Ashurst Perkins Coie practises law in Australia through Ashurst Perkins Coie Australia (ABN 75 304 286 095), a general partnership constituted under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory.
Regulation of Australian legal profession. Australian legal practitioners are regulated by the local legal profession legislation in the state or territory in which they predominantly practise. While New South Wales and Victoria have enacted a Legal Profession Uniform Law, variations between those states and other jurisdictions mean that there is not a single national framework for legal profession regulation. Generally, a legal practitioner with a current practising certificate from one Australian jurisdiction is entitled to practise Australian law in every Australian state or territory. A lawyer registered to practise foreign law in one Australian jurisdiction is also entitled to practise foreign law in every Australian state or territory. The legal profession legislation applies to the provision of legal services but does not apply to the provision of any non-legal services by members of the Ashurst Perkins Coie Group.