Awards & Rankings

2025 - Recognised across 103 categories, inaugural 2026 edition of Best Law Firms™ — Australia.
Awards
2025

Recognised across 103 categories, 2026 edition of Best Law Firms™ — Australia

Recognised across 13 categories, 2026 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific

Recognised across 15 categories,  2026 edition of Legal 500 — Australia

Winner — Australasian Lawyer 5-Star Employers of Choice

2024

Recognised across 84 categories, inaugural 2025 edition of Best Law Firms™ — Australia

Winner  Australasian Lawyer Law Firm of the Year

Winner — Australasian Lawyer Elite Women

Winner — Australasian Lawyer 5-Star Employers of Choice

Winner  Australasian Lawyer Fast Firms Showcase

Outstanding Firm: Pro Bono — Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Diversity and Inclusion Awards

Named an Attraction Firm (Employer of Choice) — Lawyers Weekly Attraction Firms Survey

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
Rankings

Candidates for The Legal 500 undergo a process of peer and client review, with researchers carrying out extensive research into each jurisdiction. Mills Oakley has proudly received the following team rankings in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 Australia:

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Competition and Trade
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Data Protection
  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation
  • Infrastructure Projects and Construction
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • IT & Telecoms
  • Labour and Employment: Workplace Health and Safety
  • Labour and Employment
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Transport – Aviation
  • Transport – Shipping
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026
  • Banking & Finance: Property Finance – Band 4
  • Charities – Band 1
  • Construction – Band 5
  • Corporate/M&A – Band 5
  • Employment: Queensland – Band 3
  • Employment: Victoria – Band 5
  • Employment: Western Australia – Band 3
  • Environment & Planning – Band 4
  • Insurance – Band 4
  • Life Science – Band 3
  • Real Estate – Band 4
  • Restructuring & Insolvency – Band 4
  • Shipping – Band 2