Client Choice Awards 2021 | Beaton Research + Consulting Pty Ltd | Virtual

Welcome to the Client Choice Awards for professional services, where only clients’ voices count.

No panels, judges or self-nominations. Just clients’ ratings meticulously and independently researched by beaton, the leading Voice of Your Clients specialists.

Category:
• Accounting and Consulting
• Built & Natural Environment Consulting
• Law and Related Services
• Specialist IP and Related Services

2020 Winners

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm (<$30m revenue):
• R J Sanderson & Associates

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
• Accru

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
• HLB Mann Judd

Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm (>$200m revenue):
• RSM

ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING SERVICES SPECIALIST:

Best Auditing Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Allan Hall Business Advisors

Best Business Advice Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Tilenni Stiles & Associates

Best Financial Planning Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Allworths Chartered Accountants

Best Tax Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Propeller Advisory

BUILT ENVIRONMENT:

Best Built Environment Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Planix Projects

Best Built Environment Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
• GTA Consultants

Best Built Environment Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
• Douglas Partners

Best Built Environment Firm (>$200m revenue):
• SMEC

BUILT ENVIRONMENT SPECIALIST:

Best Acoustical Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Marshall Day Acoustics

Best Architecture Firm (<$30m revenue):
• ArtMade Architects

Best Consulting Engineering Firm (<$30m revenue):
• AT&L

Best Environmental Firm (<$30m revenue):
• EDP Consultants

Best Heritage Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
• GML Heritage

Best Project Management Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Planix Projects

Best Quantity Surveying Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Archi-QS

Best Traffic & Transport Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue):
• IMPACT

LAW & RELATED SERVICES

Best Law & Related Services Firm (<$30m revenue):
• New South Lawyers

Best Law & Related Services Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
• McInnes Wilson

Best Law & Related Services Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
• Bell Gully and Buddle Findlay

Best Law & Related Services Firm (>$200m revenue):
• Gilbert + Tobin

LAW & RELATED SERVICES SPECIALIST:

Best Banking & Finance Firm (<$30m revenue):
• The Fold Legal

Best Commercial & Business Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Buchanan Law Firm

Best Conveyancing Firm (<$30m revenue):
• bytherules Conveyancing

Best Criminal Law Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Korn MacDougall Legal

Best Dispute Resolution & Litigation Firm (<$30m revenue):
• New South Lawyers

Best Employment & Industrial Firm (<$30m revenue):
• O’Reilly Workplace Law

Best Property & Planning Firm (<$30m revenue):
• New South Lawyers

SPECIALIST IP & RELATED SERVICES:

Best Specialist IP & Related Services Firm (<$20m revenue):
• Michael Buck IP

Best Specialist IP & Related Services Firm (>$20m revenue):
• FB Rice

PRACTITIONER AWARDS:

Best Accountant:
• Litsa Christodulou (HLB Mann Judd)

Best Built Environment Consultant:
• Phil Peet (Stantec)

Best Lawyer:
• Gina Cass-Gottlieb (Gilbert + Tobin)

Best IP Specialist:
• Andreas Hartmann (Griffith Hack)

OVERALL AWARDS:

Best Professional Services Firm (<$30m revenue):
• Planix Projects

Best Professional Services Firm ($30-$50m revenue):
• Accru

Best Professional Services Firm ($50-$200m revenue):
• Bell Gully and Buddle Findlay

Best Professional Services Firm (>$200m revenue):
• SMEC

Best Professional:
• Litsa Christodulou (HLB Mann Judd)

INDUSTRY AWARDS:

Best provider to Construction & Infrastructure:
• SMEC

Best provider to Financial & Insurance Services:
• Hall & Wilcox

Best provider to Government & Community:
• Buddle Findlay

Best provider to Mining, Oil & Gas:
• Gilbert + Tobin

Best provider to Power & Utilities:
• Beca

Best provider to Property:
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth

INNOVATION AWARDS:

Most Innovative Firm:
• Gilbert + Tobin

Professional Services Startup of the Year:
• Anika Legal

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Most Improved Net Promoter Score®:
• SMEC

Best Value Firm:
• Accru