Thomson Geer

The firm: Thomson Geer is a major Australian corporate law firm. The firm has more than 900 people, including over 155 partners operating out of our offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra.

By size Thomson Geer is one of the 10 largest law firms operating in Australia, and the fifth largest independent Australian law firm.

The firm’s origins date back to 1885.

We are known for:

• Delivering outstanding legal skills and service.
• Focusing on achieving the commercial goals clients demand.
• Our commitment to the highest cultural and ethical standards.

This combines to form a service and quality style that is focused on enhancing the competitive position of our clients in whatever circumstances they find themselves in.

Our partnership fosters an open and transparent culture, which keeps our lawyers motivated and engaged. We are experts at cross-disciplinary collaboration – our partners and lawyers want to work with other offices and across areas of specialisation – which helps us properly resource matters and provide our clients with the expertise they need.

Our work: Thomson Geer is regularly engaged in challenging and complex work.

Examples of our work include advising:

• Qoria Limited on its transformational A$3 billion merger with US-based Aura Consolidated Group Inc., creating a global leader in digital safety products and solutions across home, school and work environments.
• Orezone Gold Corporation on its acquisition of the Casa Berardi gold mine in Québec, Canada, for up to US$593 million – a transformational transaction that establishes ASX and TSX-listed Orezone as a diversified, multi-asset gold producer.
• Western Australia-based gold miner Westgold Resources on its A$1.2 bn merger with Canadian-listed Karora Resources and dual-listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange to create a top five Australian gold producer.
• Leading marine and subsea services company MMA Offshore on its acquisition by Cyan Renewables for A$1.03 bn.
• Japanese food and beverage giant Kirin Holdings Company, Limited on its A$1.8bn acquisition of Australian healthcare company Blackmores.
• The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation on the establishment of a renewable energy project partnership in Western Australia with ACEN Corp worth more than A$1bn.
• Network Ten in the successful defence of a defamation claim brought by former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann. Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found Network Ten succeeded with its truth defence and that Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, raped his colleague Brittany Higgins in the Parliament House office of their Minister after a night of drinking. Mr Lehrmann's appeals to the Full Court of the Federal Court and High Court were unsuccessful.
• Leading Australian online local services marketplace, Airtasker on its A$83.7m initial public offering and application to debut on to the ASX.