Overview
Freehills is an Australian based international law firm. We back up our commitment to providing innovative, commercial legal advice to clients around the world, with the resources and expertise of around 1000 lawyers, including more than 200 partners across offices in Australia and South-East Asia.
Our solid track record means you can be confident in our ability to deliver first class commercial results for your business. This confidence is demonstrated by the quality of our client base. We act for more than 75% of Australia’s top 100 listed companies. We undertake high-level legal work for leading corporations on every continent across the globe. These companies are involved in some of the largest and most complex commercial transactions being undertaken. Our ability to provide clients with legal, commercial and strategic solutions is built on vast experience and knowledge of local markets, and a keen understanding of the commercial context in which your business operates.
Depth and breadth
We have developed a practice with a depth of talent in a range of areas, together with an approach to client relationships than ensures the most appropriate team is matched to our clients’ unique challenges. We maintain our reputation as one of Australia’s leading international law firms across key areas of practice:
- banking & finance
- capital markets
- competition & market regulation
- corporate and mergers & acquisitions
- employee relations
- energy & resources
- environment & planning
- funds management and superannuation
- infrastructure projects
- intellectual property
- litigation & dispute resolution
- private equity
- property
- restructuring, turnaround & insolvency
- taxation and stamp duty, and
- technology & communications and media.
We understand that sharing knowledge and technological resources with our clients leads to improved strategic outcomes. We use a host of technology solutions for clients, including eDiscovery, and we regularly publish relevant information on significant legal developments on this website, where background profiles of our people and details of our experience in more than 100 areas of law can also be found.
