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BigLaw firms in Sydney, Australia

Every firm in our directory with an office in Sydney, Australia, best-known first, with first-year pay and where it comes from.

Firms
15
Offices
15
Median first-year base
$225,000
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15 firms in Sydney, Australia

  1. Vault #5Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #25

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  2. Vault #11Sidley Austin LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #6

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  3. Vault #14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  4. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  6. Vault #36King & Spalding LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #23

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  7. Vault #41Clifford Chance US LLP

    Office here

    $255,000+

  8. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  9. Vault #45Baker McKenzie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #8

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  10. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  11. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  12. Vault #62Dentons US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #18

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #82Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

  14. Vault #89Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #63

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  15. Vault #94Duane Morris LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #84

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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