No. of attorneys 250+ lawyers Key people John Nerurker, CEO, Headquarters Melbourne Number of employees 500 Number of attorneys 250 | No. of employees 500+ employees Date founded 1864 Founded 1864 Company type Partnership | |
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Major practice areas Real Estate, M&A, Corporate, and Finance, Private Advisory, Insurance, Not-for-profit, Technology and Intellectual Property, Construction | ||
Mills oakley
Mills Oakley is a commercial law firm based in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth. It is currently ranked 86 in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, and also listed in Australiasian Lawyer's Innovative Firms of 2016.
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Mills Oakley was established in Melbourne in 1864 by a young Irish solicitor, John Scott Mills.Thirty years later in 1894, and long after Mills' death, Herbert Hill Oakley took over and re-named the firms Mills, Son & Oakley. As the decades passed, there were more variations in name and fortune until the firm became known as Mills Oakley Lawyers in 1996 and more recently re-branded to Mills Oakley in 2015.
In 2014, Mills Oakley celebrated its 150th anniversary making it one of the oldest law firms in Australia. Mills Oakley has proved to be a resilient law firm withstanding everything from gold rushes to world wars, from economic boom and bust to the occasional black sheep.
About Mills Oakley
Mills Oakley is resourced by over 85 partners and employs more than 300 lawyers.
Mills Oakley is currently experiencing strong growth and its clients include ASX top 200 listed companies, mid-sized corporates, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. The firm has experienced 13 consecutive years of double digit revenue and profit since 2004.
Legal expertise
Mills Oakley provides legal advice on:
Community
In 2014 Mills Oakley partnered with Salvos Legal Humanitarian to provide pro bono legal services. A team of five lawyers from Salvos Legal Humanitarian will be based within the Mills Oakley office in Sydney, with Salvos Legal Humanitarian supervising them.
Mills Oakley Accelerator
The Mills Oakley Accelerator is the result of a collaboration between Mills Oakley and Collective Campus; a start-up incubator. The accelerator is an end-to-end innovation program which offers new law entrepreneurs and start-ups the funding, tools and support they need to grow their idea into a viable business.
The Mills Oakley Accelerator has been established to drive innovation in the legal services sector by providing a 13-week incubator support program and start-up funding to aspiring entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship in the fields of automation, artificial intelligence and the blockchain promise to make the next decade one of great upheaval the legal services industry. Mills Oakley wants to support forward-thinking start-ups in powering these innovative technologies through the Mills Oakley Accelerator.