Sparke Helmore

Sparke Helmore Lawyers is an Australian national law firm founded in 1882 in the Hunter region of New South Wales. It now employs over 1,000 people across ten offices and advises corporate and government clients in six core areas of law: Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Insurance, Government, Property Environment & Finance, Statutory Lines of Insurance, and Workplace. Beyond these core areas, the firm works in more than 30 specialised areas of expertise.

The practice spans a broad set of industry verticals, including insurance (both commercial and statutory lines), government, property, environment and finance, and workplace and employment law. This breadth is paired with long-standing client relationships and a collaborative model that operates across the firm as a whole.

Sparke Helmore has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. Its stated values are client-first, honest, respectful, agile, collaborative as one firm, and leading by example. The firm also runs longstanding pro bono and community programs, providing free legal and non-legal assistance to disadvantaged individuals, charities and social enterprises.