Freehills
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| Headquarters |
MLC Centre Sydney, New South Wales |
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| No. of offices | 5 |
| No. of lawyers | 800+ lawyers and 190+ partners |
| No. of employees | 1750+ |
| Major practice areas | corporate and commercial |
| Key people | Gavin Bell, CEO/Managing Partner |
| Revenue | A$565 million (2011-12) |
| Date founded | 1852 (Melbourne, Victoria) |
| Company type | Partnership |
| Website | |
| freehills.com | |
Freehills was a commercial law firm that operated in the Asia-Pacific region. In Australia it was considered one of the 'Big Six' law firms.
Freehills merged with the UK-headquartered law firm Herbert Smith on 1 October 2012, forming a new firm named Herbert Smith Freehills with a single global equity partnership.
Freehills had offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane in Australia.
Freehills had an office in Singapore.
In Indonesia, Freehills had an association with local firm Soemadipradja & Taher and in Vietnam had an association with Frasers Law Company in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Freehills was a member of the international alliance Ius Laboris but left upon its merger with Herbert Smith.
In 2009, Freehills entered into an alliance with TransAsia Lawyers in China. Freehills associated offices were in Beijing and Shanghai.
Freehills had a pro bono program which, under the leadership of the late Keith Steele, saw the establishment of the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in Kings Cross.
The firm seconded solicitors to a number of community legal centres and services including the Public Interest Law Clearing House in Victoria, the Kingsford Legal Centre.
The firm traced its history back to the practices of Clarke & Moule in Melbourne (1853), Stephen Henry Parker in Perth (1868), Bernard Austin Freehill in Sydney (1871) and John Nicholson (Perth) 1896.
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