Ranking tables
Employment: New South Wales | Asia-Pacific
Australia
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth 4 Years Ranked
- Herbert Smith Freehills
Band 3
- Allens 4 Years Ranked
- Baker McKenzie 4 Years Ranked
- Clayton Utz 4 Years Ranked
- Hall & Wilcox 3 Years Ranked
- Norton Rose Fulbright 4 Years Ranked
- Johnson Winter Slattery
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Kingston Reid
- Maddocks
Band 4
- DLA Piper Australia 4 Years Ranked
- Gilbert + Tobin 4 Years Ranked
- Holding Redlich 2 Years Ranked
- Citation legal
- HFW
- Lander & Rogers
Band 5
- McCullough Robertson
Senior Statespeople
- Helen McKenzieAshurst
Band 2
- Jack de Flamingh Corrs Chambers Westgarth13 Years Ranked
- Andrew GrayKing & Wood Mallesons
- Stephen WoodburyAshurst
Band 3
- Ben Dudley Seyfarth Shaw LLP6 Years Ranked
- Dianne Banks Gilbert + Tobin14 Years Ranked
- Gareth Jolly MinterEllison14 Years Ranked
- Jennifer Patterson MinterEllison13 Years Ranked
- Paul Brown Baker McKenzie14 Years Ranked
- Rachel Bernasconi Seyfarth Shaw LLP14 Years Ranked
- Stephen Price Corrs Chambers Westgarth14 Years Ranked
- Alice DeBoosKingston Reid
- Bruce HeddleMaddocks
- Jan DransfieldJohnson Winter Slattery
- Jennie MansfieldAshurst
- Mark SantHFW
- Ruveni KelleherJohnson Winter Slattery
Band 4
- Aaron Dearden Hall & Wilcox2 Years Ranked
- Michael Michalandos Baker McKenzie13 Years Ranked
- Nicholas Turner DLA Piper Australia5 Years Ranked
- Veronica Siow Allens8 Years Ranked
- Joydeep HorPeople + Culture Strategies
- Maree SkinnerMaddocks
- Michael HarmerHarmers Workplace Lawyers
- Miles BastickHerbert Smith Freehills
- Sally WoodwardPwC Legal
- Tony WoodsLander & Rogers
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 MinterEllisonEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedMinterEllison is highly regarded for employment litigation, with a focus on discrimination and executive matters, alongside additional strength in industrial relations. It has notable experience in a number of industries including government, education, financial services, and energy and natural resources. The team maintains a strong presence across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. Notable clients include Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking and Department of Education and Training of Victoria.1 Seyfarth Shaw LLPEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedSeyfarth Shaw LLP is a specialist employment firm in Australia with capability across the full range of labour and employment issues, including workplace health and safety and strategy. It is well reputed for collective bargaining and high-level union issues, including industrial disputes. The team is often engaged by employers on restraint of employment matters and high-profile M&A. The practice advises major corporates in a number of sectors, including transportation, TMT and retail. Notable clients include Svitzer, ALDI Foods and Telstra.
Band 2
2 Corrs Chambers WestgarthEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedCorrs Chambers Westgarth is known for its highly regarded team of employment and industrial relations practitioners, with an impressive roster of clients in the mining and energy sectors. The practice is also well regarded for its long history of involvement in the development of labour laws, and counts government and private sector clients among its clientele. The team assists with workplace health and safety matters, including issues arising from fatalities; and is engaged on a range of cases related to enterprise agreements, compliance and casual employment. Notable clients include LinkedIn, Network 10 and Qube Logistics.
Band 3
3 AllensEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedAllens is well placed to advise on employment issues arising from major corporate transactions and restructures including compliance reviews. The team is known for advising on litigation mandates involving breach of employment contract and discrimination, and is also able to provide advice with regard to industrial relations and workplace investigations. The firm is increasingly active in advising clients on compliance reviews for modern awards. Allens represents leading Australian and international clients from a wide range of sectors including mining, banking and entertainment. Notable clients include Interactive, Howden Insurance Brokers and Abbott Pharmaceutical.3 Baker McKenzieEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedBaker McKenzie leverages its global network of offices to advise on regional and cross-border employment matters. The firm boasts prominent international clientele from the technology, healthcare and consumer goods sectors. Its expertise spans corporate restructurings and M&A, discrimination and WHS. Its employment team is also valued for its expertise in sensitive executive and director-level issues including restraint, misconduct, fiduciary breaches, whistle-blowing and executive remuneration. The team is also active on industrial relations matters, acting for employers on disputes with unions and enterprise bargaining agreement matters. Notable clients include Serco, Unilever and Schneider Electric.3 Clayton UtzEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedClayton Utz is especially active for federal and local government bodies, with a particularly robust client base and expertise in the aviation, technology and university sectors. The firm boasts a highly regarded litigation team, which focuses on discrimination, bullying and industrial disputes, as well as restraint of trade. The firm also handles matters relating to sexual harassment and fraud. Further areas of focus include the use and development of technology to aid in the calculation of the financial impact of proposed clause amendments in enterprise agreements, as well as in evidence analysis for investigations and in compliance reviews. Notable clients include the Fair Work Ombudsman, Suburban Rail Loop Authority and Austal Ships.3 Hall & WilcoxEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 3 | 3 Years RankedHall & Wilcox regularly advises employers across the range of contentious industrial and employee relations matters, including union disputes, restraint of trade matters and workplace harassment. It is especially active in disputes, appearing before tribunals, courts and the Fair Work Commission. The team is also able to assist with the employment aspects of restructurings. Notable clients include Michael Page International and AusNet Services.3 Norton Rose FulbrightEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedNorton Rose Fulbright is noted for its respected team advising on the full range of employment issues, including industrial disputes, unfair dismissals and discrimination cases. It is well regarded for its health and safety expertise relating to compliance, investigations and prosecutions, and also has experience assisting employers on the negotiation of and disputes concerning enterprise agreements. The team represents global clients in cross-border matters as well as at a local level, with strength in the public, construction and energy sectors. Notable clients include Lendlease, Bonza and Cushman & Wakefield.
Band 4
4 DLA Piper AustraliaEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 4 | 4 Years RankedDLA Piper Australia acts for major national and international companies from numerous sectors on their operations in Australia, including contentious and non-contentious employment matters. The team is often engaged to advise on compliance and review matters, and demonstrates additional expertise in post-employment restraints and protection of confidential information. The firm also handles workplace disputes, industrial relations and the employment aspects of restructurings. It is known for servicing multinationals in the technology sector. Notable clients include ServiceNow and Busy Bees.4 Gilbert + TobinEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 4 | 4 Years RankedGilbert + Tobin is a respected firm handling a range of workplace issues for employers and high-profile executives. It is frequently retained by international companies to advise on employment issues arising from significant corporate restructurings and M&A. The team is active on a variety of workplace disputes, including matters that concern terminations, bullying and confidential information. It also handles matters relating to enterprise bargaining agreements. Notable clients include Cardno Emerging Markets, DT Global Asia Pacific and Milkrun Au.4 Holding RedlichEmployment: New South Wales2024 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedHolding Redlich maintains a well-regarded employment practice with considerable experience in employee relations and post-employment restraints. The team is well versed in matters surrounding discrimination claims, unfair dismissals, misconduct, and WHS breaches. It advises a range of corporate clients in finance, recruitment, media, and infrastructure sectors, amongst others; and operates in both contentious and non-contentious legal contexts. Notable clients include Moore Australia, Richard Crookes Constructions and Bingo Industries.