven Wentworth ❸
Fragomen (Australia) Pty Ltd. ❶
Jeans Lawyers ❷
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Keypoint Law ❷
Kinslor Prince Lawyers ❶
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Nomos Pty Ltd. ❷
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Allens ❶
Ashurst ❶
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Bird & Bird LLP ❶
Clayton Utz ❶
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DLA Piper Australia ❷
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HWL Ebsworth ❶
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K&L Gates LLP ❷
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King & Spalding LLP ❸
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Thomson Geer ❷
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Allen & Overy LLP ❷
Allens ❶
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Ashurst ❶
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Herbert Smith Freehills ❶
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Maddocks ❶
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Mills Oakley ❷
Piper Alderman ❷
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Moray & Agnew ❶
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Addisons ❶
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