About Mills Oakley

Our people are pioneering, incisive, accountable and fearless in our commitment to create success for our clients. We provide a new level of legal service that bridges the gap between the law and modern business reality.

Social Responsibility

Mills Oakley has a proud tradition of assisting vulnerable members of the community to protect their rights. For many years, we partnered with Australia’s leading humanitarian law firm to provide pro bono services to the “missing middle.”

The term “missing middle” describes the growing number of low to moderate income earners in Australia who are ineligible for means-tested Legal Aid services but are unable to afford a private lawyer. To access the legal system, the missing middle often must make a difficult choice between incurring substantial financial hardship, self-representing or abstaining from pursuing their legitimate legal claims altogether.

After many years of collaboration and building expertise in this space, Mills Oakley took the step in January 2021 of launching our own not-for-profit law firm dedicated to supporting the missing middle. This firm, known as Everyday Justice, is staffed by lawyers with very significant experience in the social justice sector, together with volunteer law interns who wish to pursue legal careers in social justice and public interest law. Everyday Justice operates from every Mills Oakley office throughout Australia, with local MO staff and partners supplementing the Everyday Justice team with their own expertise and mentorship.  Everyday Justice has developed a specialised model whereby free legal services can be provided to eligible clients through the use of technology irrespective of location, making the service completely accessible to people living in regional, rural and remote areas, as well as those living in cities.

Everyday Justice operates in collaboration with The College of Law and many charities across Australia. If you are interested in working with Everyday Justice or you need pro bono advice, please visit the Everyday Justice website at this location.

Reconciliation Action Plan

Acknowledgment of Country

Mills Oakley’s offices are located on the traditional lands of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation (Melbourne), Gadigal People of the Eora Nation (Sydney), Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples (Brisbane), Ngunnawal Peoples (Canberra), Noongar Whadjuk Peoples (Perth) and Kaurna Peoples (Adelaide) who are the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Reconciliation Action Plan

Every Australian business has a responsibility to engage meaningfully in the journey towards reconciliation. Mills Oakley is committed to taking steps to building relationships with First Nations Australians and building cultural awareness in the broader community.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan is the firm’s strategy for engagement in the reconciliation process across a range of focus areas including cultural awareness within Mills Oakley, creating employment and supplier opportunities with First Nations Australians and maintaining the systems needed to track, measure and report on our progress against our Plan.

Please click here to view our 2022 Reconciliation Action Plan.

What our clients say

Mills Oakley is not content to stand still. We are continually raising the bar on service standards by undertaking feedback sessions with clients to learn how we can further refine service levels.

Our client feedback has told us that clients value our technical skills, accessible culture and competitive pricing. Our lawyers are committed to providing easy-to-use advice and absolute transparency in all aspects of our client relationships.

Contact

Melbourne

Level 6
530 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
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PO Box 453, Collins Street West
Melbourne, Victoria 8007

Sydney

Level 7
151 Clarence Street
Sydney, New South Wales 2000
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Australia Square Post Shop PO Box H316
Australia Square, NSW 1215

Brisbane

Level 23
66 Eagle Street
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
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GPO Box 5247
Brisbane, Queensland 4003

Canberra

Level 1
121 Marcus Clarke Street
Canberra, ACT 2601
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GPO Box 724
Canberra ACT 2601

Perth

Level 24
240 St Georges Terrace
Perth, Western Australia 6000
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PO Box 5784
St Georges Tce WA 6831

Adelaide

Level 8
91 King William Street
Adelaide, SA 5000
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PO Box 373
Rundle Mall SA 5000

Awards and Rankings

Awards

2023

Lawyers Weekly Top 25 Attraction Firms (Employer of Choice)

Winner – Australasian Lawyer Fast Firms Showcase

2022

Winner – Australasian Lawyer Fast Firms Showcase

2021

Excellence Award (Law Firm of Year) – Australasian Law Awards

Winner – Australasian Lawyer Fast Firms Showcase

Top 25 Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) – Lawyers Weekly

Employer of Choice – Australasian Lawyer

2020

Top 25 Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) – Lawyers Weekly

Employer of Choice – Australasian Lawyer

Finalist – Law Firm Leader of Year, Australasian Law Awards

2019

Winner – Law Firm of the Year, Goodman Legal Awards

Top 25 Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) – Lawyers Weekly

Top 25 Innovative Law Firm – Australasian Lawyer

Shortlisted – Most Innovative Companies, Australian Financial Review

Finalist – Law Firm of the Year, Australasian Law Awards

Finalist – Law Firm Leader of the Year, Australasian Law Awards

Winner – The Most Outstanding Not-for-Profit / Social Enterprise Advisor in Australasia in 2019, Disability Update Enablement Awards

Winner – The Most Outstanding Not-for-Profit Advisor in Australasia in 2019, Disability Update Enablement Awards

2018

Top 10 Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) – Lawyers Weekly

Finalist – Thought Leadership Award, Australasian Legal Practice Management Association

2017

Law Firm of the Year, Australasian Law Awards

Winner – ALPMA Thought Leadership Awards

Top 25 Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) – Lawyers Weekly

Finalist – Law Firm of the Year, Victorian Legal Awards

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2016

Australia’s fastest growing law firm – Australasian Lawyer

Australia’s fastest growing law firm – The Australian Partnership Survey

Australia’s fastest growing law firm – Australian Financial Review / IBISWorld Top 500 Private Companies Survey

Top 30 Innovative Firms – Australasian Lawyer’s Innovative Firms of 2016 

Top 25 Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) – Lawyers Weekly

Ranked in Australia’s Top 30 fastest growing private businesses – Australian Financial Review / IBISWorld Top 500 Private Companies Survey

Finalist – Law Firm of the Year, Australasian Law Awards

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Rankings

The Legal 500 Australia Directory

Candidates for The Legal 500 undergo a process of peer and client review, with researchers carrying out extensive research into each jurisdiction. Mills Oakley have proudly received the following team rankings in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 Australia:

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Competition and Trade
  • Infrastructure Projects and Construction
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Data Protection
  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labour and Employment: Workplace Health and Safety
  • Labour and Employment
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Tax
  • Transport – Aviation
  • Transport – Shipping

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Ranked Department

  • Aviation – Band 1
  • Banking & Finance: Property Finance – Band 4
  • Charities – Band 1
  • Construction – Band 5
  • Corporate/M&A – Band 5
  • Employment: Victoria – Band 5
  • Employment: Western Australia – Band 3
  • Insurance Defence – Band 5
  • Life Science – Band 3
  • Real Estate – Band 4
  • Restructuring & Insolvency – Band 4
  • Shipping – Band 2