Beaton would like to congratulate the winners of the 2011 BRW Client Choice Awards.

Overall awards

Best professional service firm (revenue under $50M): Lawler Chartered Accountants

Best professional service firm (revenue between $50M to $200M): PPB

Best professional service firm (revenue over $200M): Sinclair Knight Merz

Profession awards

These awards identify the highest performing firms within each profession.

Best accountancy firm (less than $50M): Lawler Chartered Accountants

Best accountancy firm (over $500M): Deloitte

Best accountancy firm ($50M – $500M): PPB

Best consulting engineering firm (less than $50M): Alluvium Consulting

Best consulting engineering firm (over $200 million): Sinclair Knight Merz

Best consulting engineering firm ($50M – $200M): Golder Associates

Best law firm (less than $50M): Swaab Attorneys

Best law firm (over $200M): Blake Dawson

Best law firm ($50M – $200M): Herbert Geer

Attribute awards

These represent the firms who rated highest on specific attributes: value, exceptional service, innovation and client care. The market leader award is for the firm most seen as being a leading firm and is a measure of brand strength.

Best value: Energetics

Exceptional service: Wood & Grieve Engineers

Market leader: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Most innovative: Arup

Outstanding client care: Wood & Grieve Engineers

Category awards

These following awards are new categories rating providers to the ASX 100 and also by those in C-suite roles. The best tax award is open to law and accounting firms.

Best provider rated by ASX top 100 companies: gadens lawyers

Best provider rated by the c-suite: Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Best tax provider: Freehills

Sector awards

This is a new category for 2011, the firms are rated by clients that work in specific industry sectors.

Best provider rated by the professional services sector: PPB

Best provider rated by the building and construction industry: Ernst & Young

Best provider rated by the finance and insurance industry: Gilbert + Tobin

Best provider rated by the government & community sector: Golder Associates

Best provider rated by the manufacturing, wholesaling & retail sector: Freehills

Best provider rated by the mining industry: Golder Associates

Best provider rated by the primary industry, infrastructure & utilities sector: Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Best provider rated by the property & construction sector: Golder Associates

State awards

These awards are rated by clients in different states and firms in all professions are eligible.

Best ACT firm: Clayton Utz

Best New South Wales firm: Lawler Partners

Best Queensland firm: DLA Phillips Fox

Best South Australian firm: Sinclair Knight Merz

Best Victorian firm: URS

Best Western Australian firm: Wood & Grieve Engineers

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