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Quality and consistency through collaboration

Sparke Helmore has been recognised nationally in seven practice areas and regionally in 26 practice areas, in the Best Lawyers 2025 edition of Best Law Firms - Australia, a testament to our firm’s unwavering commitment to legal excellence.

Firms included in the 2025 Best Law Firms - Australia list are recognised for professional excellence with impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be considered for this milestone achievement, at least one lawyer in the law firm must be recognised in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia. Achieving a ranking in Best Law Firms signifies high-quality legal practice and a depth of legal proficiency.

The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms - Australia includes rankings in 25 national practice areas and 82 metropolitan-based practice areas. The highest-rated firm in each national practice area attains the prestigious "Law Firm of the Year" honour.

Sparke Helmore received the following rankings:

National Tier 1

  • Occupational Health and Safety Law

National Tier 2

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Government Practice
  • Insurance Law
  • Labour and Employment Law
  • Litigation

National Tier 3

  • Immigration Law

Metropolitan Tier 1

Adelaide

  • Labour and Employment Law
  • Occupational Health and Safety Law

Brisbane

  • Commercial Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Litigation
  • Real Property Law
  • Shipping and Maritime Law
  • Trade Law
  • Transportation Law

Canberra

  • Government Practice

Darwin

  • Insurance Law

Melbourne

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance Law
  • Occupational Health and Safety Law

Perth

  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation

Sydney

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Government Practice
  • Immigration Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labour and Employment Law
  • Leasing Law
  • Litigation
  • Mining Law
  • Occupational Health and Safety Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Litigation
  • Public Law
  • Real Property Law

Metropolitan Tier 2

Adelaide

  • Personal Injury Litigation

Brisbane

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Health and Aged Care Law
  • Litigation

Canberra

  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation

Melbourne

  • Construction / Infrastructure Law
  • Labour and Employment Law

Perth

  • Litigation

Sydney

  • Commercial Law
  • Information Technology Law

Metropolitan Tier 3

Adelaide

  • Insurance Law

Brisbane

  • Corporate Law
  • Leasing Law
  • Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice

Melbourne

  • Government Practice
  • Information Technology Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Real Property Law

Perth

  • Professional Malpractice Litigation

Sydney

  • Class Action Litigation
  • Construction / Infrastructure Law
  • Health and Aged Care Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Telecommunications Law

About Sparke Helmore

We’ve come a long way since our doors first opened in the Hunter in 1882.  We’ve had an office in Sydney since the ‘60s and we recently opened our tenth office in Cairns.

We cover six key areas of law – Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Insurance, Government, Property Environment & Finance, Statutory Lines of Insurance and Workplace – with more than 30 specialised areas of expertise. We’re a truly national, full service and proudly Australian firm that delivers results through deep collaboration with our clients. Wherever our clients need us, that’s where we’ll be.

Covering a big country needs a big team—we’re more than 880 people now and still growing. And in true Australian spirit, we’re friendly, approachable and easy to work with. And when you work with one of us, you get the expertise of all of us.

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