The 2026 listing of leading Queensland Corporate Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Capital Raising and general Commercial matters matters in Queensland legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Market Leader
Tim Sayer, Talbot Sayer
Preeminent
Chelsey Drake, Allens
Matthew Fitzgerald, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Derek Pocock, Baker McKenzie
Leading
Rhys Casey, King & Wood Mallesons
Matt Couper, Thomson Geer
Stephanie Daveson, Clayton Utz
Brett Heading, Hamilton Locke
Jeremy Horwood, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Lachlan Mitchell, Talbot Sayer
Charles Sweeney, Cooper Grace Ward
Oliver Talbot, Talbot Sayer
Isaac West, Jones Day
Recommended
Jonathan Cheyne, Johnson Winter Slattery
Andrew Corkhill, Cooper Grace Ward
Louisa Di Bella, Talbot Sayer
Michelle Eastwell, Hall & Wilcox
Eugene Fung, Thomson Geer
Franki Ganter, Allens
Andrew Hay, Clayton Utz
Will Houston, Talbot Sayer
Stephen Knight, MinterEllison
Luke Mountford, HopgoodGanim
Andrew Rentoul, MinterEllison
Craig Rogers, King & Wood Mallesons
Phillip Smith, Talbot Sayer
Melissa Swain-Tonkin, Herbert Smith Freehills
John Toigo, Sparke Helmore
Reece Walker, McCullough Robertson
Peter Williams, Hamilton Locke