The big firms dominated the top spots this year, with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Allens Arthur Robinson and Minter Ellison filling out the top five places. There was more variation a bit further down the line, with TressCox, Clayton Utz, Blake Dawson, Lander & Rogers and Hopgood Ganim making up the top 10.

The survey covers 15,000 lawyers in 13 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific, with respondents asked to give their top three firms for each of six criteria: financial rewards, professional development and training, feedback and supervision, quality and variety of work, workload and work-life balance, and career and partnership prospects.

Corrs took out first place decisively, with not only the highest score overall but also for all six criteria.