Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria and home to our largest office in the Asia-Pacific region.
Our Melbourne lawyers have a distinguished reputation across the growing areas of fintech, fashion, sports, franchising, and startups. In addition to extensive experience acting for some of Australia’s largest private sector organisations in the areas of financial services, corporate and transactional, litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property, restructuring and insolvency, real estate, and labour and employment, our lawyers have been appointed to a number of significant government panels.
Located in a sporting and cultural hub, our Melbourne office has an established history with some of the city’s most influential organisations and major events, and has strong connections within the broader Victorian business community.
Chambers
Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific for Competition/Antitrust, Construction, Dispute Resolution, Employment: Victoria, Financial Services Regulation, Intellectual Property, Investment Funds, Real Estate, Restructuring/Insolvency, Sports Law, Tax, and TMT: IT & Telecommunications in Australia, 2024
Ranked by Chambers FinTech in Australia for FinTech Legal worldwide, 2024
Legal 500
Ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in Australia for Banking and Finance, Competition and Trade, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Energy (transactions and regulatory), Environment and Planning, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, Infrastructure Projects and Construction, Intellectual Property, IT and Telecoms, Labour and Employment, Labour and Employment: Workplace Health and Safety (WHS), Real Estate, Restructuring and Insolvency, Tax, and Transport: Aviation, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Intellectual property in Australia, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for IT and telecoms in Australia, 2024
Ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS) in Australia, 2024
Other Recognitions
26 lawyers from the Melbourne office were listed among The Best Lawyers in Australia™, and 14 lawyers were listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia™, 2025
Lawyers from the Melbourne office were listed among The Best Lawyers in Australia™, 2024
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