Polczynski Robinson

What Polczynski Robinson does

Polczynski Robinson is an Australian specialist commercial law firm operating as Polczynski Robinson Pty Limited (ABN 31 659 322 933), headquartered at Millers Point, Sydney with a secondary office in Melbourne. The firm was formed on 1 March 2018 through the merger of Robinson Legal (a property-focused practice managed by Dominique Robinson since 2000, tracing back to Andrew Robinson's 1982 founding) and Polczynski Lawyers (an insurance and insolvency practice built by Stephen Polczynski). It delivers professional legal services across seven practice areas: Commercial Disputes, Corporate and Commercial, Finance, Insurance (including trade credit insurance, surety, directors and officers liability, and professional indemnity), International Services, Property, and Restructuring and Insolvency.

The firm's client base spans insurers and surety providers, insolvency practitioners and directors, public and private companies, property developers, and international businesses operating across Australia and the Pacific region. Its competitive position is anchored on a dual specialisation in insolvency and insurance — described as a rare combination — and on long-standing relationships with the largest global trade credit insurers operating in Australia. The firm accesses international mandates through its membership in the LAWorld network rather than through owned overseas offices.

Polczynski Robinson operates a partner-led, sales-led professional services model with billings on hourly rates, fixed fees, or matter-based arrangements. The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no public APIs, and no disclosed AI capabilities, and it has not raised external capital. Its growth signal comes from recurring Best Lawyers recognition (Real Property 2025-2026, Aged Care 2026, Commercial Disputes 2020-2022) and episodic high-profile mandates including Arrium, Greensill Finance, HIH, Grocon, Probuild, Clough, and Dick Smith, rather than from headcount expansion or geographic buildout.

Name

Polczynski Robinson

Legal name

Polczynski Robinson Pty Limited

Website

https://plawyers.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Polczynski Robinson is an Australian specialist commercial law firm serving insurers, insolvency practitioners, corporations, directors, and property developers with dual expertise in insurance and insolvency law, operating from Sydney and Melbourne.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH), Litigation & Dispute Valuation (damages, shareholder disputes) (FSAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Commercial law firm
• Trade credit insurance
• Restructuring insolvency
• Corporate commercial law
• Property legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services billed on hourly rates, fixed fees, or matter-based arrangements for commercial disputes, corporate and commercial law, finance, insurance, restructuring and insolvency, property, and international services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Polczynski Robinson is a specialist Australian commercial law firm providing legal advisory and representation across Commercial Disputes, Corporate and Commercial, Finance, Insurance (including trade credit insurance and surety products), Restructuring and Insolvency, International Services, and Property. The firm serves insurers, financiers, insolvency practitioners, directors, public and private companies, and accountants, with recognised leadership in trade credit insurance and dual expertise in insolvency and insurance law.

Product overview

Polczynski Robinson is a commercial law firm offering specialist legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm operates as a single integrated legal services offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core service areas include Commercial Disputes, Corporate and Commercial, Finance, Insurance (including trade credit insurance and surety products), International Services, Property, and Restructuring and Insolvency. The firm serves insurers, financiers, insolvency practitioners, directors, public and private companies, and accountants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Disputes Legal representation and advisory services for commercial dispute resolution, including litigation and negotiation, serving insurers, corporations, and institutional clients.
• Corporate and Commercial Legal services for corporate transactions, commercial agreements, and business structuring, serving public and private companies across various sectors.
• Finance Legal advisory services for financial transactions and financing arrangements, serving financial institutions and corporate borrowers.
• Insurance Legal services including trade credit insurance, surety products, policy drafting, risk management, Directors and Officers liability, and professional indemnity, serving insurers and surety providers.
• Restructuring and Insolvency Legal services for complex restructuring and insolvency matters, including advising liquidators, insolvency practitioners, creditors, directors, and corporate borrowers.
• International Services International legal services delivered through membership in the LAWorld network, assisting with cross-border transactions, multi-jurisdiction legal matters, business migration, and international contracts.
• Property Property legal services including sales and purchases, property development, retail and commercial leasing, strata and community title, retirement villages, and various property-related matters.

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LAWorldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolczynski Robinson is a member of LAWorld, an international network of independent law firms covering the world's major commercial centres. The network helps clients with operations in more than one legal jurisdiction, offering global reach of broadly based commercial, corporate and business practices with litigation capabilities and expertise in cross-border transactions, business migration and international contracts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ashurst: Global firm with a strong Australian insurance and disputes practice. Competes for similar enterprise mandates and offers the multi-jurisdiction platform that boutique firms must access via referral networks.
• Clayton Utz: Top-tier Australian commercial firm with established insurance and insolvency groups. Comparable on insolvency mandates and large commercial disputes, with significantly broader practice breadth and headcount.
• DLA Piper: Global firm with an Australian insurance and corporate restructuring practice. Comparable on insurance advisory and commercial disputes at the enterprise level, with materially greater geographic reach.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global firm with one of the largest insurance practices worldwide and a meaningful Australian footprint. Overlaps with Polczynski Robinson on D&O, professional indemnity, and restructuring matters, though from a much larger platform.
• Herbert Smith Freehills: Major Australian-headquartered firm with strong insurance, dispute resolution, and restructuring practices. Competes for the same enterprise and insurer clients as Polczynski Robinson across large-scale insolvency and commercial disputes.
• Clyde & Co: Global insurance and shipping law firm with a substantial Australian practice. Competes with Polczynski Robinson on trade credit insurance claims and policy work, while offering a wider international network and cross-border capacity.
• Allens: Leading Australian firm with deep corporate, finance, and dispute resolution practices. Overlaps with Polczynski Robinson on restructuring, commercial disputes, and finance mandates for major corporates and financial institutions.

Direct peers

• HFW (Holman Fenwick Willan): International firm with deep expertise in insurance, commodities, trade credit, and shipping disputes. Strongly comparable on the trade credit insurance and cross-border insolvency work that anchors Polczynski Robinson's practice.
• Wotton + Kearney: Australian specialist insurance and reinsurance law firm; among the most direct comparables due to its insurance-focused practice and overlap with Polczynski Robinson's insurance segment, particularly in policy wording and claims advisory.
• McCabe Curwood: Australian insurance-focused law firm with strong practice in trade credit insurance, surety, and insolvency-related insurance claims. Among the closest direct competitors to Polczynski Robinson's specialist insurance offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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