Wotton Kearney has received seven practice rankings and 12 individual lawyer rankings across Australia and New Zealand in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 guide. This result includes a Tier 4 ranking for Dispute Resolution: Class Actions and recognition as a Firm to Watch for Transport: Aviation following the launch of its aviation practice last April, led by partner James Cooper.

The firm was also one of few to achieve a ‘client satisfaction’ accolade, which is awarded to law firms who achieve exceptionally high scores for client service and client experience based on direct feedback from clients.

Wotton Kearney once again maintained its long-standing Tier 1 ranking for Insurance in both Australia and New Zealand, with clients commenting: “[They are an] industry leader and benchmark for all other insurance law firms”.

A testament to the firm’s expertise across all facets of the risk landscape, Wotton Kearney also upheld its Tier 4 ranking for Data Protection, with clients saying: “The team has great depth of experience and truly understands the local landscape as part of a global system”. In addition, the firm maintained its Tier 4 ranking for Transport: Shipping, as well as its Firms to Watch status for Dispute Resolution: Litigation in Australia.

Individual lawyer rankings include:

Australia

New Zealand

The Legal 500 rankings are evaluated based on comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analysis, including client feedback, with a focus on the bench strength of the team and the consistency of quality of the individuals within the team.

WK’s full rankings and commentary can be found here.