The 2026 listing of Leading South Australian Intellectual Property Law Firms details firms practising in both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters in the South Australian legal market who were identified by clients and peers for their knowledge and expertise in the area.
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Richards & Evans
Third Tier
Madderns
Piper Alderman
Recommended
Crawford Legal
MinterEllison
Wallmans
WRP Legal
Previous editions
2025 edition published April 2025
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Madderns
Third Tier
Piper Alderman
Richards & Evans
Recommended
MinterEllison
Wallmans
WRP Legal
2024 edition published April 2024
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Maddens
Third Tier
Piper Alderman
Richards & Evans
Recommended
MinterEllison
Vardon Legal
Wallmans
2023 edition published April 2023
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Third Tier
Maddens
MinterEllison
Piper Alderman
Richards & Evans
Recommended
Cowell Clarke
Finlaysons
Vardon Legal
Wallmans
2022 edition published April 2022
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Third Tier
MinterEllison
Piper Alderman
Richards & Evans
Wallmans
Recommended
Finlaysons
Maddens
Vardon Legal
2021 edition published April 2021
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Piper Alderman
Third Tier
MinterEllison
Vardon Legal
Recommended
Finlaysons
Richards & Evans
Wallmans
2020 edition published April 2020
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
MinterEllison
Norman Waterhouse
Third Tier
Piper Alderman
Recommended
Cowell Clarke
Finlaysons
Lynch Meyer
Wallmans
2019 edition published March 2019
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
MinterEllison
Norman Waterhouse
Piper Alderman
Third Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Recommended
Berg Lawyers
Cowell Clarke
KHQ Lawyers
Wallmans
2018 edition published March 2018
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Norman Waterhouse
Third Tier
MinterEllison
Piper Alderman
Recommended
Berg Lawyers
Cowell Clarke
KHQ Lawyers
Lynch Meyer
NDA Law
2017 edition published April 2017
First Tier
HWL Ebsworth
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Norman Waterhouse
Third Tier
Lynch Meyer
MinterEllison
Piper Alderman
Recommended
Berg Lawyers
Cowell Clarke
NDA Law
Richard Pryor & Associates
2016 edition published March 2016
First Tier
Thomson Geer
Second Tier
DW Fox Tucker
Norman Waterhouse
Piper Alderman
Third Tier
HWL Ebsworth
NDA Law
Recommended
Berg Lawyers
Cowell Clarke
Finlaysons
Lynch Meyer
Minter Ellison
Richard Pryor & Associates
2012 edition published March 2012
First Tier
Kelly & Co
Second Tier
Minter Ellison
Third Tier
Donaldson Walsh
Finlaysons
Norman Waterhouse
Piper Alderman
Thomsons Lawyers
Recommended
Cosoff Cudmore Knox
Fox Tucker
Lynch Meyer