Our Awards & Recognition

2024
Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide

51 individuals recommended, 7 individuals ranked and 17 practice areas ranked including:
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets: Equity, Competition and Trade, Corporate and M&A, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Energy (Transactions & Regulatory), Environment & Planning, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, Infrastructure Projects & Construction, Intellectual Property, IT & Telecoms, Labour & Employment, Labour & Employment, Labour & Employment: WHS, Native Title, Real Estate, Restructuring & Insolvency.

2024
Chambers Asia Pacific Guide

22 Individuals ranked and 13 practice areas including:
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Planning, Government, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Private Equity, Real Estate, Restructuring / Insolvency, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications.

2023
Australasian Lawyers Elite Women

Gina Wilson, Australasian Lawyer Elite Women

2023
Most Influential Lawyers

Winner, Catherine Dunlop, Most Influential Lawyer, Work Health and Safety, Australasian Lawyer

2023
Australasian Lawyer’s 5 Star Employer of Choice

Winner, Maddocks People & Culture team, Employer of Choice

2023
Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards

Finalists: Catherine Merity, Dealmaker of the Year; Pria O'Sullivan, Partner of the Year – BigLaw; Melissa Jeremiah FCA, Senior Associate of the Year – BigLaw; Elizabeth Lilley, Special Counsel of the Year

2023
Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards

Winners: Banking and Finance Team of the Year. Partner Shaun Temby, Litigator of the Year

2023
Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards

Winners: Partner Shaun Temby, Partner of the Year for Dispute Resolution; Danielle Funston, Partner of the Year for Insolvency

2023
Victorian Planning & Environmental Law (VPELA) Awards

Winner, John Rantino, Richard J. Evans Award

2023
Managing IP Awards Asia Pacific

Winners: Maddocks, IP Transactions & Advisory Firm of The Year; Partner Ben Miller, Impact case of the Year

2023
Australian HR Awards

Winner, Employer of Choice (100-999 employees), Australian HR Awards

2023
Doyle's Guide

Ranked, Practice areas: Business & Commercial, Administrative & Public Lawyers, Planning & Environment, Planning & Development, Health & Aged Care, Workplace, Health & Safety, Insolvency & Restructuring, Property & Real Estate and Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Wills, Estates and Succession Planning, Intellectual Property & TMT Law.

2023
Australasian Lawyers Rising Stars

Winners, Jack Evans, Madeleine Lynch and Stephen Rohl, Australasian Lawyer’s Rising Stars

2023
Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Ranked for 15 practice areas, with 7 individuals ranked & 46 recommended individuals recognised;
Ranked, Practice areas: Banking & Finance, Corporate and M&A, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution Litigation, Energy (Transactions & Regulatory), Environment & Planning, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, Infrastructure Projects & Construction, Intellectual Property, IT & Telecommunications, Labour & Employment, WHS, Native Title, Real Estate and Restructuring & Insolvency.

2023
Chambers Asia Pacific

Ranked, 22 Senior Lawyers
Ranked, Practice areas: Capital Markets, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Planning, Government, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Private Equity, Real Estate, Restructuring / Insolvency and TMT.

2023
Best Lawyers in Australia & Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Recognised, 104 Maddocks Partners and Lawyers in 36 practice areas
Winners: Maddocks, Law Firm of the Year for 'Planning and Environment'; Aaron Kloczko, Health & Aged Care Law Lawyer of The Year; Fiona Wallwork, Franchise Law Lawyer of the Year; Mark Hayes, Government Practice Lawyer of the Year; Mick Garner, Superannuation Law Lawyer of the Year; Patrick Ibbotson, Land Use & Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year; Terry Montebello, Land Use & Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year.

2022
Best Lawyers in Australia

Listed, 70 Maddocks Partners and Lawyers in 36 practice areas; Ranked, Law Firm of the Year for 'Regulatory Practice'; Ranked, Simonetta Astolfi, Government Practice, Lawyer of the Year; Ranked, John Rantino, Planning & Environment Law, Lawyer of the Year

2022
Australasian Law 5 Star Employer of Choice

Winner, Maddocks People & Culture team, Employer of Choice

2022
Australasian Lawyer, Australia’s most Influential Lawyer

Winner, Shaun Temby, Partner and Sydney Office Leader

2022
Australasian Lawyer, Mid-Market Deal of the Year

Finalist, Partner Catherine Merity for Commercial Law

2022
Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year

Winner, Anna Scannell, Construction Law Partner of the Year
Finalists: Ilan Kraus, Banking & Finance Partner of the Year; Catherine Merity, Commercial Law Partner of the Year; Shaun Temby, Dispute Resolution & Litigation Partner of the Year; Catherine Dunlop, Employment Safety & People; Michael Winram, Public Law Partner of the Year; Kate Oliver, Public Law Partner of the Year; Angela Wood, Healthcare Partner of the Year; Nick Holuigue, Development Partner of the Year; Michael Taylor-Sands, Tax Partner of the Year

2022
Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards

Winners: Partner Sonia Sharma, Partner of the Year (Big Law) Commercial Law; Senior Associate Georgia Appleby, Senior Associate of the Year (Big Law) Public Law

2022
Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30

Finalists: Olivia Smedley, Commercial Law; Alessandro Cowley, Government & Planning and Environment Law; Mathew Gashi, Insolvency Law; Georgia Appleby, Planning and Environment Law; Tommy Delatycki, Real Estate

2022
World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

Recognised Leaders, Anthony Willis, Brendan Coady and Ben Miller, Shelley Einfeld, World Intellectual Property Review Leaders across Patents and Trademark Law.

2022
Australasian Law Awards

Winner, Maddocks Corporate & Commercial team, Mid-Market Deal of the Year

2022
Employer of Choice for Gender Equality

Employer of Choice, Gender Equality, Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)

2022
Chambers Asia Pacific

Ranked, 20 Senior Lawyers , Chambers Asia Pacific Guide. Ranked, Practice areas: Capital Markets, Construction, Infrastructure & Project Finance, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Planning, Government, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Real Estate, IT & Telecommunications and Restructuring & Insolvency.

2022
Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Ranked, 33 Senior Lawyers. Ranked, Practice areas: Banking & Finance, Corporate and M&A, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution Litigation, Labour & Employment WHS, Native Title, Restructuring & Insolvency, Real Estate, Environment & Planning, Infrastructure, Projects & Construction, Intellectual Property and IT and Telecommunications.

2022
Doyle's Guide

Ranked, Practice areas: Business & Commercial, Administrative & Public Lawyers, Planning & Environment, Planning & Development, Health & Aged Care, Workplace, Health & Safety, Insolvency & Restructuring, Property & Real Estate and Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution.

2022
LGBTQ Inclusion Awards

Bronze Employer, Australian Workplace Equality Index's 2022 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards.

2021
Australasian Lawyers Elite Women

Listed, Alicia Albury, Catherine Dunlop and Michelle Dixon, Australasian Lawyer Elite Women.

2021
Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards

Winner, Government Team of the Year. Finalists: Government Team of the Year; Workplace Relations and Employment Team of the Year; Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

2021
Lawyers Weekly Top 25 Attraction Firms

Ranked 14^th , Maddocks

2021
Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice

Listed, Australasian Lawyer magazine as an Employer of Choice