About
John Emmerig is a Partner at Thomsons with 36+ years’ experience and a national reputation for handling high‑stakes domestic and cross‑border litigation and regulatory work for multinationals, major Australian companies and government agencies. He is regularly instructed in class action defence, large commercial disputes and major regulatory/government litigation and is ranked among Australia’s leading litigation lawyers by Chambers Asia Pacific (2026) and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Practice areas
LitigationClass ActionsCommercial LitigationRegulatory & Government LitigationCross-Border / International LitigationGovernment & Public Inquiries
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Expertise
Class action defenceLarge-scale commercial disputesRegulatory and enforcement matters (ASIC, ACCC, APRA)Royal Commissions and Parliamentary InquiriesTransnational litigation (US, UK, EU, Asia)Advising Federal and State government agencies