Finlaysons

Finlaysons is an independent corporate and commercial law firm that can trace its origins back over 150 years. It is based in Adelaide with an office in Darwin. The firm has a team of over 100 staff including 23 partners. It works with clients across Australia and internationally and has been involved in numerous landmark projects. Finlaysons adopts a cohesive full service working model.

It provides legal services across sectors including agribusiness and food, banking and finance, defence, education and research, energy, family business and private wealth management, health and aged care, insurance, property and development, resources, tourism, hospitality and licensing, wine, corporate, environment and planning, intellectual property, migration, native title and Aboriginal heritage, dispute resolution and litigation, tax and revenue, wills, estates and succession planning, and employment and workplace safety. Finlaysons has taken its Wine Roadshow on the road 34 times.

Finlaysons is portrayed by clients as a practice where difficult legal questions are made understandable, with composure and thoroughness standing out across the accounts. Matters covering business interests and personal affairs are described as handled capably, including liquor tax law, conveyancing and a successful appeal. Recurring praise centres on how matters were managed from start to finish: customers note that they were kept informed throughout, that complicated processes were broken down into straightforward language, and that queries received prompt attention.

Tom Hendrick appears by name in several accounts, credited with deep knowledge of liquor tax matters and with suggesting options clients had not previously weighed. Bryce is noted for efficient handling of a conveyancing file, while Martin Kelly, Andrew D'Allessandro and Austin are each acknowledged for technical ability and a supportive manner. The breadth of the wider team is raised regularly, with clients appreciating being able to draw on several areas of expertise through a single practice. Disputes and transactions alike were carried to completion, and the prevailing impression is of steady, personable assistance and careful attention to the result.