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Firm Profile

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  • Areas of Legal Practice
  • Firm Culture
  • Vacation Clerkship
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Firm Background

 

Established in 1993, Johnson Winter & Slattery is a relatively young law firm that now occupies a unique place in the Australian legal market. We are differentiated by a “tier 1” practice capability and premium client portfolio normally associated with much larger firms, along with a genuinely collaborative culture.

Our business model distinguishes us from our rivals. At the heart of our approach is the recognition that when managing strategic and complex matters, superior outcomes are achieved through the hands-on’ involvement of expert senior lawyers. We therefore maintain a higher ratio of partners to lawyers than our rivals and focus on assignments that are well suited to this low leverage structure.

This ‘low leverage approach’ results in young lawyers being fully engaged on client assignments alongside more senior practitioners, providing them with development opportunities as well as the chance to develop strong client relationships early in their careers.

Compared with most other law firms we have a relatively flat organisational structure with no fixed work groups or departments, enabling our lawyers to diversify their early experience by working across all practice areas with lawyers from across each of the firm’s offices, and the absence of individual and group billing and time recording budgets means that young lawyers can focus on producing excellent work, developing their skills and working collaboratively without undue pressure.

Many aspects of our firm make it a great place for developing lawyers to shine: a consistent flow of high quality work, close mentoring relationships with partners, a focus on teamwork, collaboration and communication, as well as the absence of individual and departmental time recording budgets.

Areas of Legal Practice

Our expertise is centred on those aspects of commercial law most strategically important to our clients.

Although our senior lawyers focus on particular practice areas, our collaborative single team approach ensures that the expertise of the firm as a whole is available to meet the requirements of any assignment.


Below is a list of areas that we specialise in:

  • Access and Economic Regulation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Debt Finance
  • Employee Relations
  • Foreign Investment
  • Insolvency & reconstruction
  • Projects & Construction
  • Competition
  • Corporate (M&A/ECM)
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Energy & Resources
  • Funds Management
  • Intellectual Property & Information Technology
  • Media
  • Taxation

Firm Culture

 

The culture or "feel" of the firm is best described as:

  • friendly
  • open
  • professional
  • cohesive
  • focussed
  • enabling
  • dynamic

Vacation Clerkship

A major reason law students choose our firm is the excellent learning environment at Johnson Winter & Slattery. It is an exceptional place to begin and develop your career.

Our clerkship program is a realistic snapshot of your future as a lawyer at Johnson Winter & Slattery. Your introduction to our firm and the way we practise law will demonstrate why our firm is a superior place to work.

We seek to recruit graduates through our clerkship programs. Our clerks and graduates work with senior lawyers across all of our practice areas, giving them the opportunity to develop a broad base of experience early in their legal careers.

We offer clerkships in our Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane offices.

Firm Background

 

Established in 1993, Johnson Winter & Slattery is a relatively young law firm that now occupies a unique place in the Australian legal market. We are differentiated by a “tier 1” practice capability and premium client portfolio normally associated with much larger firms, along with a genuinely collaborative culture.

Our business model distinguishes us from our rivals. At the heart of our approach is the recognition that when managing strategic and complex matters, superior outcomes are achieved through the hands-on’ involvement of expert senior lawyers. We therefore maintain a higher ratio of partners to lawyers than our rivals and focus on assignments that are well suited to this low leverage structure.

This ‘low leverage approach’ results in young lawyers being fully engaged on client assignments alongside more senior practitioners, providing them with development opportunities as well as the chance to develop strong client relationships early in their careers.

Compared with most other law firms we have a relatively flat organisational structure with no fixed work groups or departments, enabling our lawyers to diversify their early experience by working across all practice areas with lawyers from across each of the firm’s offices, and the absence of individual and group billing and time recording budgets means that young lawyers can focus on producing excellent work, developing their skills and working collaboratively without undue pressure.

Many aspects of our firm make it a great place for developing lawyers to shine: a consistent flow of high quality work, close mentoring relationships with partners, a focus on teamwork, collaboration and communication, as well as the absence of individual and departmental time recording budgets.

Areas of Legal Practice

Our expertise is centred on those aspects of commercial law most strategically important to our clients.

Although our senior lawyers focus on particular practice areas, our collaborative single team approach ensures that the expertise of the firm as a whole is available to meet the requirements of any assignment.


Below is a list of areas that we specialise in:

  • Access and Economic Regulation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Debt Finance
  • Employee Relations
  • Foreign Investment
  • Insolvency & reconstruction
  • Projects & Construction
  • Competition
  • Corporate (M&A/ECM)
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Energy & Resources
  • Funds Management
  • Intellectual Property & Information Technology
  • Media
  • Taxation

Firm Culture

 

The culture or "feel" of the firm is best described as:

  • friendly
  • open
  • professional
  • cohesive
  • focussed
  • enabling
  • dynamic

Vacation Clerkship

A major reason law students choose our firm is the excellent learning environment at Johnson Winter & Slattery. It is an exceptional place to begin and develop your career.

Our clerkship program is a realistic snapshot of your future as a lawyer at Johnson Winter & Slattery. Your introduction to our firm and the way we practise law will demonstrate why our firm is a superior place to work.

We seek to recruit graduates through our clerkship programs. Our clerks and graduates work with senior lawyers across all of our practice areas, giving them the opportunity to develop a broad base of experience early in their legal careers.

We offer clerkships in our Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane offices.