The LSMUL is part of a series of reforms introduced by the Attorney-General’s Department to enhance the management and delivery of legal services across Commonwealth departments. It came into effect on 1 June 2012 and gives agencies a pre-approved list of law firms from which they may procure legal services.

King & Wood Mallesons have pre-qualified to provide legal services to the Commonwealth in the areas of government and administrative law, corporate and commercial law, and dispute resolution and litigation.

DLA Piper was appointed to all four categories of the LSMUL, which will be managed by the Office of Legal Services Coordination in the Attorney-General's Department. 

Caroline Atkins, Managing Partner of the firm's Canberra office, said the LSMUL is a significant structural change to the public sector legal market.

Minter Ellison has also been appointed to all panels under the LSMUL. Paul McGinness, managing partner of the firm's Canberra office, who is responsible for overseeing all of its Federal Government client relationships, said Minter Ellison has been advising Commonwealth agencies for over 40 years.

"We have more Canberra lawyers recognised in Best Lawyers 2012 than any other law firm… We have in place a range of processes for managing relationships with our existing Commonwealth Government clients,” McGinness said.

"Our approach is to allocate a partner to be responsible for each individual client relationship, ensure our team understands the client's business, and carefully manage special reporting and invoicing requirements,” he said. 

GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

1. Allens Arthur Robinson

2. Ashurst

3. Australian Government Solicitor

4. Baker & McKenzie

5. Bartier Perry

6. Clayton Utz

7. Corrs Chambers Westgarth

8. Curwoods Lawyers

9. DibbsBarker

10. DibbsBarker Canberra

11. DLA Piper

12. Eakin McCaffery Cox

13. Freehills

14. Gadens Lawyers Melbourne

15. Gilbert + Tobin

16. Harmers Workplace Laywers

17. Henry Davis York

18. Hicksons

19. Holding Redlich

20. Hunt & Hunt

21. HWL Ebsworth

22. Jackson McDonald

23. Johnson Winter & Slattery

24. King & Wood Mallesons

25. Lander & Rogers

26. Maddocks

27. McInnes Wilson Lawyers 

28. Meridian Lawyers Limited

29. Middletons

30. Minter Ellison Lawyers

31. Moray & Agnew Lawyers

32. Norton Rose Australia

33. Proximity Advisory Services Pty Ltd 

34. Russell Kennedy

35. Sparke Helmore

36. Thomsons Lawyers

37. TressCox Lawyers

38. Williams Love & Nicol Lawyers

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW 

1. Aitken Partners Pty Ltd

2. Allen & Overy

3. Allens Arthur Robinson

4. Ashurst

5. Australian Government Solicitor

6. Baker & McKenzie

7. Banki Haddock Fiora

8. Bartier Perry

9. Bennet & Philp Lawyers

10. Brown Wright Stein Lawyers

11. Corrs Chambers Westgarth

12. Clayton Utz

13. Craddock Murray Neumann

14. Cridlands MB

15. Curwoods Lawyers

16. Dibbs Barker

17. Dibbs Barker Canberra

18. DLA Piper

19. DLAW Pty Ltd as Trustee for the DL Trust t/as Doyles Construction Lawyers

20. Eakin McCaffery Cox

21. Forgan Lawyers t/as Hunt & Hunt

22. Fox Tucker Lawyers

23. Francis Abourizk Lightowlers

24. Freehills

25. Gadens Lawyers Brisbane

26. Gadens Lawyers Melbourne

27. Gilbert & Tobin

28. Griffith Hack

29. Henry Davis York

30. Hicksons

31. Holding Redlich

32. Hunt & Hunt

33. HWL Ebsworth

34. Hynes Lawyers

35. Jackson McDonald

36. Johnson Winter & Slattery

37. Kennedys (Australasia) 

38. King & Wood Mallesons

39. Lander & Rogers

40. LLSJ Pty Ltd t/as Lawson Smith

41. Maddocks

42. McInnes Wilson Lawyers

43. Middletons

44. Minter Ellison Lawyers

45. Moray & Agnew

46. MSP Legal

47. Norton Rose Australia

48. O’Loughlins Lawyers

49. Proximity Advisory Services 

50. Russell Kennedy Pty Ltd

51. Sage Legal Services P/L

52. Simpsons Solicitors Pty Ltd

53. Sparke Helmore

54. SRB Legal

55. TressCox Lawyers

56. Williams Love & Nicol Lawyers

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LITIGATION

1. Aitken Partners Pty Ltd

2. Allens Arthur Robinson

3. Ally Group Pty Ltd t/as Allygroup

4. Ashurst

5. Australian Government Solicitor

6. Baker & McKenzie

7. Banki Haddock Fiora

8. Bartier Perry

9. Bennett & Philp Lawyers

10. Clayton Utz

11. Corrs Chambers Westgarth

12. Craddock Murray Neumann

13. Curwoods Lawyers

14. DibbsBarker

15. DibbsBarker Canberra

16. DLA Piper

17. DLAW Pty Ltd as Trustee for the DL Trust t/as Doyles Construction Lawyers

18. Eakin McCaffery Cox

19. Forgan Laywers t/as Hunt & Hunt

20. Fox Tucker Lawyers

21. Freehills

22. Gadens Laywers Brisbane

23. Gadens Lawyers Melbourne

24. Gilbert + Tobin

25. Griffith Hack

26. Harmers Workplace Lawyers

27. Henry Davis York

28. Herbert Geer

29. Hicksons

30. Holding Redlich

31. Hunt & Hunt

32. HWL Ebsworth

33. Hynes Lawyers

34. Jackson McDonald

35. Johnson Winter & Slattery

36. Kelly Hazell Quill Pty Ltd t/as Kelly Hazell Quill Lawyers

37. Kennedys

38. King & Wood Mallesons

39. Lander & Rogers

40. Littles Lawyers Pty Ltd t/as Littles Lawyers

41. LLSJ Pty Ltd t/as Lawson Smith

42. Lobban McNally Lawyers

43. Maddocks

44. Maurice Blackburn

45. McInnes Wilson Lawyers

46. Meridian Lawyers Limited

47. Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers

48. Middletons

49. Minter Ellison Lawyers

50. Moray & Agnew Lawyers

51. MSP Legal Pty Ltd t/as MSP Legal

52. Norton Rose Australia

53. O’Loughlins Lawyers

54. Proximity Advisory Services Pty Ltd t/as Proximity Legal

55. Russel Kennedy Pty Ltd

56. Sparke Helmore

57. SRB Legal

58. Thomsons Lawyers

59. TressCox Lawyers

60. Williams Love & Nicol

ALL OTHER LEGAL SERVICES

1. Ashurst

2. Australian Government Solicitor

3. Clayton Utz

4. DLA Piper

5. Hunt & Hunt

6. HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

7. Kennedys (Australasia) Pty Ltd t/as Kennedys

8. Lander & Rogers

9. Minter Ellison

10. Sparke Helmore