How Jones Day Doubled Lawyer Count Down Under
In five years, the U.S. firm has doubled its lawyer head count in Australia. Whereas it had 40 lawyers and one office in the country in 2014, it now has about 100 lawyers in four offices—and it plans to keep growing.
June 13, 2019 at 04:18 PM
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Jones Day has been on a tear in Australia. The firm has more than doubled its size since 2014 and now operates out of four offices across the country. It has gone from a headcount of 40 lawyers, including 13 partners in a single office, to about 100 lawyers, including 29 partners, who work out of offices in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne.
The growth Down Under is the result of a deliberate recruitment push that sets Jones Day apart from many of its peer global firms in the country, which chose to grow by merging with large local firms. DLA Piper, for example, combined with 700-lawyer alliance firm Phillips Fox in 2011; and K&L Gates merged with 300-lawyer Middletons in 2012.
And the firm has no plans to slow down in lateral hiring. "We'll keep growing and maintain that trajectory," said Sydney-based Chris Ahern, who has been overseeing Jones Day's Australia growth since becoming partner-in-charge of Australia and Japan in 2015.
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