Litigation lawyers have emerged as the leading players in this year’s edition of Best Lawyers in Australia, with the insurance sector also thriving off the back of two years of uncertainty driven by the coronavirus.
The global directory service, which relies on peer reviews, has included 4443 solicitors and barristers from 581 firms across 95 practice areas in the long list of its 15th edition. There are 259 new entries, with 34 in litigation and 30 in insurance.
The 22 categories for “Law Firm of the Year” are divided among 15 firms. Those to double up are leading commercial firms King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Allens, Gilbert + Tobin, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, MinterEllison and Arnold Bloch Leibler.
In the “Lawyer of the Year” section there are 314 people spread across six regions and 85 practice areas. KWM has the most listings with 30. Other firms with more than 10 entries are HSF (22), Clayton Utz (16), Allens (14), MinterEllison(12) and Thomson Geer (11).
Sydney had the biggest representation with 77 followed by Melbourne (71), Brisbane (70), Perth (47,) Adelaide (33) and Canberra (16).
Best Lawyers research manager Kristen Greer said it was perhaps no surprise that litigation and insurance were responsible for most of the growth.
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