A major Australian corporate law firm.
We have more than 700 people, including 150 Partners operating out of our offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Canberra. We are one of the 10 largest firms operating in Australia.
Thomson Geer is a full service firm and many of the firm’s practitioners are acknowledged as leading lawyers in their fields.
We are known for:
Our lawyers are given exposure to excellent work while maintaining small teams where each lawyer gets to develop and learn from senior lawyers, including partners.
We work closely with and are retained by ASX Top 200 corporations and listed corporations, large and medium private corporations and Government enterprises. We provide representation to the Australian interests of major global foreign corporations.
Our Clerkship and Graduate programs:
Our clerkship and graduate programs are designed to ensure that you quickly become a part of our team from the moment you arrive. You will be involved in high-quality work and working closely with your experienced colleagues, including partners, to learn and develop your skills in a collaborative and supportive environment. We also want you to enjoy your time with us – there are lots of social activities and events you can get involved in or attend.
Developing your skills to set you up for a bright future
We will dedicate time to your development as an up-and-coming lawyer in our team: an investment in you is an investment in our future and the future of our valued clients.
Our partners and staff are approachable and happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. We encourage our clerks and graduates to get as much exposure to different practice areas and ways of working as they can – this is a reflection of how we work as a wider organisation; a fully integrated, cohesive, national team.
We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability to get the best outcome for our clients and our team .
At Thomson Geer, we are looking for hard-working and motivated law students who are enthusiastic about commencing their career with a dynamic, collaborative and growing law firm. We view all of our clerks as potential graduates, and all of our graduates as potential leaders. If your ambitions are to develop a career in law and you possess the drive to make your ambitions a reality, then we want to hear from you.
Our clerks and graduates are curious, hungry to learn and committed to constant innovation and improvement.
Our recruitment process ensures we get to know and your interests in law, it is tailored to best demonstrate your skills within a variety of stages:
As a major corporate firm we provide an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, active partner involvement in staff development, study assistance including fee reimbursement and additional leave, volunteer/community service leave, sophisticated employee assistance program, regular and competitive salary reviews, daily breakfast, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.
Clerkship
Most of our clerks become our graduates, some even work as a Law Clerk on an ongoing basis before joining us a graduate.
Graduate Program