Freehills
| Freehills | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
| No. of offices | 5 |
| No. of lawyers | 1000+ lawyers and 200+ partners[1] |
| No. of employees | 1750+[1] |
| Major practice areas | corporate and commercial |
| Key people | Gavin Bell, CEO and managing partner[1] |
| Revenue | AUD$ 477 million (2010)[1] |
| Date founded | 1852 (Melbourne, Victoria) |
| Company type | Private; Registered business name of Australian company limited by shares |
| Website | |
| freehills.com | |
Freehills is a commercial law firm that operates in the Asia-Pacific region. In Australia it is considered one of the 'Big Six' law firms.[1]
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[edit] Offices
Freehills has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane in Australia.[1] It also trades as Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys operating out of co-located offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.[2][3]
Freehills has an office in Singapore where it took advantage of new rules in 2000 to obtain a licence to formalise its relationship with a local firm. Freehills has maintained its office after the alliance was terminated in 2002.[3][4]
In Indonesia, Freehills has a Jakarta presence through a long-standing relationship with local firm Soemadipradja & Taher.[3][5]
In Vietnam, Freehills are represented by Frasers Law Company in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.[3] The principal, Mark Fraser joined Freehills in 2002 from the Ho Chi Minh office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.[6] Freehills involvement in the Vietnam market began in 1989.[7]
In 2009, Freehills entered into an alliance with TransAsia Lawyers in China who also represent other foreign firms.[7] Freehills associated offices are in Beijing and Shanghai.[3]
[edit] Pro bono services
Freehills have a pro bono program which, under the leadership of the late Keith Steele, has seen the establishment of the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in Kings Cross and the Public Interest Law Clearing House in Victoria and seconds a solicitor for six months twice a year to the Kingsford Legal Centre.[8][9]
[edit] History
The firm has grown consistently from its early beginnings in 1852.
In 2000, the state-based offices of Freehill Hollingdale & Page officially changed their name to Freehills and became a single national legal partnership under the guidance of Keith Steele.[10]
Today the firm has over 1000 lawyers and over 200 partners.[1]
[edit] Awards
Some of the firm’s recent achievements include:
- FinanceAsia, Best Financial law firm. 2009[11]
- EOWA, Employer of Choice for Women citation, 2007–2009[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Dun and Bradstreet Company360 (database online), entry: Freehills Services Pty Ltd. Accessed 13 August 2011
- ^ Paul Broekhuyse (16 August 2005), "Ambition.", The Australian.: 36
- ^ a b c d e "Contact Us". Freehills. http://www.freehills.com/contact-us.aspx. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Freehills ends Singapore alliance (International Financial Law Review), 21, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC via factiva.com, 1 July 2002, p. 9, "Freehills has ended its alliance in Singapore with Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva. The two firms entered into a formal law alliance in September 2000, but had been closely affiliated for two years before that."
- ^ Following the capital markets (International Financial Law Review), Asia Today International (ABIX Abstracts) via factiva.com, 1 April 2005, p. 23, "Peter Hay is CEO of Freehills, ... reports that Freehills has a long-standing alliance with Indonesia's Soemadipradja & Taher. The Australian firm has one partner and one senior lawyer working permanently at the Indonesian firm's offices."
- ^ Helen Bryson (5 February 2002), Freehills appoints new Vietnam Managing Partner (Practicallaw.com), Practical Law Company Limited via factiva.com, p. 23
- ^ a b Mong Binh (24 April 2006), Frasers awards excellent law graduates (The Saigon Times Daily), Saigon Times Group via factiva.com, p. 23, "Freehills/ Frasers has been advising clients on Vietnam-related transactions for more than 17 years since 1989 from Freehills?office in Singapore. In November last year, Freehills reorganized its Vietnam practice in order to take full advantage of changes in Vietnamese laws."
- ^ James Eyers, "Man of steel and compassion", Australian Financial Review, 19 June 2009, p 46, via Media Monitors Australia Pty Ltd and factiva.com accessed 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Vale Keith Steele (6 April 1951–7 June 2009)". Freehills. Freehills Pty Limited. 11 June 2009. http://www.freehills.com/5091.aspx. Retrieved 14 November 2011. "Keith played a leading role in the establishment of Freehills’ pro bono program in Sydney. In 1992 he was instrumental in establishing the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre to serve homeless young people in Kings Cross. Keith also successfully established a permanent solicitor secondment arrangement with the Kingsford Legal Centre and orchestrated Freehills becoming a founding member of the Public Interest Law Clearing House. Keith served as a director of that body for nearly 10 years from its inception."
- ^ "Vale Keith Steele (6 April 1951–7 June 2009)". www.freehills.com. 11 June 2009. http://www.freehills.com/5091.aspx. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Achievement Awards 2009 – Australia and New Zealand"
- ^ "2009 EOWA Employer of Choice for Women List"
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