The 2025 listing of leading NSW Banking & Finance Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of banking and finance matters matters in the New South Wales legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Allens
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Third Tier
A&O Shearman
Clayton Utz
Dentons
MinterEllison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Gadens
Hamilton Locke
White & Case
Previous editions
2021 edition published November 2021
First Tier
Allens
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills
Third Tier
Allen & Overy
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
MinterEllison
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
2020 edition published November 2020
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Gilbert + Tobin
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Allen & Overy
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dentons
HWL Ebsworth
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
2018 edition published November 2018
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Gilbert + Tobin
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Allen & Overy
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dentons
HWL Ebsworth
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
2017 edition published October 2017
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Gilbert + Tobin
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Allen & Overy
Recommended
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Dentons
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
2016 edition published October 2016
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Gilbert + Tobin
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Allen & Overy
Clayton Utz
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Clifford Chance
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Henry Davis York
2013 edition published July 2012
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Minter Ellison
Third Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Gilbert + Tobin
Norton Rose
Recommended
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Gadens Lawyers
Henry Davis York
HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
To view the 2012 listing of leading NSW banking and finance lawyers please click here.