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Firm Profile

  • Firm Background
  • Firm Objectives
  • Areas of Legal Practice
  • Employee Numbers
  • Firm Culture
  • Promotion Opportunities
  • Attributes & Skills
  • Postgraduate Study
  • Legal Training
  • Travel Opportunities
  • Display All

Firm Background

Piper Alderman is a full-service, commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Our firm is committed to continual excellence in the practice of law, having been leading advisers to commercial interests across Australia for over 160 years. We have achieved our impressive growth by listening to our clients, responding to their needs and creating practical legal solutions.

Piper Alderman is a single, united partnership committed to performing as a team and working together with our clients to achieve their business goals.

Our success has seen the firm consistently ranked as one of Australia's leading law firms and independently recognized as an outstanding legal provider.

Firm Objectives

Piper Alderman's lawyers know the importance of providing effective and timely legal results, performing as an integrated team and drawing on proven expertise to best fulfill our clients' needs.

We work with our clients to understand the commercial and legal imperatives driving their business and the environment in which they operate. We then bring together a team whose approach is commercial and outcome driven, focusing on partnering with our clients to create innovative legal solutions.

Piper Alderman offers genuine partner contact to ensure clients benefit from our senior practitioners' significant experience, while utilising lawyers and associates to keep matters cost effective.

We provide each and every client with a tailored legal service by matching the skills, experience and interests of our lawyers to the needs of your business and the unique requirements of your industry

Areas of Legal Practice

Piper Alderman has five core practice areas:

  • Corporate
  • Property & Projects
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment Relations
  • Intellectual Property & Technology

We work across a wide range of industries including:

  • Agribusiness
  • Banking & Finance
  • Credit Management and Insolvency
  • Energy & Resources
  • Funds Management
  • Government & Administrative Law
  • Health & Life-sciences
  • Hospitality, Tourism & Gaming
  • Infrastructure & Projects
  • Insurance
  • Planning & Environment
  • Private Client Services
  • Taxation & Superannuation
  • Trade & Transport

Employee Numbers

We have 85 partners, approximately over 138 lawyers and over 350 employees in total.

Firm Culture

Our culture stems from our core values:

  • Dedication and Commitment
  • Collaboration and Collegiality
  • Respect
  • Innovation and forward thinking

To hear from some of our employees and learn about us, see our Linkedin Page and Linkedin LifePage here.

Its important to us that our employees maintain a happy and healthy lifestyle. To assist with this we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits including fresh fruit deliveries, corporate health insurance and gym membership rates, annual flu shots and health checks, and a range of sporting and social activities in each office.

Promotion Opportunities

Your progress is core to our success. Your strong commitment to the firm's values, provision of outstanding service to our clients and contribution to the firm's strategic objectives will open up endless opportunities for you at Piper Alderman. Promotions are considered each year in June and December for promotions to Associate and Senior Associate levels.

Attributes & Skills

First and foremost, we look for individuals who share our core values of Excellence, Teamwork, Knowledge, Respect and Innovation.

We seek candidates who demonstrate a high standard of academic achievement, however, personal fit is also important to us so we are equally interested in relevant work experience and extra curricular activities when selecting people to join our firm.

Postgraduate Study

We encourage and support our people in undertaking further study which will enhance their professional skills and knowledge. The firm has a comprehensive study assistance policy which allows for the provision of financial support and paid leave for approved study programs.

Legal Training

Our firm is committed to the ongoing professional development of our people, which starts from day one with a comprehensive induction program. Throughout the year we conduct regular in-house CLE sessions and encourage regular attendance at seminars and other external programs.

The firm supports graduates in the completion of their Practical Legal Training (PLT) by way of paid leave and financial assistance.

After completion of PLT, we continue to develop our junior lawyers through our structured Learning & Development Program. This program is conducted throughout the year and covers a range of topics from drafting to networking and profiling.

Travel Opportunities

As a truly national firm, we can offer opportunities for our people to undertake short-term secondments, as well as the ability to relocate permanently to other locations.

