Expertise
Banking & Financial Services
Discover our depth of expertise in banking and finance, financial services regulation, funds management, insurance, superannuation and anti-money laundering.
Board and Executive Solutions
The relationship between the board, the executive and shareholders can be complex, particularly when it is recognised that other stakeholders such as regulators, proxy advisors, potential investors and unions can all be involved as well.
Communications, Media & Technology
Find out about our experience in access, e-commerce, information technology, information security, life sciences & biotechnology, media and broadcasting, outsourcing, privacy, sport and telecommunications.
Competition and Market Regulation
Drawing together the skills and experience of some of Australia's leading authorities in competition law and regulatory issues, we provide clients with strategic and innovative advice in the areas of access, enforcement, compliance and analysis of conduct, mergers, joint ventures and strategic restructuring, and regulatory reform and industry analysis.
Corporate
Legal innovation with a strong commercial focus distinguishes Freehills in the fields of capital raising, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and privatisations and corporatisations.
Employee Relations
Our Employee Relations practice is regarded as Australia's premier practice in this area of law, with a team of expert dedicated lawyers in the areas of employment law, workplace relations, equal opportunity, discrimination and diversity, privacy and occupational health and safety.
Energy & Resources
View our experience in mining, oil & gas, power, project finance and renewable energy.
Environment & Planning
The environment & planning team have a depth of expertise in contaminated sites, environmental impact assessment, heritage, native title & indigenous heritage, planning law, pollution control and renewable energy.
Foreign Investment
We have the legal expertise and track record to help make any international investment in Australian assets a smooth and efficient process.
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys
Leading Australian patent and trade mark attorney firm, Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, specialises in the creation, acquisition and commercialisation of intellectual property rights. Associated with Freehills' intellectual property practice, we offer services in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, chemistry and materials sciences, designs, engineering and physics, information and communication services and trade marks.
Healthcare
Our dedicated healthcare team is uniquely placed to provide clients with tailored and strategic advice.
Infrastructure
View our experience in defence, energy & resources, engineering & construction, environment & planning, project dispute resolution, project finance, property development, public & private partnerships, telecommunications, transport and water & waste management.
Intellectual Property
Our practice covers all aspects of IP such as advertising, marketing and labelling law, commercial transactions in IP, enforcing your IP rights, and patents, trade marks and designs.
Litigation
Freehills has one of the largest commercial litigation practices in the world and one of the largest dedicated commercial litigation practices in Australia. Read about our experience in the areas of administrative law, alternative dispute resolution, anti-dumping, class actions, competition and market regulation, commissions and inquiries, contractual disputes, corporate regulatory, defamation, directors' and officers' liability, domestic and international arbitration, turnaround and insolvency, international trade, international dispute resolution, insurance, intellectual property litigation, product liability, project dispute resolution and tax litigation and dispute resolution.
Property
Our property team advises in all areas of property law, including acquisitions, disposals and property development, foreign investment, property finance, property trusts, and major leasing.
Regulatory & Government Affairs
Our regulatory and government affairs practice advises clients on their commercial dealings with government and regulatory schemes, such as administrative law, aviation, compliance and risk management, defence, food and agribusiness, government affairs, international trade and customs and procurement and probity.
Taxation
We offer our clients a unique combination of accounting and legal tax expertise, and a comprehensive range of tax advisory and compliance services across Australia and Asia, including employment tax issues, GST, income and capital gains tax, stamp duty, charitable and not-for-profit organisations and tax litigation and dispute resolution.
Discover our depth of expertise in banking and finance, financial services regulation, funds management, insurance, superannuation and anti-money laundering.
Board and Executive Solutions
The relationship between the board, the executive and shareholders can be complex, particularly when it is recognised that other stakeholders such as regulators, proxy advisors, potential investors and unions can all be involved as well.
Communications, Media & Technology
Find out about our experience in access, e-commerce, information technology, information security, life sciences & biotechnology, media and broadcasting, outsourcing, privacy, sport and telecommunications.
Competition and Market Regulation
Drawing together the skills and experience of some of Australia's leading authorities in competition law and regulatory issues, we provide clients with strategic and innovative advice in the areas of access, enforcement, compliance and analysis of conduct, mergers, joint ventures and strategic restructuring, and regulatory reform and industry analysis.
Corporate
Legal innovation with a strong commercial focus distinguishes Freehills in the fields of capital raising, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and privatisations and corporatisations.
Employee Relations
Our Employee Relations practice is regarded as Australia's premier practice in this area of law, with a team of expert dedicated lawyers in the areas of employment law, workplace relations, equal opportunity, discrimination and diversity, privacy and occupational health and safety.
Energy & Resources
View our experience in mining, oil & gas, power, project finance and renewable energy.
Environment & Planning
The environment & planning team have a depth of expertise in contaminated sites, environmental impact assessment, heritage, native title & indigenous heritage, planning law, pollution control and renewable energy.
Foreign Investment
We have the legal expertise and track record to help make any international investment in Australian assets a smooth and efficient process.
Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys
Leading Australian patent and trade mark attorney firm, Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, specialises in the creation, acquisition and commercialisation of intellectual property rights. Associated with Freehills' intellectual property practice, we offer services in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, chemistry and materials sciences, designs, engineering and physics, information and communication services and trade marks.
Healthcare
Our dedicated healthcare team is uniquely placed to provide clients with tailored and strategic advice.
Infrastructure
View our experience in defence, energy & resources, engineering & construction, environment & planning, project dispute resolution, project finance, property development, public & private partnerships, telecommunications, transport and water & waste management.
Intellectual Property
Our practice covers all aspects of IP such as advertising, marketing and labelling law, commercial transactions in IP, enforcing your IP rights, and patents, trade marks and designs.
Litigation
Freehills has one of the largest commercial litigation practices in the world and one of the largest dedicated commercial litigation practices in Australia. Read about our experience in the areas of administrative law, alternative dispute resolution, anti-dumping, class actions, competition and market regulation, commissions and inquiries, contractual disputes, corporate regulatory, defamation, directors' and officers' liability, domestic and international arbitration, turnaround and insolvency, international trade, international dispute resolution, insurance, intellectual property litigation, product liability, project dispute resolution and tax litigation and dispute resolution.
Property
Our property team advises in all areas of property law, including acquisitions, disposals and property development, foreign investment, property finance, property trusts, and major leasing.
Regulatory & Government Affairs
Our regulatory and government affairs practice advises clients on their commercial dealings with government and regulatory schemes, such as administrative law, aviation, compliance and risk management, defence, food and agribusiness, government affairs, international trade and customs and procurement and probity.
Taxation
We offer our clients a unique combination of accounting and legal tax expertise, and a comprehensive range of tax advisory and compliance services across Australia and Asia, including employment tax issues, GST, income and capital gains tax, stamp duty, charitable and not-for-profit organisations and tax litigation and dispute resolution.