National firm reaches 50 partner-level lawyers
By Jerome Doraisamy|28 April 2021
A national mid-tier practice that pays out 70 per cent of a lawyer’s collected billings now boasts 50 partnership equivalent across Australia, after just seven years of operation in the country.
Keypoint Law – which provides services across 23 areas of law in its Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra offices – has reached a milestone of 50 senior lawyers on its books. The firm’s growth in Australia mirrors that of its UK-based sister firm, Keystone Law, which currently has over 350 senior lawyers after 20 years of operations.
The firm, whose size had climbed to 45 partner-level lawyers this time last year, has had a busy start to 2021, adding consulting principals in the areas of wills and estates, commercial and property, privacy, family law and government.
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