Hicksons is a respected medium-sized firm with more than 143 personnel. The firm has 21 partners, 11 consultants and special counsel, 15 associates and more than 32 lawyers and paralegals, supported by more than 60 management and support staff.

The firm has offices in Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra.

Totally Committed, Always Direct

At Hicksons, we are totally committed and always direct.

For our clients that means we are:

• up-front about communicating, in plain language, the solutions to your legal issues
• fearless in providing the advice you need
• expert in drafting plain English documentation which protects our clients’ interests, is commercially sound and legally robust
• cost-conscious in devising solutions and options
• passionate about representing your interests to achieve sound and expected results
• committed to continually investing our time to understand your business and its objectives, now and as they change, and
• completely reliable in doing what we say we will, when we said we would.

With our clients and our staff we are informal, co-operative and have an open style of working.

Clients have direct access to partners and our lawyers are service oriented, good communicators and always willing to go the extra mile. Our clients know that Hicksons lawyers are results oriented. We avoid duplicated effort, unnecessary litigation and over-servicing.

In a world where loyalty is rare, our approach has enabled relationships to be built and maintained. Many of our client relationships span over 20 years and one major insurer has engaged Hicksons for more than 40 years.

Technology Transactions Ltd

On 1 November 2001 Hicksons formed a close working association with Technology Transactions Ltd, a highly skilled intermediary firm working in the interface between science and commerce. Hicksons and Technology Transactions Ltd worked closely together building foundations for our current commercial practice, with particular focus on biotechnology and other areas where the protection of intellectual property and the maximisation of commercial outcomes are critical. We hope to provide a truly one stop shop for clients seeking to maximise their opportunities throughout the technology sectors.