Hamilton Locke has once again been recognised in the 17th edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia Report, Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year Awards and Best Lawyers: One to Watch list.
Additionally, in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia, our partners have been recognised across 17 practice areas.
| Name | Practice | Recognised Since |
| Brad Allen | Banking and Finance Law | 2020 |
| Structured Finance Law | 2020 | |
| Brett Heading | Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 2012 |
| Commercial Law | 2012 | |
| Corporate Law | 2012 | |
| Equity Capital Markets Law | 2012 | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | 2012 | |
| Deanna Carpenter | Corporate Law | 2025 |
| Equity Capital Markets Law | 2025 | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | 2025 | |
| Guy Sanderson | Mergers and Acquisitions Law | 2014 |
| Hal Lloyd | Corporate Law | 2016 |
| Distressed Investing and Debt Trading Practice | 2016 | |
| Venture Capital Law | 2016 | |
| Justin Fox | Corporate / Governance Practice | 2010 |
| Corporate Law | 2010 | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | 2010 | |
| Mark Schneider | Insolvency and Reorganization Law | 2021 |
| Michael Boyce | Mining Law | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Law | 2021 | |
| Michael Tooma | Government Practice | 2010 |
| Litigation | 2010 | |
| Occupational Health and Safety Law | 2010 | |
| Nicholas Edwards | Litigation | 2025 |
| Nicholas Humphrey | Venture Capital Law | 2009 |
| Peter Williams | Mergers and Acquisitions Law | 2022 |
| Shaun Hardcastle | Corporate Law | 2021 |
| Equity Capital Markets Law | 2021 | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | 2021 | |
| Sophie Bradshaw | Commercial Law | 2016 |
| Tim Grave | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2014 |
| Litigation | 2014 | |
| Trent Thorne | Agriculture and Rural Affairs | 2021 |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2021 | |
| Tricia Moloney | Banking and Finance Law | 2018 |
| Project Finance and Development Practice | 2018 | |
| Structured Finance Law | 2018 | |
| Zina Edwards | Banking and Finance Law | 2025 |
Brett Heading, Chairman of Partners has been named as the recipient of Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year – Agriculture and Rural Affairs”.
Hamilton Locke Special Counsel Ben Fisher has been recognised in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia in the category ‘Insolvency and Reorganization Law”.
For over three decades, Best Lawyers has been a trusted publication in the legal profession, undertaking a peer-reviewed methodology to identify top legal talent.
Click here to view the 2025 Best Lawyers in Australia list.
