A global law firm which has won millions of dollars worth of contracts servicing the Commonwealth public service in recent years will close its Canberra office.
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Norton Rose Fulbright planned to continue servicing federal clients from Sydney and Melbourne when its Civic office in Marcus Clarke Street closed at the end of the year.
The firm is ninth on the list of legal firms receiving the most Commonwealth legal work, the Attorney-General's Department's latest legal services expenditure report shows.
Norton Rose Fulbright earned 3 per cent of the total legal fees paid by the federal bureaucracy each year.
The firm's ACT office has recently lost some of its expertise.
The company's managing partner in Australia, Wayne Spanner, said the remaining partner in the Canberra office, Vince Sharma, had decided to retire.
"We wish him well," Mr Spanner said.
"We are discussing with the five remaining staff the opportunity to pursue comparable roles in other offices and offering them support through this transition period.
"Since late last year, we have been servicing a large proportion of our Canberra-based work from our bases in Sydney and Melbourne, where we have considerable depth and experience.
"The important work we do for the federal government will continue. There has been no reduction in our work flow. We are committed to doing high-value government work and ensuring that we continue to provide those clients with the right advisers, irrespective of where they happen to be located."
