[2] In 1978 Freehill Hollingdale & Page became the first major Australian law firm to appoint a female partner.

[3] In 1979 Muir Williams Nicholson & Co, Perth signed an agreement with Freehill Hollingdale & Page to form Australia's first national law partnership.

[8] It was associated with the firm Soemadipradja & Taher in Indonesia, Frasers Law Company in Vietnam, and TransAsia Lawyers in China.

Freehills had a pro bono program which, under the leadership of the late Keith Steele, saw the establishment of the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in Kings Cross.

Offices opened in Melbourne (2005) and Perth (2012) In 2008, the Greenwoods & Freehills merged with Shaddick & Spence to create Australia's largest specialist tax practice.