Minter Ellison
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| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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| No. of offices | 15 |
| No. of attorneys | 202 partners, 981 lawyers |
| Key people |
Bruce Cowley, Chairman Tony Harrington, Chief Executive |
| Revenue | A$456 million (2015/2016) (+6.4%) |
| Date founded | 1827 |
| Company type | Partnership |
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| www.minterellison.com | |
Bruce Cowley, Chairman
MinterEllison is a multinational professional services firm based in Australia. The firm has offices in five countries and 15 cities, including in every Australian capital city, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Ulaanbaatar. By number of Australian lawyers it is the largest provider of legal services in Australia. In the 2016 Acritas brand index, the Firm was named in the top 10 law firm brands in the Asia Pacific region, being regarded for "top-level litigation" and for "high-value work".
Formerly known as Minter Ellison Lawyers, MinterEllison was a member of the Big Six leading Australian law firms before that term was superseded by a series of international law firm mergers.
MinterEllison's origins can be traced back to 1827, when Frederick Wright Unwin was admitted to practice in New South Wales. Its first international office was opened in London in 1974, and its roots in China date back to the 1980s, when it was part of the Beijing Interjura consultancy (1987-1993) and though a co-operation agreement with Great Wall Law Firm (the law firm of China's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade) signed in 1990.
In 1986, Ellison Hewison & Whitehead merged with Gillotts and with Minter Simpson & Co to become "Minter Ellison".
In 1992, Minter Ellison and Morris Fletcher & Cross merged to become Minter Ellison Morris Fletcher and in 1995, the firm officially becomes known as Minter Ellison. In 2000, the Canberra office merged with Deacon Graham & James.
The firm established offices in Hong Kong in 2000, Shanghai in 2001, Beijing in 2010, and Ulaanbaatar in 2012.
On 1 September 2001 the New Zealand (Auckland and Wellington) law firm of Rudd Watts & Stone changed its name to Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. That firm is a member of the MinterEllison Legal Group and, as an 'associated' firm, does not form part of the integrated MinterEllison partnership.
In March 2015, MinterEllison dropped "lawyers" from its name, announcing that they changes were part of a strategy of both emphasising diversification into non-legal services such as project management, consulting and other professional services. Chief Executive Tony Harrington told the Australian Financial Review that the change in branding and strategy is the firm adapting to "phenomenal change in the market: change that encompasses technology-driven standardised products, increased in-house capacity at clients, and ever-consolidating larger businesses."
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