Situated on Australia’s southwest coast and at the edge of the vast outback, Perth has long reveled in its image as the most isolated large city in the world. Yet Australia’s fourth-biggest metropolis has lately become one of the hottest destinations for international law firms.
When Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy pushed into Australia at the start of 2010, it opened offices in Perth and Sydney with partners recruited mainly from big domestic firm Clayton Utz. A year later Clifford Chance likewise chose those two cities for its Australia launch, acquiring Perth’s 15-lawyer Cochrane Lishman Carson Luscombe as well as Sydney’s Chang, Pistilli & Simmons. In August, when Squire, Sanders & Dempsey moved into the country, it opened in Perth alone, acquiring most of the 80-lawyer local office of Australian firm Minter Ellison.
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