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#1 Highest Rated
5.0

Taurus Legal

16 reviews - Melbourne, Australia

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Angelo was incredibly patient and thorough in answering all of my questions. He ...

re: Angelo Mazzone- Marina Zmi, Founder @ Iggy Play

NexGen Legal

1 review - Sydney, Australia

6.0

I've worked with nearly 50 lawyers over my career and Navneet is absolutely the ...

re: Navneet Mullee Elfar- Mona Chiha, CEO & Founder @ JurisTechne

Viridian Lawyers

1 review - United States

6.0

The most pro-founder lawyer in Australia. Amazing to work with and loves what he...

re: Richard Prangell- Verified Founder

Coghlan Duffy

2 reviews - Melbourne, Australia

5.5

John and his team have supported me through several of my startups. They have he...

re: John Coghlan- Matt Allen, Co-founder @ Tractor Ventures

John and the wider Coghlan Duffy team are much more than just a law firm. I feel...

- Sean Law, CEO & Co-Founder @ Doohly
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Kain

4 reviews

5.0

David Mitchell was recommended by our investors and his support, advice and expe...

re: David Mitchell - Laurie Wespes, CEO & co-founder @ Snooper

Dave is an incredible lawyer. We have used him repeatedly and couldn't speak hig...

re: David Mitchell - Verified Founder

Zed Law

4 reviews - Sydney, Australia

5.0

Nandan has been a genuine supporter of my entrepreneurial journey from day one. ...

re: Nandan Subramaniam- Danielle Marple, Founder @ Socii Book

Nandan and Ryan just get it. They are lawyers but working with them feels like w...

re: Nandan Subramaniam- Katarina Diquez, COO & Co-Founder @ Neosframe

DLA Piper

3 reviews - London, United Kingdom

Rev: $4.2B
5.0

I remember seeing a preso from Founders Institute that said this is what you wan...

re: Joel Cox- Vincent Turner, CEO & Founder @ UNO

Always there as a sounding board, fair on fees, legitimately helpful.

re: Elliott Cheung- Verified Founder

HWLE Lawyers

3 reviews - Melbourne, Australia

Rev: $8.2M
5.0

Don't have a bad word to say about her, she's an absolute superstar.

re: Brin Meagher- Tina Funder, Founder @ Alt.leather

Jason Maletic at HWLE is awesome. great blend of understanding of startup space ...

re: Jason Maletic- Raghav Murali Ganesh, CEO Co-Founder @ Osara Health

K&L Gates

2 reviews - Pittsburgh, United States

Rev: $1.3B
5.0

Always right on top of it! Reliable and brilliant.

re: Daniel Atkin- Verified Founder

Dan is commercial, fast and a good human

re: Dan Atkin- Verified Founder

Piper Alderman

2 reviews - Adelaide, Australia

Rev: $184.9M
5.0

Good people to work with that will advise and teach on the related strategy, but...

re: Richard Horton- Amanda Siqueira, Founder @ VAPAR

Used Tim Flahvin, and other partners acting on exits, ASX transactions, responsi...

- Verified Founder
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Scaleup Law Pty Ltd

2 reviews - Melbourne, Australia

5.0

If you want a lawyer who gets straight to the point and acts with genuine integr...

re: Rahil Chadha- Greg R

Working through due diligence and investment docs was honestly pretty daunting f...

- Warren Yap, CEO & Co-founder @ Auggie

Sprintlaw

2 reviews - Sydney, Australia

Raised: $3.2M
5.0

Used Sprintlaw across a few ventures - legals, SaaS agreements, white-label cont...

re: Alex Solo- Verified Founder

Sprintlaw have been great value for money and very responsive throughout the pro...

- Joel Van Veluwen, Co-founder @ Hurdle

Addisons

1 review - Sydney, Australia

5.0

Top-tier support in all areas! They've supported us brilliantly since before we ...

re: Kieren Parker- Verified Founder

Allens

1 review - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $331M
5.0

Very thorough and able to work to client goals

- Verified Founder

Ashurst

1 review - London, United Kingdom

Rev: $1.4B
5.0

The best. Commercial, pragmatic, excellent

re: Stu Dullard- Verified Founder

Bekens Advisory

1 review

5.0

Local independent lawyer who I cannot recommend highly enough. Mostly I try to u...

re: Emma Bekens- Tim Snell, Founder @ Pitcrew.ai

Biztech Lawyers

1 review - Sydney, Australia

5.0

Anthony was fantastic to work with and helped us a lot with our exit.

re: Anthony Bekker- Nilushanan Kulasingham, Founder @ Nucanon

Law Squared

1 review - Melbourne, Australia

5.0

Law Squared have been great with IP/trademarking and competitive price wise for ...

