Overview
Moray & Agnew is a leading national law firm of over 800 people, including over 110 partners. We serve our domestic and international clients from offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Newcastle, Perth and Cairns.
Built on a solid history in insurance law, client demand has guided our growth into commercial litigation & dispute resolution, construction & projects, corporate & commercial, government, property & development, and workplace legal services. We are an established law firm able to leverage the best of our heritage brand with evolving best practice to consistently deliver service excellence for our clients.
We are organised into three strategic pillars to give our clients access to national and integrated legal services and expertise:
- Insurance – including commercial classes such as financial lines, professional indemnity, public & product liability, life insurance and through to statutory classes such as workers compensation and compulsory third party.
- Commercial & Workplace – spanning corporate and commercial, construction and projects, property and environment, commercial dispute resolution, insolvency, owners corporation and workplace law
- Government – spanning local, state and federal government
We provide considered and commercially oriented advice through our highly skilled legal teams. Always mindful of our clients’ immediate and broader objectives, we consistently deliver real value and outstanding results.
We pride ourselves on the breadth and diversity of our long established client base, at the same time recognising that our clients have their own specific needs and obligations. Our collaborative approach and commitment to understanding our clients’ specific interests inspires close and trusted relationships. Our clients rely on our capability and dependability, but they value our distinctive personality and progressive culture. We know that if our people reach their potential, then our business does too.
Moray & Agnew is committed to being a good corporate citizen and this impacts everything we do in relation to our people, our clients, our community and our environment.
Rankings
National
Regional
Brisbane
Rankings
National
Regional
Brisbane
Canberra
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Practice Areas
- Commercial Law
- Construction
- Government Practice
- Insurance Law
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
- Real Estate
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Australia™
Offices & Contacts
Pro Bono Work
Delivery of pro bono legal services remains a high priority for the firm, and we are proud to have been a signatory to the Australian Pro Bono Centre’s National Pro Bono Target since 2011.
Our National Pro Bono Committee oversees, champions and coordinates each of our office’s activities, ensuring our ability to continue to make a difference locally and nationally. We have also established a National Pro Bono Practice staffed by seven full time lawyers who have significant experience in the social justice sector. As part of our deep commitment to the community legal sector, five of our pro bono lawyers are seconded full-time to the following Community Legal Centres:
- Prisoners Legal Service
- Justice and Equity Centre
- Inner Melbourne Community Legal Services
- University of Newcastle Legal Centre
- Aboriginal Legal Service
Our remaining two pro bono lawyers work collaboratively with lawyers across the firm who volunteer their time and expertise on a range of pro bono matters.
What we do
Our lawyers provide legal assistance to vulnerable individuals as well as Community Legal Centres, not-for-profit organisations, and social enterprises on a wide range of legal issues.
We offer a range of pro bono legal services including legal advice, representation, legal research, policy and law reform submissions and legal education. Some examples of the work we do includes:
- Partnering with the Fair Work Commission to provide eligible employees and employers with pro bono legal advice as part of their Workplace Advice Service, which provides free legal advice in relation to dismissals, workplace rights and workplace bullying
- Partnering with the Cancer Council’s Legal Referral Service which helps people affected by cancer access free legal advice if they cannot afford to pay for it. We are proud to assist people affected by cancer in our community with their legal needs.
- Accepting referrals from the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to discrimination and sexual harassment claims
- The establishment of legal advice clinics in collaboration with Community Legal Centres
- Working with a range of charities and not-for-profit entities to advise on the establishment of charitable institutions, governance and other related matters.
Last financial year we provided 9,048 hours of pro bono legal assistance and aim to continue to increase our provision of pro bono legal services and maximise our contribution to the communities in which we live and work.