Clifford Chance LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a member of the "Magic Circle," a group of the most prestigious London-based multinational law firms. It ranks as one of top ten largest law firms in the world measured both by number of lawyers and revenue. In 2019–20, Clifford Chance had a total revenue of £1.803 billion, the highest of any firm in the Magic Circle, and profits per equity partner of £1.69 million.
MinterEllison is a multinational law firm, and professional services firm, based in Australia. The firm has fifteen offices and operates in five countries. By number of lawyers it is the largest law firm in Australia.
Ashurst LLP is a prominent multinational law firm headquartered in London. It has 27 offices in 15 countries apart from the United Kingdom, across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, and employs around 1,600 legal advisers. Ashurst is 63rd in the list of 100 largest law firms in the world by revenue, and 7th in the list of largest UK law firms by revenue.
Julian Francis Xavier Morrow is an Australian comedian and television producer from Sydney. He is best known for being a member of the satirical team The Chaser. As a member of The Chaser, he has appeared on several ABC Television programs including CNNNN (2002–03), The Chaser's War on Everything and The Checkout (2013–2018), of which he was also executive producer.
HFW is a global, sector-focused law firm providing services to businesses in aerospace, commodities, construction, energy and resources, insurance and reinsurance, and shipping. The firm was founded in 1883 and now has more than 600 lawyers, including 170 partners, based in 20 offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Sydney Law School is the law school at the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university. Sydney Law School began a full program of legal instruction in 1890 following the appointment of its first dean, having offered legal examinations since 1855.
The Silver Circle is a group of elite corporate law firms headquartered in London that has evolved significantly as the UK legal market has been affected by globalisation and mergers. The law firms generally described by The Lawyer magazine as comprising the Silver Circle were historically Ashurst, Herbert Smith, Macfarlanes, SJ Berwin and Travers Smith, but are currently limited to Macfarlanes and Travers Smith. Slaughter and May, CMS and Mishcon de Reya are also sometimes considered to be members.
Allens is an international commercial law firm that operates in the Asia-Pacific region. Since 2012 it has operated in alliance with London-headquartered “Magic Circle” law firm Linklaters.
Freehills was a commercial law firm operating in the Asia-Pacific region. It was known as one of the "Big Six" Australian law firms.
Clayton Utz is an Australian law firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Established in 1833, it is generally considered a leading law firm, and has been known as one of the "Big Six" Australian law firms.
Founded in 1841, Corrs Chambers Westgarth is a leading, independent Australian commercial law firm. Its clients include national and international corporations, governments, banks and financial sponsors.
The term Big Six law firms referred, prior to 2012, to the six largest - by lawyer head count - Australian law firms. In 2012, four merged or formed association relationships with firms from other countries.
Blake Morgan LLP is a large full-service commercial law firm with offices in Cardiff, London, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading and Southampton in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2014 following a merger between the Cardiff-based Morgan Cole and the Portsmouth-based Blake Lapthorn. It employs approximately 415 lawyers and 145 other fee-earners. It has 130 partners. It is registered with the Law Society of England and Wales.
Percy Sydney Dawson (1865–1916) was a founding partner of one of the legal firms that became Blake Dawson and the first City Solicitor of the City of Sydney.
King & Wood Mallesons is a multinational law firm headquartered in Hong Kong. Its predecessor firms include King & Wood, one of the "Red Circle" of leading Chinese law firms, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, at the time (2012), one of the "Big Six" leading Australian law firms, and SJ Berwin of the United Kingdom's "Silver Circle".
Herbert Smith Freehills is an international law firm with headquarters in London, United Kingdom and Sydney, Australia. It was formed on 1 October 2012 by a merger between the United Kingdom-based Herbert Smith, then a member of the "Silver Circle" of leading UK law firms, and Freehills, one of the "Big Six" Australian law firms. As of 2018, it is the 29th largest law firm in the world by revenue.
The legal services sector of the United Kingdom is a significant part of the national economy; it had a total output of £22.6 billion in 2013, up from 10.6 billion in 2001, and is equivalent to 1.6% of the country's gross domestic product for that year. The sector has a trade surplus is £3.1 billion in 2013 and directly employees 316,000 people, two-thirds of whom are located outside London. The UK is the world's most international market for legal services. It allows virtually unrestricted access for foreign firms, resulting in over 200 foreign law firms with offices in London and other cities in the UK. Around half of these are US firms, with the remainder mainly from Europe, Australia and Canada. The UK legal market has a strong global position due to the popularity of English law. Some 27% of the world's 320 legal jurisdictions use English Common law.
Elizabeth Broderick is an Australian lawyer, who was the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner for over eight years from 2007 to 2015 and has a United Nations special rapporteur for Discrimination against Women and Girls since 2017. She is a former partner and head of legal technology at Ashurst Australia, a global commercial law firm.
DWF is a global legal business headquartered in Manchester with 31 offices across the world. In March 2019, DWF was listed on the London Stock Exchange. With a £366m valuation and offer size of £95m, DWF became the UK’s largest listed law firm.
HWL Ebsworth is a commercial law firm that operates throughout Australia. It is the largest partnership among Australian law firms, with 269 partners as of 2020.
