Allens Arthur Robinson www.aar.com.au
Contact details Tiffany Rogers, Graduate Resourcing & Development Consultant Tiffany.Rogers@aar.com.au Ph: 9614 1011 Fax: 9614 4661 530 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000
Size Approx. number of Partners: 190 Approx. number of solicitors: 690 Approx. total number employees: 1700
Offices Allens has a strong national and regional presence with 14 offices throughout the Asia Pacific region. We have four national offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and another ten overseas offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby, Shanghai and Singapore. This means that our lawyers have a number of opportunities to travel. All our Asian offices are staffed by lawyers and partners on secondment from our Australian offices as well as local legal and support staff. Allens also has a ‘best friends’ relationship with leading UK law firm Slaughter & May enabling lawyers from both firms to work on transactions as an integrated team.
Practice areas As a full service commercial law firm, Allens provides a broad range of corporate and commercial advice. We have thirteen practice groups in total spread across four departments: •
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Corporate: Competition Law, Energy & Resources, Communications, Media & Technology, and Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets. Litigation & Intellectual Property: Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Insurance, and Intellectual Property & Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys. Financial Service and Projects: Banking &
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Financial Services, Tax, and Projects. Asia: Greater China, and South East Asia.
Pro bono work If you are interested in contributing not only professionally but socially and ethically to the world in which you live, you will fit right in at Allens. Our charity, pro bono and environment programs are our way of responding to these aspirations. For many years, our firm has built close relationships with many charities and has supported them through personal engagement, direct financial support and the provision of pro bono legal assistance. Through our extensive pro bono practice, we are able to use your talent and experience, not only for organisations and people in need, but also to advance the public interest and to assist in the resolution of important legal issues. We acknowledge that, as a law firm, we have the capacity to redress disadvantage and injustice. Guided by our Footprint Committee, we strive to minimise our impact on the environment. Our focus on the environment reflects another attribute of our people: a keen eye to the future.
Paralegal work Paralegal work is available. Undertaking paralegal work enables law students to work part-time, while seeing theory put into practice. A number of our offices provide the opportunity to see how things work behind the scenes and to work on the detail that brings together some of our major transactions and matters. Apply through our online application system at www.aar.com.au/careers
Graduate entry Allens adheres to the LIV traineeship guidelines and has a priority offer system. Contact Tiffany Rogers and look online for application dates. Law graduates spend their first two years rotating through two departments. We believe the longer rotation provides a comprehensive, rather than superficial, knowledge of each practice area, giving graduates an opportunity to