HWL Ebsworth
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| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
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| No. of offices | 10 |
| No. of lawyers | 700 + |
| No. of employees | 1000 + |
| Major practice areas | Full service commercial law firm |
| Revenue |
 AU$200 million (2013/14) |
| Date founded | 1890s |
| Company type | Partnership |
| Website | www.hwlebsworth.com.au |
HWL Ebsworth is a commercial law firm that operates throughout Australia. After numerous mergers and a dramatic expansion over the past decade the firm has come to be considered one of Australia's leading national law firms.
HWL Ebsworth was recently ranked as the largest legal partnership in Australia by the Australian Financial Review (23 June 2016).
With 200+ partners, and over 1000 staff in total across offices in Adelaide, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Norwest (North West Sydney), Perth and Sydney, HWL Ebsworth offers clients strength and expertise in the areas of Banking & Financial Services, Building & Construction, Corporate & Commercial, Insurance, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Planning & Environment, Government, Real Estate & Projects, Transport and Workplace Relations & Safety.
HWL Ebsworth operates a different business model to other leading national law practices, and this allows them to offer top tier practitioners at rates which are significantly lower than those of their competitors.
HWL Ebsworth traces its foundation back to the 1890s. Throughout the second half of the 20th Century the firm was known as Ebsworth and Ebsworth prior to merging with Home Wilkinson Lowry in 2008.
Over the past decade HWL Ebsworth has expanded dramatically with the firm's growth exceeding most other law firms in the Australian market.
In 2011 HWL Ebsworth opened its new office in Canberra, one of the largest law offices located in the Australian Capital Territory. In 2013 the firm expanded into Western Australia by merging with Downings Legal. Downings Legal was one of Western Australia's oldest law firms. In 2014 HWL Ebsworth merged with leading Adelaide commercial law firm Kelly & Co. Kelly & Co had one of Australia's top ranked litigation practices that now forms part of HWL Ebsworth.
In December 2014 it was revealed that HWL Ebsworth would take over two additional Australian law firms. In January 2015 South Australian firm Lawson Smith Lawyers merged into the HWL Ebsworth Adelaide Office adding 6 new partners to the firm. In February 2015 the leading full service Northern Territory law firm Cridlands MB became HWL Ebsworth's two new Northern Territory offices, located in Darwin and Alice Springs. Cridlands MB was the largest law firm in the Northern Territory prior to merging with HWL Ebsworth.
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