Lawyers in Australia

Michelle Dixon

Partner

Maddocks

Michelle Eastwell

Michelle is an experienced corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and alternative fund raisings, based in Brisbane. In addition, Michelle works closely with her clients to assist with corporate governance issues and regulatory compliance, in particular ASX Listing Rules and Corporations Act matters. Michelle works with clients to negotiate significant commercial agreements and provides commercial advice on business critical matters. With clients across a range of sectors, Michelle works with companies listed on the ASX and other stock exchanges as well with unlisted companies, including emerging businesses. Michelle has a specific interest in the technology, financial services and biotech sectors. Michelle prides herself on the relationships she has with clients and is committed to working alongside her clients in the long term and contributing to their growth and success.

Hall & Wilcox

Michelle Keen

Partner

White & Case

Michelle Landers

Partner

Moray & Agnew

Mick Garner

Special Counsel

Maddocks

Miles Foran

5 Wentworth Chambers

Miles Hurst

Partner

Baker McKenzie LLP

Mimma Barila

Partner

Sidley Austin

Miranda Klibbe

Miranda was promoted to partner in July 2021. With ten years of experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, she has particular expertise in property and construction disputes. Miranda has significant court experience, having been involved with a large number of contested court applications and trials.

Cooper Grace Ward

Miranda Nagy

Principal Lawyer

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Miriam D’Souza

www.nortonrosefulbright.com/people/170911/miriamdsouza

Norton Rose Fulbright

Mitch Robertson

DLA Piper

Mitchell Mathas

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Mitchell Stein

Mitch is an experienced insurance and litigation lawyer who acts for insurers and private clients. The cornerstone of his practice is assisting medical and allied health practitioners with civil and disciplinary claims as well as a broader practice in the areas of public and product liability, professional indemnity and financial lines. Mitch is highly regarded for his depth of knowledge in the medical defence space and partners with his clients to navigate challenging situations. He is a trusted advisor to his clients. Mitch has appeared on behalf of clients in the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts in Queensland and well as the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in New South Wales. He also has extensive experience in litigation in other States of Australia. Mitch regularly appears for health practitioners in disciplinary matters before QCAT, NCAT, National Boards as well as being instructed to act for interested parties in coronial investigations in Queensland and New South Wales.

Hall & Wilcox

Monica Blizzard

Director and head of KHQ Lawyers' Family & Relationship Law team.

KHQ Lawyers

Monique Stella

Partner

Mills Oakley

Nadia Kalic

Nadia Kalic advises on M&A and Projects transactions with a particular focus on private capital in the energy and infrastructure sectors. She has worked on transactions across Europe, MENA, APAC and Australia.

Clifford Chance

Nahum Ayliffe

Principal - Insolvency & Restructuring and Litigation & Dispute Resolution

KHQ Lawyers

Naomi Griffin

With over 20 years' experience in her legal career, Naomi has acted for clients across a range of sectors and industries on complex commercial litigation, class actions and regulatory investigations. She has experience litigating in the Federal Court and Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria as well as in the Queens Bench division in the UK (being admitted as a solicitor in NSW and the High Court of Australia and in England and Wales). She has advised clients in parliamentary inquiries and follow-on litigation to such inquiries. Naomi is Co-Chair of the firm's global Class Actions and Group Litigation Group, Chair of the Innovation & Best Delivery Committee for APAC and a member of the global ESG Risk working group. Naomi previously worked for a top tier Australian firm, in-house at a global bank and in-house at a wealth manager. She has training and experience as a legal project manager and regularly integrates technology into her team's project delivery. Naomi is highly regarded by clients for her technical skills and trial experience. Legal 500 recognised Naomi as a "Next Generation Partner" in 2023. Naomi is a passionate supporter of the firm's Accelerate network promoting greater diversity and inclusion.

Clifford Chance

Naomi Moore

DLA Piper

Narelle Smythe

Partner

Ashurst

Nastasja Suhadolnik

Partner, Head of Arbitration

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Natalie Bannister

Natalie lead’s Hall & Wilcox’s Commercial practice (which includes litigation, corporate and commercial, tax, employment, private clients, banking and finance and property and projects) and has broad experience across many areas of commercial law. Natalie also has close to 20 years’ experience in property, planning and environment law. She acts primarily for institutional clients, utility providers, property developers and large companies. Her experience includes property due diligence, sales and acquisitions; commercial and retail leasing including managing national property portfolios; land contamination including compliance, risk allocation and liability, management and clean-up; obtaining development approvals; planning advice and compliance (including in respect of Aboriginal and European Heritage, native vegetation, traffic, noise, flooding and water quality impacts); rates and land tax objections; compulsory acquisition of land and compensation and property disputes and advice about easements, rights of way and adverse possession. She regularly acts as an advocate before VCAT and at planning panel hearings. Natalie has been recognised as a leading Australian lawyer in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. She has also been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia in Real Property Law every year since 2017 and was a Finalist at the 2020 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Executive of the Year. Natalie is customer-service focused and is constantly evolving and improving the way she delivers legal services to make it as easy as possible for clients to do business with her. Natalie takes an innovative approach to pricing, using fixed fees and other alternative fee arrangements to deliver price certainty and value for money. Natalie is responsive to clients and always does what she says she will do.

Hall & Wilcox

Natalie Bryant

Partner

Corrs Chambers Westgarth