Thynne & Macartney listed in Best Law Firms – Australia 2025

Best Lawyers has released its 2025 First Edition of Best Law Firms in Australia.

Thynne & Macartney has been recognised in 16 practice areas in the Regional Rankings:

• Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Commercial Law
  Insurance Law
• Native Title Law
• Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Shipping and Maritime Law
• Transportation Law
• Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Planning and Environmental Law
• Corporate Law
• Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Leasing Law
• Litigation
• Real Property Law

Relying on the industry-vetted Best Law Firms research methodology, established in the United States in 2009 and refined over 15 years ago, Best Lawyers analysed the feedback of clients, lawyers and firm leaders along with the firmographic details supplied by the firms to rank law firms across Australia.

Earlier this year, Best Lawyers recognised 13 Thynne + Macartney partners and consultants amongst the best in the country across 19 areas of law in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers Australia.

Partner Matthew Hockaday was recognised for the second time as Brisbane’s 2025 Lawyer of the Year for Shipping and Maritime. Thynne + Macartney’s Maritime + Transport partners Matt and Michael Fisher have held the title of Best Lawyer’s Queensland Shipping and Maritime Lawyer of the Year in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025.

This year Senior Associate Tony Calligeros was recognised for the first time by Best Lawyers in the Ones to Watch Awards for his work in Planning and Environment Law.

Inclusion in Best Lawyers Australia is based entirely on peer-review which is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.