The 2026 listing of leading New South Wales Energy & Resources Law Firms details firms practising in both upstream and downstream energy and resources matters within the NSW legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Mallesons
Second Tier
Allens
MinterEllison
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
K&L Gates
Lander & Rogers
Sparke Helmore
White & Case
Previous editions
2023 edition published November 2023
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
Third Tier
Ashurst
White & Case
Recommended
Dentons
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Lander & Rogers
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sparke Helmore
Squire Patton Boggs
2022 edition published November 2022
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
Third Tier
Ashurst
Norton Rose Fulb right
White & Case
Recommended
Adarite Legal
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Hamilton Locke
Johnson Winter Slattery
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Lander & Rogers
Maddocks
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Sparke Helmore
Squire Patton Boggs
2021 edition published September 2021
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
Third Tier
Ashurst
White & Case
Recommended
3D Corporate Law
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Gilbert + Tobin
Johnson Winter & Slattery
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Maddocks
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Sparke Helmore
2020 edition published October 2020
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Allens
Third Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Gilbert + Tobin
Johnson Winter & Slattery
Jones Day
Maddocks
McCullough Robertson
MinterEllison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sparke Helmore
2019 edition published September 2019
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Allens
Third Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Jones Day
MinterEllison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Gilbert + Tobin
HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
K&L Gates
McCullough Robertson
Sparke Helmore
2018 edition published November 2018
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Ashurst
Jones Day
Third Tier
Clayton Utz
MinterEllison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Gilbert + Tobin
Hall & Wilcox
HWL Ebsworth
McCullough Robertson
Sparke Helmore
2017 edition published October 2017
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Allens
Third Tier
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Jones Day
Recommended
Clayton Utz
Hall & Wilcox
HWL Ebsworth
McCullough Robertson
Sparke Helmore
2016 edition published October 2016
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Allens
Clayton Utz
Third Tier
Ashurst
Baker & McKenzie
Jones Day
Recommended
Gilbert + Tobin
HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
K&L Gates
Lander & Rogers
MinterEllison
2015 edition published November 2015
First Tier
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
Jones Day
Third Tier
Ashurst
Baker & McKenzie
Minter Ellison
Recommended
Gadens
HWL Ebsworth
K&L Gates
Lander & Rogers
McCullough Robertson
Piper Alderman
Sparke Helmore
2012 edition published May 2012
First Tier
Allens
Ashurst
King & Wood Mallesons
Second Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
Jones Day
Norton Rose
Third Tier
Allen & Overy
Clayton Utz
McCullough Robertson
Minter Ellison
Recommended
Clifford Chance
DibbsBarker
Gilbert + Tobin
Holding Redlich
Middletons
Piper Alderman
Sparke Helmore