WE ARE BLAKE DAWSON

Blake Dawson is one of Australia's largest law firms providing commercial legal services across the Asia-Pacific region in over 30 areas of law. We act for leading Australian and international corporations and government clients. We have advised on some of the largest and most complex deals in Australian corporate history.

Our focus is on getting to the heart of our clients' legal needs. We bring together lawyers with the required technical knowledge, direct industry experience and regional capability to support you on complex deals and projects in Australia and across the Asia region.

In September 2011, Blake Dawson announced plans to combine practices in Asia and merge operations globally with Ashurst, a leading international firm based in London, UK. We will rebrand as Ashurst across all offices from March 2012.

PEOPLE

• 192 partners and over 800 lawyers.

CLIENTS

• 93% of Australian companies in the Forbes Global 2000
• 73% of the top 100 companies on the Australian Stock Exchange.

RECOGNITION

• Best Large Law Firm – BRW Client Choice Awards, 2011
• Band One in 11 areas of law – Chambers Global, 2011
• 104 lawyers listed – AFR Best Lawyers Survey, 2011
• Employer of Choice for Women citation – EOCFW Awards, 2000–2011.

COMMUNITY

• Foundation signatory to the National Pro Bono Resource Centre targets
• Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize established in 2004.

Blake Dawson is located in the Sydney area of NSW. There are at least 20 other listings in the 2000 postcode area.

Lawyers in NSW 2000

Number of Employees: 1001-5000

• Estate Planning Law
• Financial Law
• International Law
• Litigation Law
• Solicitor