Leading Business & Commercial Lawyers - New South Wales, 2026

Chris Brown

The 2026 listing of leading New South Wales Business & Commercial Lawyers details individuals practising within the NSW legal market who whose practice is often broader than the the traditional corporate practice areas of M&A and Capital Markets and therefore covers the broader range of commercial and business matters.

Showing all 38 lawyers

Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Preeminent

Preeminent: 3 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
James Lonie	K&L Gates	Doyle’s ranking record: James Lonie
Sandy Mak	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Sandy Mak
James Rozsa	Johnson Winter Slattery	Doyle’s ranking record: James Rozsa

Leading

Leading: 12 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Chris Brown (biography)	Hall & Wilcox	Doyle’s ranking record: Chris Brown
Shaun Clyne	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Shaun Clyne
Tim Flahvin	Thomson Geer	Doyle’s ranking record: Tim Flahvin
Nick Humphrey	Hamilton Locke	Doyle’s ranking record: Nick Humphrey
Rob Kardos	Kardos Scanlan	Doyle’s ranking record: Rob Kardos
Andrew Lumsden	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Lumsden
Jason Marcus	Thomson Geer	Doyle’s ranking record: Jason Marcus
Andrew McNee	Maddocks	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew McNee
Catherine Merity	Maddocks	Doyle’s ranking record: Catherine Merity
Stuart Napthali	Maddocks	Doyle’s ranking record: Stuart Napthali
Tim Scanlan	Kardos Scanlan
Danny Simmons	Gadens	Doyle’s ranking record: Danny Simmons

Recommended: 23 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Daniel Atkin	K&L Gates	Doyle’s ranking record: Daniel Atkin
Greg Blewitt (biography)	Bartier Perry	Doyle’s ranking record: Greg Blewitt
Sarah Bullock	Cornwalls	Doyle’s ranking record: Sarah Bullock
Ricky Casali	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Ricky Casali
Dale Chapman (biography)	Addisons	Doyle’s ranking record: Dale Chapman
Chris Clarke	Bird & Bird	Doyle’s ranking record: Chris Clarke
Costas Condoleon	Gilbert + Tobin	Doyle’s ranking record: Costas Condoleon
Breanna Davies	Gadens	Doyle’s ranking record: Breanna Davies
Michael Gajic	Norton Rose Fulbright	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Gajic
Robert Gibson	HWL Ebsworth	Doyle’s ranking record: Robert Gibson
Glenn Hughes	Cornwalls	Doyle’s ranking record: Glenn Hughes
Dan Kramer	Thomson Geer	Doyle’s ranking record: Dan Kramer
Ian Laughland	Mills Oakley	Doyle’s ranking record: Ian Laughland
Robert Mangioni	Mangioni Biggs + Co	Doyle’s ranking record: Robert Mangioni
Paul Miller	Deutsch Miller	Doyle’s ranking record: Paul Miller
Ben Mortimer	McCullough Robertson	Doyle’s ranking record: Ben Mortimer
Ted Nixey	Gadens	Doyle’s ranking record: Ted Nixey
Kieren Parker (biography)	Addisons	Doyle’s ranking record: Kieren Parker
Mark Pistilli	Gadens	Doyle’s ranking record: Mark Pistilli
Michael Ryan	Keypoint Law	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Ryan
Glen Sauer	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Glen Sauer
Sanushka Seomangal	Thomson Geer	Doyle’s ranking record: Sanushka Seomangal
Ben Smits	Norton Rose Fulbright	Doyle’s ranking record: Ben Smits

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