The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Western Australian Employment Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the WA legal market whose practice has strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Kingston Reid
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
King & Wood Mallesons
Third Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mills Oakley
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HWL Ebsworth
Jackson McDonald
Piper Alderman
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
First Tier
Clayton Utz
Kingston Reid
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
Third Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Jackson McDonald
Mills Oakley
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HWL Ebsworth
King & Wood Mallesons
Piper Alderman
Pragma Lawyers
2024 edition published February 2024
First Tier
Clayton Utz
Kingston Reid
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
Third Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Jackson McDonald
Mills Oakley
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HWL Ebsworth
King & Wood Mallesons
Piper Alderman
Pragma Lawyers
2023 edition published February 2023
First Tier
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Kingston Reid
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
Third Tier
Jackson McDonald
King & Wood Mallesons
Mills Oakley
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HWL Ebsworth
Lavan
Modern Legal
Panetta McGrath
Pragma Lawyers
2022 edition published February 2022
First Tier
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
Kingston Reid
Second Tier
Ashurst
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Jackson McDonald
King & Wood Mallesons
Mills Oakley
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HFW
HLS Legal
HWL Ebsworth
Lavan
Modern Legal
Panetta McGrath
S Billing & Associates
Squire Patton Boggs
2021 edition published February 2021
First Tier
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
Kingston Reid
Second Tier
Ashurst
MinterEllison
Third Tier
DLA Piper
Jackson McDonald
King & Wood Mallesons
Recommended
3D HR Legal
HFW
HLS Legal
HWL Ebsworth
Lavan
Mills Oakley
Modern Legal
Norton Rose Fulbright
S Billing & Associates
Squire Patton Boggs
2020 edition published February 2020
First Tier
Ashurst
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
MinterEllison
Third Tier
HWL Ebsworth
King & Wood Mallesons
Kingston Reid
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HLS Legal
Jackson McDonald
Lavan
Mills Oakley
S Billing & Associates
Squire Patton Boggs
2019 edition published February 2019
First Tier
Ashurst
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Third Tier
HWL Ebsworth
King & Wood Mallesons
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
HLS Legal
Jackson McDonald
Lavan
Mills Oakley
S Billing & Associates
Squire Patton Boggs
2018 edition published February 2018
First Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
K&L Gates
MinterEllison
Second Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Third Tier
King & Wood Mallesons
Recommended
DLA Piper
Hall & Wilcox
Heldsinger Legal
HLS Legal
Jackson McDonald
Mills Oakley
Norton Rose Fulbright
S Billing & Associates
2017 edition published February 2017
First Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
K&L Gates
Third Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Jackson McDonald
King & Wood Mallesons
Recommended
Allion Legal
DLA Piper
Heldsinger Legal
HLS Legal
Mills Oakley
Norton Rose Fulbright
Panetta McGrath
Squire Patton Boggs