The 2026 listing of Leading Victorian Contentious Intellectual Property Law Firms details firms practising in contentious intellectual property, patent, trademark and copyright litigation matters in the Victorian legal market who were identified by clients and peers for their knowledge and expertise in the area.
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mallesons
Second Tier
Davies Collison Cave
K&L Gates
Third Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
MinterEllison
Recommended
By George Legal
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Mills Oakley
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Thomson Geer
Previous editions
2025 edition published April 2025
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Davies Collison Cave
K&L Gates
Third Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Herbert Smith Freehills
MinterEllison
Recommended
By George Legal
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Griffith Hack
Jones Day
Mills Oakley
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Wrays
2024 edition published May 2024
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
K&L Gates
Third Tier
Ashurst
MinterEllison
Recommended
By George Legal
Clayton Utz
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Griffith Hack
Jones Day
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Wrays
2023 edition published May 2023
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
By George Legal
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Griffith Hack
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Wrays
2022 edition published May 2022
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Recommended
Biopharmalex
By George Legal
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Griffith Hack
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Wrays
2021 edition published May 2021
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Recommended
Biopharmalex
By George Legal
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Griffith Hack
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
2020 edition published March 2020
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Recommended
Biopharmalex
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Gilbert + Tobin
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Wrays
2019 edition published May 2019
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Davies Collison Cave
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
K&L Gates
Recommended
Biopharmalex
Dentons
DLA Piper
Gadens
Griffith Hack
Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Wrays
2018 edition published April 2018
First Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Recommended
DLA Piper
Gadens
Phillips Ormonde fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Wrays
2017 edition published May 2017
First Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Davies Collison Cave
Herbert Smith Freehills
Second Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Griffith Hack
K&L Gates
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Watermark IP
Recommended
DLA Piper
EKM Legal
FAL Lawyers
Gadens
Maddocks
Marshalls & Dent
Media Arts Lawyers
Norton Rose Fulbright
Piper Alderman
Studio Legal
2012 edition published September 2012
First Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Davies Collison Cave
Griffith Hack
Second Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Third Tier
Middletons
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Recommended
Arnold Bloch Leibler
Clayton Utz
Herbert Geer
Maddocks
Norton Rose
Watermark