Our clients are spread throughout Australia, therefore from time to time it may be a requirement for lawyers to travel to attend to client matters.

Firm Background

Piper Alderman is a full-service, commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Our firm is committed to continual excellence in the practice of law, having been leading advisers to commercial interests across Australia for over 160 years. We have achieved our impressive growth by listening to our clients, responding to their needs and creating practical legal solutions.

Piper Alderman is a single, united partnership committed to performing as a team and working together with our clients to achieve their business goals.

Our success has seen the firm consistently ranked as one of Australia's leading law firms and independently recognized as an outstanding legal provider.

Firm Objectives

Piper Alderman's lawyers know the importance of providing effective and timely legal results, performing as an integrated team and drawing on proven expertise to best fulfill our clients' needs.

We work with our clients to understand the commercial and legal imperatives driving their business and the environment in which they operate. We then bring together a team whose approach is commercial and outcome driven, focusing on partnering with our clients to create innovative legal solutions.

Piper Alderman offers genuine partner contact to ensure clients benefit from our senior practitioners' significant experience, while utilising lawyers and associates to keep matters cost effective.

We provide each and every client with a tailored legal service by matching the skills, experience and interests of our lawyers to the needs of your business and the unique requirements of your industry

Areas of Legal Practice

Piper Alderman has five core practice areas:

  • Corporate
  • Property & Projects
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment Relations
  • Intellectual Property & Technology

We work across a wide range of industries including:

  • Agribusiness
  • Banking & Finance
  • Credit Management and Insolvency
  • Energy & Resources
  • Funds Management
  • Government & Administrative Law
  • Health & Life-sciences
  • Hospitality, Tourism & Gaming
  • Infrastructure & Projects
  • Insurance
  • Planning & Environment
  • Private Client Services
  • Taxation & Superannuation
  • Trade & Transport

Employee Numbers

We have 85 partners, approximately over 138 lawyers and over 350 employees in total.

Firm Culture

Our culture stems from our core values:

  • Dedication and Commitment
  • Collaboration and Collegiality
  • Respect
  • Innovation and forward thinking

To hear from some of our employees and learn about us, see our Linkedin Page and Linkedin LifePage here.

Its important to us that our employees maintain a happy and healthy lifestyle. To assist with this we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits including fresh fruit deliveries, corporate health insurance and gym membership rates, annual flu shots and health checks, and a range of sporting and social activities in each office.

Promotion Opportunities

Your progress is core to our success. Your strong commitment to the firm's values, provision of outstanding service to our clients and contribution to the firm's strategic objectives will open up endless opportunities for you at Piper Alderman. Promotions are considered each year in June and December for promotions to Associate and Senior Associate levels.

Attributes & Skills

First and foremost, we look for individuals who share our core values of Excellence, Teamwork, Knowledge, Respect and Innovation.

We seek candidates who demonstrate a high standard of academic achievement, however, personal fit is also important to us so we are equally interested in relevant work experience and extra curricular activities when selecting people to join our firm.

Postgraduate Study

We encourage and support our people in undertaking further study which will enhance their professional skills and knowledge. The firm has a comprehensive study assistance policy which allows for the provision of financial support and paid leave for approved study programs.

Legal Training

Our firm is committed to the ongoing professional development of our people, which starts from day one with a comprehensive induction program. Throughout the year we conduct regular in-house CLE sessions and encourage regular attendance at seminars and other external programs.

The firm supports graduates in the completion of their Practical Legal Training (PLT) by way of paid leave and financial assistance.

After completion of PLT, we continue to develop our junior lawyers through our structured Learning & Development Program. This program is conducted throughout the year and covers a range of topics from drafting to networking and profiling.

Travel Opportunities

As a truly national firm, we can offer opportunities for our people to undertake short-term secondments, as well as the ability to relocate permanently to other locations.

Our clients are spread throughout Australia, therefore from time to time it may be a requirement for lawyers to travel to attend to client matters.