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Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 4
19 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Allens
20 practice areas
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Gilbert + Tobin
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
20 practice areas
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Mallesons
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Clayton Utz
20 practice areas
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MinterEllison
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Arnold Bloch Leibler
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
22 practice areas
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
20 practice areas
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Hamilton Locke
9 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Gadens
10 practice areas
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Johnson Winter Slattery
13 practice areas
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Maddocks
12 practice areas
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Thomsons
10 practice areas
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Capital markets
Tier 4
15 firms ranked
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Clayton Utz
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Mallesons
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
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Allens
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Gilbert + Tobin
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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MinterEllison
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
22 practice areas
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
20 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Hamilton Locke
9 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
19 practice areas
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Maddocks
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M&A
Tier 3
20 firms ranked
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Allens
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Gilbert + Tobin
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Mallesons
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
20 practice areas
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Clayton Utz
20 practice areas
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MinterEllison
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
20 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Hamilton Locke
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold Bloch Leibler
9 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
22 practice areas
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Johnson Winter Slattery
13 practice areas
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Maddocks
12 practice areas
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Mills Oakley
2 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
19 practice areas
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Thomsons
10 practice areas
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Peloton Legal
1 practice area
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Projects
Tier 3
19 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Allens
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Clayton Utz
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
20 practice areas
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Mallesons
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MinterEllison
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
20 practice areas
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
20 practice areas
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Gilbert + Tobin
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
19 practice areas
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White & Case
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
8 practice areas
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Hamilton Locke
9 practice areas
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Johnson Winter Slattery
13 practice areas
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Jones Day
9 practice areas
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McCullough Robertson
6 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 4
18 firms ranked
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
20 practice areas
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Clayton Utz
20 practice areas
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MinterEllison
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Allens
20 practice areas
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Arnold Bloch Leibler
9 practice areas
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Gilbert + Tobin
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
20 practice areas
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Mallesons
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
17 practice areas
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
20 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
19 practice areas
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Thomsons
10 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Gadens
10 practice areas
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Hamilton Locke
9 practice areas
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Johnson Winter Slattery
13 practice areas
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Maddocks
12 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

DLA Piper is the Australian arm of the international firm of the same name. The firm has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

DLA Piper is a UK and US-based international law firm with 4200 lawyers across 90 offices in over 40 countries in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Australasia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm provides a full spectrum of legal services and is best known for its project development teamfocused on mining and transport.

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Asian Development Bank, AVZ Minerals, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, Downer EDI, Engie Energie Services, Kalium Lakes, Leichhardt Industrials, Highview Power, EV Metals, Link Group, Life360, Manulife, and POSCO.

 

Research period review: 32nd edition (2022/2023)  

The firm has been active in capital markets, M&A, private equity, project development, project finance, and restructuring work during the research cycle.

The firm was particularly active in the project development area with a focus on transport, mining, and energy. The client role ranges from sponsors, stakeholders, and EPC contractors to project developers and project companies.

In the capital markets, the firm advised on IPOs, share sales, capital raising, placements, and convertible bond notes transactions where its clients were mainly issuers and shareholders. 

In the M&A area, the firm was mostly active in acquisitions, share sales, joint ventures, and divestments mainly from the buy side where deals were in technology and telecommunications, energy and natural resources, healthcare, infrastructure, education, and real estate.

The firm added new partner James Nicholls from Allen & Overy to its corporate and M&A team and strengthened its project development team by hiring special counsel Michael Robbins from Dorsey & Whitney’s Hong Kong office.

 

Deal highlights: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

PEXA ASX IPO

Sandvik A$950 million acquisition of Deswik Group

Bentley Systems NZ$1.46 billion acquisition of Seequent Holdings

Strike Energy proposed development of AU$3 billion 1.4mtpa urea fertiliser production facility

EV Metals Saudi Arabia battery mineral processing plants

The North East Link PPP

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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
DLA Piper
Australia
Bond issue
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd
Issuer
Zip Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
DLA Piper
Australia
Bond issue
Zip Co Ltd
Issuer
Webjet Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
DLA Piper
Australia
Bond issue
Webjet Ltd
Issuer
Stantec Inc. - M&A
2021-10-21
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Stantec Inc.
Buyer
Ares Management Corp. - M&A
2021-12-23
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Ares Management Corp.
Buyer
Dye & Durham Ltd. - M&A
2021-12-21
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Dye & Durham Ltd.
Buyer
Intermediate Capital Group plc - M&A
2021-08-08
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Intermediate Capital Group plc
Seller
Clipchamp Pty. Ltd. - M&A
2021-09-07
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Tyler Hollenbeck
Clipchamp Pty. Ltd.
Target
ResApp Health Ltd. - M&A
2022-04-11
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
ResApp Health Ltd.
Target
Aspen Technology Inc. - M&A
2022-07-27
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Aspen Technology Inc.
Buyer
Nearmap Ltd. - M&A
2022-08-22
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Nearmap Ltd.
Target
PlayUp Ltd. - M&A
2022-09-22
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Elliott Cheung, Joshua Samek
PlayUp Ltd.
Target
Trajan Group Holdings Ltd - IPO
2021-06-01
DLA Piper
Australia
IPO
Chris Mitchell
Trajan Group Holdings Ltd
Issuer
Link Group Ltd - IPO
2021-07-01
DLA Piper
Australia
IPO
James Stewart, Grant Koch, Adrian Tan
Link Group Ltd
Investor
AVZ Minerals Ltd - Joint venture
DLA Piper
Australia
Joint venture
James Nicholls, Alex Jones
AVZ Minerals Ltd
Joint venture partner
Whitehelm - M&A
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
Emma Kendall, Shane Bilardi
Whitehelm
Target
Washington H Soul Pattinson Portland House Investments; Metrics Credit Partners - M&A
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
David Ryan
Washington H Soul Pattinson Portland House Investments, Metrics Credit Partners
Seller
POSCO International Corp - M&A
DLA Piper
Australia
M&A
James Stewart, Andrew Fisken
POSCO International Corp
Acquirer
POSCO International Corp - Joint venture
DLA Piper
Australia
Joint venture
James Stewart, Andrew Fisken
POSCO International Corp
Joint venture partner
Manulife - Joint Venture
DLA Piper
Australia
Joint venture
Emma Kendall
Manulife
Joint venture partner
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M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the finance, PE, M&A, competition and corporate practices at leading law firms in the UK, the US and the EU
New hires were made across the corporate, M&A and finance practices in key US hubs and London
Capital markets and finance partner Laurent Massinon joins the firm’s finance practice, a year after the launch of its Luxembourg office
Sherlyn Lau has brought a team of 12 to the firm’s Hong Kong office after spending nearly two decades at Sidley
Sustainability-linked and transition loans provide practical pathways for decarbonisation in emerging markets’ hard-to-abate sectors
New hires and promotions were made across finance, PE and M&A practices in London, Singapore, New York and Santiago
M&A
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