Who are we?

Talbot Sayer is a specialist corporate, property and commercial disputes law firm located in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia. Our principals have worked exclusively for leading national and international law firms throughout their legal careers.

With 146 qualifying deals we ranked first in the 2022 Refinitiv Australia and New Zealand league tables for both small cap (deals up to $50 million) and mid cap (deals up to $500 million) mergers and acquisitions.

We are also listed among Queensland’s leading corporate practice in the most recent Doyle’s guide to the Australian legal profession. Our principals have been individually recommended in Doyle’s guide and ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Best Lawyers in Australia.

Why choose us?

The global consolidation of law firms means the vast majority of lawyers qualified to act on complex matters are burdened by huge infrastructure costs. This flows on to high charge out rates and fees to clients.

Talbot Sayer provides clients with a solution to this problem. We have the technical capability to deliver top tier service and quality on the most complex corporate and property transactions and commercial disputes but we do so in a cost conscious manner and with charge out rates that reflect our lean infrastructure.

Our competitive advantage

It is not easy to deliver high quality affordable legal work.
There are a number of reasons why we can.

We are a young firm committed to investing in our clients and the future, rather than trying to extract maximum commercial benefit from our clients today.

None of our principals or lawyers have a billable hour budget or 'own' a client relationship. We work as one team and work is done by the person with the most appropriate skills.

Our lawyers are hand picked and we pay top of market rates to ensure we can hire and retain the best and brightest.

We have a unique monthly bonus system that rewards our lawyers for finding solutions for our clients rather than on the basis of billings.

Our lawyers undergo formal training in negotiation, problem solving and project management to focus them on client outcomes rather than point scoring.

Our transaction teams are principal led, streamlined and focussed. The volume of deals we work on creates efficiencies in both our documentation and deal execution.

We only make investments that benefit our clients. We have no unnecessary overhead or infrastructure.

Our principals are trusted advisors to their clients, available on a 24/7 basis.

Expertise

Talbot Sayer is a specialist corporate, property and commercial disputes law firm.

Key Lawyers

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