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In 1985 Greenwoods & Freehills was established in Sydney as a specialist tax practice when accounting firm
Greenwood Challoner and Freehill, Hollingdale & Page tax practice merged. Offices opened in Melbourne (2005) and Perth (2012) In 2008, the Greenwoods & Freehills merged with Shaddick
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Freehill Hollingdale & Page in 1947 and began to grow under the direction of partner Brian Page, who took the firm into corporate and commercial practice within Australia and internationally. Page was also notable for his open employment policy, hiring
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Hollingdale & Page became the first major Australian law firm to appoint a female partner. In 1979 Muir Williams Nicholson & Co, Perth signed an agreement with Freehill Hollingdale & Page to form Australia's first national law partnership.
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