sydney australia no . of attorneys 200 lawyers no . of employees 500 employees major practice areas communications and technology competition and regulation energy and resources litigation and intellectual property real estate m & a corporate and finance key people danny gilbert managing partner date founded 1988 company type partnership website www.gtlaw.com.au gilbert tobin is a corporate law firm headquartered in sydney australia with offices in melbourne and perth . gilbert tobin was established in 1988 by danny gilbert and tony tobin and firm employs more than 500 people . it has the highest proportion of female partners of any major australian law firm 1 and was the first firm to employ a full time pro bono lawyer . 2 in may 2011 gilbert tobin merged with perth based firm blakiston & crabb following a year of operating as associated firms . 3 gilbert tobin also maintained a strategic alliance with chinese law firm king & wood between 2007 and 2011 . 4 5 legal expertise edit gilbert tobin provides legal advice on banking and infrastructure corporate advisory competition and regulation energy and resources intellectual property media litigation and dispute resolution real estate and projects taxation tmt project services references edit chris merritt legal affairs editor 2010 12 17 . women lawyers win in big firm shake outs . the australian . retrieved 2011 09 13 . 1 archived november 22 2008 at the wayback machine . alb news 2011 . g t absorbs blakiston & crabb ; gilbert ponders firm size . retrieved 7 october 2011 . australian financial review mallesons firms up asian link 7 october 2011 p. 20 . the new lawyer 2011 . mallesons china s king & wood plan alliance . retrieved 7 october 2011 . external links edit gilbert tobin website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gilbert % 2b tobin & oldid 718726324 categories law firms of australiahidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 5 may 2016 at 07 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view