Our History

Carter Newell is a leading dynamic Queensland-based firm providing specialist legal advice to Australian and international corporate clients 

We specialise in the areas of:

• Insurance
• Construction & Engineering
• Corporate & Commercial
• Commercial Dispute Resolution

At Carter Newell, we work as 'One Team', pursuing excellence in everything we do.  Each member of the Carter Newell team is passionate about providing our clients with quality legal services. The firm’s development has followed a highly coordinated path of continually increasing the depth of our specialist offerings within the key practice areas.

Each member of our team has belief in and is passionate about what they do on behalf of our clients. Our clients regard us as their business partners, which differentiates us from other legal service providers. We see ourselves as an extension of each client’s business and aim to provide high quality legal services to help our clients achieve their commercial goals. It is not only our expertise, but also our dedication to being the best we can be, that ensures we deliver on this client commitment.

By providing strategic advice and solutions to our clients, we deliver successful results in a timely manner.  We have a proven track record of handling complex commercial issues, as well as high-level disputes, both nationally and internationally. 

Established in 1989, our head office is in Brisbane, Australia. Our extensive communications network enables us to continue to provide a seamless service to clients based interstate and overseas.

Carter Newell currently has a team of approximately 100 staff members, of which over 55 percent are legal professionals.