- Holly Fowler, CEO & Founder @ Wable
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norton rose fullbright

1 review - Sydney, Australia

5.0

Used them for a Financial Services start-up. Provide great AML/CTF advice.

- Patrick Gallagher, Founder / CEO @ Fokal

Spruson & Ferguson

1 review - Sydney, Australia

5.0

Michael at Spruson & Ferguson is an expert trademark lawyer and helped us naviga...

re: Michael Deacon- Joel Van Veluwen, Co-founder @ Hurdle

Steve Lee

1 review - Los Angeles, United States

5.0

Best startup lawyer ever. Every VC hates him. Cos he fights for the founder not ...

- Verified Founder
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Tara Adams Law

1 review

5.0

I've been dealing with FDA and complex IP filed by litigious companies and she k...

re: Tara Adams- Oseh Mathias, Founder @ Duohub

Thomson Geer

2 reviews - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $175M
4.5

Extremely thorough and able to work to short deadlines. Makes himself available ...

re: Hansel Tsang- Shavin Wijeyaratne, COO @ Hopmedic

We've used Thomson Geer for some things when RCF has needed a larger firm involv...

- Tim Snell, Founder @ Pitcrew.ai

Legalvision

6 reviews - Sydney, Australia

Raised: $5.8MRev: $42M
4.3

Ok to good but you need to be on top of it

re: Whole team - Verified Founder

Quality services, startup friendly pricing.

- Eric Fan, Founder @ LUMOS

Gilbert + Tobin

5 reviews - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $477.4M
4.0

Best in class for fundraising and startup corporate matters.

re: Xavier Keary- Mantas Aleksiejevas, Founder @ Cor

Deboarah looks after all the VC funds in Australia

re: Deborah Johns- Verified Founder

Minter Ellison

2 reviews - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $512M
4.0

Outstanding patent attorney and trustworthy person for general legal advice for ...

re: Gus Lightlowers- Iain Stewart, CEO & Cofounder @ Exergenics

Give decent advice, though still technically dense and sometimes hard to glean p...

- Vignesh Kumar, CEO & Co-founder @ Journey Health

Dexterity Law

1 review - Melbourne, Australia

4.0

Good quality and quick turnaround time, lacks global reach for O/S contracts.

- Verified Founder

LUNA

2 reviews - Melbourne, Australia

3.5

Fantastic, good insight, very helpful. Dave is a wizard with what he does.

- Verified Founder

We used them for our legal docs initially. TBH - not very impressed. Our point o...

- Allen Fan, CEO & Co-founder @ CarbonHQ

Legal Vision

3 reviews - Sydney, Australia

Raised: $5.8MRev: $42M
3.0

Useful for highly regulated sector like healthcare and helpful that all specialt...

- Verified Founder

At times ChatGPT has done a better job. They are also very hesitant to touch any...

- Verified Founder

Allied Legal

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Arnold Bloch Leibler

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Rev: $246M

Cape to Cape Lawyers

No reviews yet - Margaret River, Australia

Casenoter

No reviews yet - Wollongong, Australia

CH-Earnest

No reviews yet - Sydney, Australia

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

No reviews yet - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $349M

Costi and Co Commercial Law Firm

No reviews yet - Adelaide, Australia

CPD for Me Pty Limited

No reviews yet - Old Bar, Australia

Elevate Legal

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Gadens

No reviews yet - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $800M

General Standards

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Guild Group

No reviews yet - Gold Coast, Australia

Rev: $313M

Hall & Wilcox

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Rev: $153M

Herbert Geer

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Jones & Mitchell Legal Pty Ltd

No reviews yet - Shepparton, Australia

Lander & Rogers

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Rev: $231M

Law-Whiz

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

List W - Patterson's List

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Ozpropertylaw.com

No reviews yet - Canberra, Australia

Roser Lawyers

No reviews yet - Sydney, Australia

Solomons Group

No reviews yet - Brisbane, Australia

Startup Legal

No reviews yet - Melbourne, Australia

Summers Legal

No reviews yet - Perth, Australia

Rev: $15.2M

The College of Law Australia

No reviews yet - Sydney, Australia

Rev: $5.5M

The Legal Forecast

No reviews yet - Sydney, Australia

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