Lawyers in Australia

Derek Collins

Partner

Moray & Agnew

Derek La Ferla

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Devinda Jayatilake

Partner

Moray & Agnew

Dhanushka Jayawardena

Partner

Holding Redlich

Dinh Ptok

Partner

Holding Redlich

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC

5 Wentworth Chambers

Donna Benge

Partner

Piper Alderman

Dora Guslitser

Counsel

Ashurst

Dora Stilianos

Partner

Baker McKenzie LLP

Douglas Fung

Counsel

Ashurst

Drew Castley

Drew has over 20 years’ experience as an insurance and commercial litigation lawyer. His area of focus has been the defence of professional negligence claims, directors' and officers' claims and medical malpractice. His commercial dispute practice includes shareholder, partnership and joint venture disputes, domestic and commercial building disputes, injunctive and declaratory relief and administrative law. Drew advises on risk management for professional service firms. Drew has been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia in Insurance Law, Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation every year since 2011 and he has been additionally listed for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Practice since 2019. He is listed as a preeminent professional indemnity lawyer in Queensland in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. He is an associate of the Australian Property Institute, a member of the Australian Professional Indemnity Group and a committee member of the Queensland chapter of the Australian Insurance Law Association

Hall & Wilcox

Duncan Hall

Partner

Maddocks

Duncan Myers

Partner

Holding Redlich

Duncan Webber

Partner

Moray & Agnew

Dylan McKimmie

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Eagul Faigen

DLA Piper

Ed Paton

Ed’s practice covers private mergers and acquisitions (both local and inbound international), with a particular focus on mid-market deals in Australia, including restructures and international transactions. Ed has significant experience running large projects including company establishment, corporate restructures and succession for large family groups. Ed is an integral part of the firm’s international practice. He jointly leads the firm’s relationship with SCG legal, an international network of independent law firms and is the partner responsible for the Singapore Desk and other emerging markets in South East Asia.

Hall & Wilcox

Eddie Ahn

DLA Piper

Eddie Scuderi

Consultant

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Eden Winokur

Eden is a leading cyber, privacy, disputes and insurance lawyer who heads Hall & Wilcox’s cyber team. Eden specialises in advising on the full spectrum of cyber risk. This includes: acting as incident response provider/breach coach and/or legal advisor in the event of a cyber security incident or data breach, providing an urgent triage and assessment of the incident and risks; managing the incident response process, including the engagement of cyber security and other expert vendors, along with directing IT forensic investigations. Beyond IT experts, cyber incidents can involve engaging specialist vendors for reputational risks, notification specialists, call centre services, credit monitoring providers, business interruption adjustors and ransomware negotiation experts. Eden has strong relationships with leading specialist vendors dealing with all aspects of cyber incidents; cyber insurance coverage advice, including in relation to claims by SMEs as well as large and complex claims, which often require technical knowledge about cyber incidents; providing privacy and other legal advice in respect of actual or suspected data breaches or security incidents, including drafting notifications to and engaging with the OAIC and individuals affected by data breaches; advising clients in relation to regulatory investigations initiated by the OAIC, as well as assisting clients respond to and settle complaints with the OAIC following a data breach; managing privacy advice from local experts in multi-jurisdictional incidents, particularly those involving European citizens under GDPR; advising on notifications to regulators and regulatory bodies, including ASIC, APRA, ASX, ACSC and ACNC; and defending or bringing subrogated claims arising from cyber incidents, particularly in relation to social engineering fraud, breach of contract or negligence.

Hall & Wilcox

Edward Thompson

5 Wentworth Chambers

Edwina Reynolds

Partner

Mills Oakley

Eliot Olivier

5 Wentworth Chambers

Elisa Paxton

Elisa’s practice focuses on common law and statutory benefits claims brought pursuant to the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) and the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2014 (Vic). Elisa acts for WorkSafe Victoria and its agents and employers. Elisa is a proactive and tenacious litigator with the skill to identify key issues. She passionately pursues issues of liability. Elisa is a firm believer in acquiring the support and involvement of employers from the very beginning of a matter, including attending site views and meeting with witnesses. Elisa is actively involved in developing Smarter Law innovations for use both within the firm and to the benefit of WorkSafe Victoria. Innovations that Elisa has worked on have won WorkSafe Victoria’s Annual Innovation Award for 2018 and 2019. Prior to commencing with Hall & Wilcox, Elisa completed her articles at a plaintiff personal injury firm.

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