What Eleven Wentworth does

Eleven Wentworth is an Australian barristers' chambers established in 1957 and headquartered at 180 Phillip Street, Sydney, in NSW's legal district. It is one of Australia's leading chambers providing independent legal representation, advocacy, and advice across all areas of commercial law and public law, with members practising in courts, tribunals, and arbitral forums throughout Australia. The chambers is private and self-governing, with no parent company, external investment, or public listing.

The chambers' membership comprises approximately 50+ barristers organised across a formal seniority structure: 14–15 Senior Counsel (silks), Junior Counsel at 7+ years and 1–6 years of call, Readers (prospective barristers recruited annually from among Australia's most promising lawyers), and Associates comprising eminent mediators, arbitrators, and emeritus judges. Many members hold graduate degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, NYU, LSE, and Harvard, and bring prior experience at leading Australian, London, and New York firms. Associates include a former High Court Justice and Governor-General of Australia, the current Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the current Chief Justice of New South Wales.

Revenue is generated through professional services billings by individual barristers, who are briefed by solicitors on behalf of clients spanning individuals, corporations, and government bodies. The client base is broad and high-quality, including Commonwealth Bank, Wesfarmers, Telstra, Optus, Meta, Hancock Prospecting, Lendlease, CPB Contractors, John Holland, BGC Group, ME Bank, Deutsche Bank, Foxtel, KPMG, Suncorp, INPEX, Aurizon, and government clients including Transport for NSW, the State of New South Wales, NSW Land and Housing Corporation, and the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Pricing is set individually by barristers; one publicly disclosed reference point is mediation by Alec Leopold SC at A$8,000 per day plus GST, with A$800 per hour preparation plus GST. The chambers operates no proprietary technology platform; the Clerk manages administrative enquiries and the briefing workflow, and the chambers is marketed through its website and legal-directory presence within a referral-driven solicitor briefing system.

Name

Eleven Wentworth

Legal name

Eleven Wentworth

Website

https://elevenwentworth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eleven Wentworth is an Australian barristers' chambers founded in 1957 in Sydney, providing independent legal representation, advocacy, mediation, and arbitration across commercial and public law via approximately 50+ Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, Readers, and emeritus judicial Associates.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Barristers provide independent legal representation, advocacy and advice. They are engaged by solicitors on behalf of clients and bill for their services in commercial and public law matters.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Eleven Wentworth is a Sydney barristers' chambers providing specialist advocacy and advisory services through its members — Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, Readers, and Associates — across commercial, public, constitutional, administrative, equity, insolvency, class actions, arbitration, and mediation matters. Services are supplied on brief from instructing solicitors and via direct retainer from corporate and government clients, with chambers administration handled by the Clerk.

Product overview

Eleven Wentworth is one of Australia's leading barristers' chambers offering independent legal representation, advocacy, and advice in commercial law and public law. The chambers provides legal services through its members at different seniority levels: Senior Counsel (silks), Junior Counsel (7+ years and 1-6 years), Readers (prospective barristers), and Associates (emeritus judges and mediators). Members practice throughout Australia and specialize in areas including commercial law, public law, constitutional law, administrative law, equity, insolvency, arbitration, class actions, and mediation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial law advocacy and advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• Members appointed to highest judicial offices including High Court of Australia and Governor-General of Australia

Named customers31 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

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Direct peers

• Wentworth Chambers: Sydney chambers operating from the same legal precinct; direct overlap in commercial and equity work. Member barristers are briefed by the same instructing solicitors on competing sides of disputes.
• Essex Court Chambers: Leading London commercial and public-law chambers; operates a 'fly-in' overseas counsel programme used in Australian arbitrations. Sets the international benchmark Eleven Wentworth's senior barristers are benchmarked against.
• New Chambers: Sydney-based commercial-litigation chambers of comparable seniority. Competes for instructing-solicitor briefs in complex corporate disputes and appellate work.
• Banco Chambers: Premier Sydney barristers' chambers with a comparable bench of Senior Counsel and direct overlap in commercial and public law. Competes head-to-head for the same solicitor-briefed matters in NSW.
• 7 Wentworth Selborne: Major Sydney chambers formed from the merger of 7 Wentworth and Selborne Chambers, with similar scale and Senior Counsel depth across commercial litigation. Closest head-to-head competitor for elite briefs.
• Brick Court Chambers: Elite London commercial-law set with parallel international arbitration and public-law practices. Comparable in scale and prestige; relevant for cross-border briefs Eleven Wentworth's international-experience barristers may attract.
• Selborne Chambers: Long-standing Sydney chambers with overlapping practice areas (commercial, equity, public law). Alec Leopold SC, listed at Eleven Wentworth, also practices from Selborne Chambers — illustrating direct cross-membership.
• Twenty Essex: International commercial-arbitration and public-law chambers in London with an Australia-facing practice. Comparable in cross-border disputes and arbitration, where Eleven Wentworth's silks also appear.

Regional players

• Victorian Bar: Largest Australian bar outside NSW, with comparable senior counsel depth. Members practise in Melbourne's courts and tribunals rather than NSW, so competition is indirect but on shared national matters.
• Queensland Bar: Major Australian bar based in Brisbane. Competes for national commercial and public-law briefs but its members primarily practise in Queensland courts and tribunals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eleven-wentworth

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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