The 2025 listing of leading Queensland Energy & Resources Law Firms details firms practising in both upstream and downstream energy and resources matters within the Queensland legal market who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Clayton Utz
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Third Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
HopgoodGanim
Johnson Winter Slattery
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Jones Day
McCullough Robertson
Rubicon Law
Previous editions
2023 edition published November 2023
First Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Norton Rose Fulbright
Third Tier
HopgoodGanim
Johnson Winter Slattery
McCullough Robertson
Recommended
Baker McKenzie
Jones Day
2022 edition published November 2022
First Tier
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
Third Tier
Baker McKenzie
Carter Newell
Johnson Winter Slattery
McCullough Robertson
Recommended
HopgoodGanim
Jones Day
White Legal
2021 edition published September 2021
First Tier
Allens
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Norton Rose Fulbright
Third Tier
Ashurst
Carter Newell
Johnson Winter & Slattery
McCullough Robertson
Recommended
HopgoodGanim
Jones Day
White Legal
2020 edition published November 2020
First Tier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Allens
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
King & Wood Mallesons
Norton Rose Fulbright
Third Tier
Carter Newell
Herbert Smith Freehills
McCullough Robertson
Recommended
HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
White Legal
2019 edition published September 2019
First Tier
Allens
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
King & Wood Mallesons
Third Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
McCullough Robertson
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Carter Newell
HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
Thomson Geer
White Legal
2018 edition published November 2018
First Tier
Allens
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
Third Tier
HopgoodGanim
Johnson Winter & Slattery
McCullough Robertson
Recommended
Carter Newell
HWL Ebsworth
Jones Day
Thomson Geer
White Legal
2017 edition published October 2017
First Tier
Allens
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Third Tier
HopgoodGanim
McCullough Robertson
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Carter Newell
Johnson Winter & Slattery
White Legal
2016 edition published October 2016
First Tier
Allens
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
MinterEllison
Second Tier
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
McCullough Robertson
Third Tier
HopgoodGanim
HWL Ebsworth
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Baker & McKenzie
Carter Newell
Johnson Winter & Slattery
2015 edition published November 2015
First Tier
Allens
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Minter Ellison
Second Tier
Ashurst
King & Wood Mallesons
McCullough Robertson
Third Tier
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hopgood Ganim
Norton Rose Fulbright
Recommended
Baker & McKenzie
HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery
K&L Gates
White Legal
2012 edition published February 2012
First Tier
Allens Arthur Robinson
Clayton Utz
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Minter Ellison
Second Tier
Blake Dawson
Freehills
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
McCullough Robertson
Third Tier
Hopgood Ganim
HWL Ebsworth
Norton Rose
Recommended
Carter Newell
Johnson Winter & Slattery
White Legal