Best Lawyers® has released The Best Lawyers in Australia™ 2025 lists and Addisons is delighted to announce 13 of our lawyers are recognised in this year’s edition.
Based entirely on peer review, Best Lawyers® lists have been published for the last 17 years in Australia.
The Addisons partners, consultants and special counsel voted by the legal profession for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ 2025 in Sydney, Australia lists are:
- David Blackburn – Corporate Law
- David Ferguson – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Laura Hartley – Commercial Law, Corporate Law
- Harshane Kahagalle – Planning and Environmental Law
- Richard Keegan – Defamation and Media Law
- James Lawrence – Biotechnology Law, Intellectual Property Law
- Helen Macfarlane – Planning and Environmental Law
- Justine Munsie – Defamation and Media Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
- Penny Murray – Planning and Environmental Law
- Jamie Nettleton – Corporate Law, Gaming Law
- Martin O’Connor – Labour and Employment Law, Litigation
- Doron Rivlin – Construction / Infrastructure Law
- David Stammers – Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts |Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Venture Capital Law
Best Lawyers® recognitions are compiled based on Purely Peer Review® evaluations by other lawyers based on their specific practice areas. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honour.