Meritas

In 1999 Snedden Hall & Gallop became the chosen Canberra representative of Meritas, a global alliance of business law firms that delivers localised legal service of the highest quality on a fully coordinated basis. Snedden Hall & Gallop’s Meritas membership provides a gateway to 7,148 lawyers, 174 fully-serviced law firms, serving 237 markets. Meritas facilitates Snedden Hall & Gallop to advise local, national, and international associations on their business interests particularly in the ACT and more broadly throughout Australia.

History of Meritas

In 1990 a US lawyer became frustrated with the lack of quality control in hiring business law firms outside his jurisdiction. He set about developing his own system for selecting and evaluating firm performance. He then began inviting like-minded firms nationally, internationally and then worldwide to join a non-profit organisation for their mutual benefit. Today, that organisation is Meritas with over 170 firms located in more than 60 countries and encompassing more than 7,000 lawyers. Meritas membership is growing and continues to be extended by invitation only.

Quality assurance

Meritas is the only law firm alliance with an established means of monitoring and enhancing the quality of its member firms. Meritas firms are held to the highest quality and versatility in legal service. Regular recertification by all firms is a requirement of membership. This ensures alliance firms continually provide superior legal service to their associations .

Cost effectiveness

As part of the alliance, Meritas firms provide exceptional legal services linked to a cost-effectiveness that giant law firms simply cannot match. Our members invest in improving services and resources rather than opening costly branch offices.

Global legal services

Meritas firms offer associations the multi-national legal service necessary in a global economy. The Meritas model caters to the need for personal attention, fee value and regional expertise that can only be experienced in a mid-sized firm.

A business approach to business law

Meritas firms are chosen not only for their high level of legal expertise, but also because of their business acumen. Before a membership invitation is extended, Meritas verifies that the firm offers the full complement of litigation and corporate services necessary to handle business matters in any industry.

For further information on Meritas and member firms, please visit the Meritas website or contact Snedden Hall & Gallop’s Meritas liaison Director, Dennis Martin.