About
Chair: Emma Woolley
Managing Partners: Tony Macvean
Number of partners: 125+
Languages: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Bosnian, Cantonese, Croatian, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Macedonian, Mandarin, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Yiddish
Firm Overview:
Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent full service Australian law firm, with eight offices and more than 950 people, including over 125+ partners, nationally. The firm delivers outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia.
The firm’s aim is to enable its clients, people and communities to thrive by practising Smarter Law – Hall & Wilcox’s response to disruption in the legal industry. The firm supports its clients to achieve their business objectives and prosper during times of change.
Hall & Wilcox’s lawyers are experienced and skilled advisers for private clients, including domestic and international business owners, high net worth individuals and families. The firm has an established international team and has advised on numerous cross-border transactions and disputes over many years. By remaining an independent firm, Hall & Wilcox has the flexibility to work with clients and other firms from around the world with fewer restrictions.
Main Areas of Practice:
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate & Commercial
• Employment & Workplace Relations
• Estate Planning, Succession & Disputes
• Financial Services
• Foreign Investment Regulation
• Franchising, Retail & Distribution
• Health & Community
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Investment Funds
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Migration
• Private Clients
• Property & Projects
• Tax
• Technology & Digital Economy
Private Clients:
4 partners; 10+ fee earners: based in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Newcastle.
Key areas of practice: Estate planning; Intergenerational wealth transition planning (including family agreements and family constitutions); international estate planning; trust advice, establishment and disputes; estate administration and estate litigation.
Recent Work:
- Acting for the executors in a complex estate litigation matter involving assets and beneficiaries in multiple jurisdictions
- Advising on a complex cross-border succession planning matter involving an ultra-high-value family trust
- Acting for a founder of one of Australia’s largest private equity firms in preparing estate and succession planning documents related to a trust with a complex structure
- Preparing an estate plan for a group of high-net-worth individuals with significant holdings in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
- Providing succession planning and restructuring advice involving personal and business assets across multiple jurisdictions, with a view to minimise assets exposed to potential Will disputes
Key Clients: High-net-worth families and individuals, families in business
Contact Name: William Moore
Tel: +61 3 9603 3167
Email: [email protected]
OFFICES
Brisbane
Level 18, 240 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Australia
Tel: +61 7 3231 7700
Fax: +61 7 3231 7799
Canberra
Level 4, 33 Ainslie Place
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6206 5300
Fax: +61 2 6206 5399
Darwin
Tenancy A, Ground Floor,
18 Smith Street
Darwin NT 0800
Australia
Tel: +61 8 8943 0631
Fax: +61 8 9482 7999
Melbourne
Level 11, Rialto South Tower
525 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9603 3555
Fax: +61 3 9670 9632
Newcastle
Level 4, 400 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Australia
Tel: +61 2 4908 8800
Fax: +61 2 4908 8899
Perth
Level 19, 108 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia
Tel: +61 8 9482 7900
Fax: +61 8 9482 7999
Sydney
Level 18, 347 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: +61 2 8267 3800
Fax: +61 2 8267 3888
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- MelbourneLevel 11, Rialto South Tower, 525 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000
- Web: www.hallandwilcox.com.au
- Tel: +61 3 9603 3555
- Fax: +61 3 9670 9632
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