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MinterEllison is an international legal and consulting practice.
Headquartered in Australia, MinterEllison is regarded as one of the Asia-Pacific's premier law firms.
Established in Sydney in 1827, MinterEllison operates in Australia, Hong Kong, mainland China, Mongolia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom through a network of integrated offices and associated firms.
Part of what makes MinterEllison unique is its expansion into non-traditional consulting solutions, including Technology, Tax, Risk & Regulatory, Infrastructure Consulting.

Offices

MinterEllison's network comprises the offices of MinterEllison (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Shanghai and Beijing), MinterEllison LLP (Hong Kong), MinterEllison LLP (Ulaanbaatar) and Minter Ellison (London) and offices that operate as members of the MinterEllison Legal Group (Minter Ellison, Gold Coast and MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Auckland/Wellington)

Key staff

Position
Acting Chief Executive Officer	Virginia Briggs	commenced 2021
Chair of the Partnership Board	David O’Brien	appointed 2019

Office Managing Partners:

Office	Office Managing Partner
Adelaide	Adam Bannister
Brisbane	Andrew Rentoul
Canberra	Michael Brennan
Darwin	Lachlan Drew
Hong Kong	Fred Kinmonth
Melbourne	Matthew Hibbins
Perth	Matthew Knox
Sydney	Nathan Deveson

Staff numbers – global

2,300+ staff
270+ Partners
1,200+ legal staff
50 staff in our Consulting Solutions.

Graduate numbers – global

110+ Graduates

Adjacent businesses/consulting businesses

Technology Consulting
Tax
Risk & Regulatory
Flex
Infrastructure Consulting

Practice areas

Banking and Finservices
Capital Markets
Class Actions
Competition Regulation and Trade
Corporate
Dispute Resolution
Education
Energy
Environment and Planning
Infrastructure Construction Property
Insurance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Real Estate
Restructuring and Insolvency
Sustainability & climate change
Tax and Superannuation
TMT
Workplace/Employment

Additional facts

MinterEllison has been ranked #21 in the fourth annual edition of LinkedIn's “Top Companies to work for” Australia list 2019.
MinterEllison is a AWEI Gold Employer, recognised for our commitment to LGBTI+ inclusion.
MinterEllison has the largest tax practice in any Australian law firm.
For the third consecutive year, MinterEllison has the highest number of individual Best Lawyer listings (2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia).
MinterEllison is ranked #1 in Lawyers Weekly, Top 25 Attraction Firms.
MinterEllison won the 'Innovation in New Business and Service Delivery Models' category for the firm's Legal Operations Model at the Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyer Awards 2019.
MinterEllison is the most ranked firm in Chambers & Partners Australia Guide for 2019.
Ranked in The Australian's Top 100 Graduate Employers 2019 and GradConnection Top 100 Employers 2019.
Business Excellence Award for Professional and Business Services at the AustCham Westpac Australia China Business Awards (ACBA).
MinterEllison was named Law Firm of the Year at the prestigious RFi and AB+F Australian Insurance Awards 2018.

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