History
DLA Phillips Fox traces its history back more than 140 years to when the firm was known as PD Phillips and operated only in the state of Victoria, Australia. Since then, the firm has grown to become one of the largest in Australasia.
- 1864 PD Phillips established a practice in Melbourne.
- 1884 Phillips Nicholson established in New Zealand.
- 1885 Smithers Warren Davenport Mant established in Sydney.
- 1888 Ross & McCarthy established in Adelaide.
- 1920s Seymour Nulty established in Brisbane.
- 1983 Lavan Solomon established in Perth.
- 1985 Phillips Fox & Masel, (previously known as PD Phillips), Smithers Warren Davenport Mant and Lavan Solomon form an association and agree to practise as a federation under the name Phillips Fox.
- 1990 Canberra office opens.
- 1991 Seymour Nulty in Brisbane joins Phillips Fox.
- 1992 Phillips Nicholson in New Zealand joins Phillips Fox, creating the first trans-Tasman law firm. Ross & McCarthy in Adelaide joins Phillips Fox.
- 1993 Hanoi office opens and the firm is the first in the world to be granted a licence to practise in Vietnam.
Darvall McCutcheon merges with Phillips Fox in Melbourne. Darvall McCutcheon was itself the result of a merger in 1982 of Darvall & Hambleton and W B & O McCutcheon which had their origins in 1864 and 1888 respectively. - 1997 Ho Chi Minh City office opens in Vietnam.
- 1999 Phillips Fox moves from being a federated group of offices to a fully integrated, corporately managed legal firm.
- 2006 On 20 November, Phillips Fox enters into an exclusive alliance with DLA Piper, one of the largest legal services organisations in the world, and becomes a member of the global DLA Piper Group under the name DLA Phillips Fox.
- 2011 On 1 May, DLA Phillips Fox (Australia) integrates with DLA Piper to become DLA Piper Australia. DLA Phillips Fox New Zealand remains an independent law firm closely allied to DLA Piper.
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