Minter Ellison
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Minter Ellison has been ranked the largest Australia
n-based international law firm
http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/surveys-and-ranking/alb30-australasias-largest-firms/48559. In Australia it is considered one of the Big Six law firms.
Minter Ellison's first international office was opened in London in 1974. Its main focus is advising UK and Europe
an law firms on Australian law and working with European clients on their business activities in Asia
. Minter Ellison was one of the first foreign law firms to have a presence in China, initially through a joint venture
arrangement in Beijing in the mid-1980s. The firm subsequently established offices in Hong Kong in 2000 and in Shanghai in 2001 and it currently has more than 50 lawyers based in China.
Minter Ellison has a long-standing formal association with Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
in New Zealand
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leaders.
Through its Community Investment Program, with its focus on pro bono legal services and community partnerships, the firm seeks to make a positive difference within the local communities in which it operates. The program has four priority areas - disadvantaged youth, homelessness, alleviation of poverty and access to justice http://www.minterellison.com/public/connect/Internet/Home/Community/Community+partnerships/.
Minter Ellison is also committed to sound environmental practices. The firm has been a member of the Commonwealth Government's Greenhouse Challenge since 2001. This program provides it with a framework to reduce its total carbon emissions http://www.minterellison.com/public/connect/Internet/Home/Community/Environment/.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-based international law firm
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
http://au.legalbusinessonline.com/surveys-and-ranking/alb30-australasias-largest-firms/48559. In Australia it is considered one of the Big Six law firms.
Offices
Minter Ellison has offices in 14 cities and five countries.Minter Ellison's first international office was opened in London in 1974. Its main focus is advising UK and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an law firms on Australian law and working with European clients on their business activities in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Minter Ellison was one of the first foreign law firms to have a presence in China, initially through a joint venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
arrangement in Beijing in the mid-1980s. The firm subsequently established offices in Hong Kong in 2000 and in Shanghai in 2001 and it currently has more than 50 lawyers based in China.
Minter Ellison has a long-standing formal association with Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts is a full-service law firm in New Zealand, founded over 130 years ago. With offices in Auckland and Wellington, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts employs over 200 staff, including 43 partners....
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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History
- 1827: Minter Ellison dates back to 1827 when FW Unwin was admitted to practice in NSW.
- 1987: Ellison Hewison Whitehead & Gillotts merged with Minter Simpson to become Minter Ellison.
- 1992: Minter Ellison and Morris Fletcher & Cross merged to become Minter Ellison Morris Fletcher.
- 1995: The firm officially becomes known as Minter Ellison.
- 2000: Canberra office merged with Deacon Graham & James.
Practice Areas
- Banking & FinanceFinance"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
- Capital Markets
- Competition/AntitrustAntitrustThe United States antitrust law is a body of laws that prohibits anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. Antitrust laws are intended to encourage competition in the marketplace. These competition laws make illegal certain practices deemed to hurt businesses or consumers or both,...
- ConstructionConstructionIn the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute ResolutionDispute resolutionDispute resolution is the process of resolving disputes between parties.-Methods:Methods of dispute resolution include:* lawsuits * arbitration* collaborative law* mediation* conciliation* many types of negotiation* facilitation...
- Employment
- Energy & Natural ResourcesNatural ResourcesNatural Resources is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas in 1970 on the Gordy label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow jam, "Love Guess Who"...
- Environment/Native TitleNative titleNative title is the Australian version of the common law doctrine of aboriginal title.Native title is "the recognition by Australian law that some Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs"...
- InsuranceInsuranceIn law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the...
- Intellectual PropertyIntellectual propertyIntellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
- International TradeInternational tradeInternational trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product...
/WTO - Projects
- Real EstateReal estateIn general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
- Restructuring & InsolvencyInsolvencyInsolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...
- Tax
- Technology, Media and Telecommunication
Community involvement
Minter Ellison was a founding participant in Australia’s Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI) in 2003 and is the only law firm to have obtained a Gold Ranking in the Index, placing it among Australia’s corporate social responsibilityCorporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...
leaders.
Through its Community Investment Program, with its focus on pro bono legal services and community partnerships, the firm seeks to make a positive difference within the local communities in which it operates. The program has four priority areas - disadvantaged youth, homelessness, alleviation of poverty and access to justice http://www.minterellison.com/public/connect/Internet/Home/Community/Community+partnerships/.
Minter Ellison is also committed to sound environmental practices. The firm has been a member of the Commonwealth Government's Greenhouse Challenge since 2001. This program provides it with a framework to reduce its total carbon emissions http://www.minterellison.com/public/connect/Internet/Home/Community/Environment/.