Hall & Wilcox — Australia

Aaron Dearden

Aaron has extensive employment and industrial relations law experience. Specifically, he specialises in enterprise bargaining, industrial strategies and disputes, disciplinary and performance matters, independent contractor claims, corporate restructuring and outsourcing, managing ill and injured workers, breach of contract claims, and enforcement of restraints of trade. Aaron acts for prominent Australian and international companies across a range of industries. · Employment & Workplace Relations

Adrian Lasky

Adrian has been involved in litigation across a wide range of matters including corporate and personal insolvency, banking and finance litigation, property and contractual disputes. Adrian has broad experience in litigation and enforcement matters before all Victorian Courts, other State Courts, the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court of Australia, and VCAT. Adrian’s clients include corporate insolvency (including receivers, administrators and liquidators) and personal insolvency practitioners (bankruptcy trustees). · Restructuring / Insolvency

Adrian Verdnik

Adrian is the section leader of the firm's national Banking and Financial Services practice. Adrian’s financial services law practice covers superannuation, managed funds, insurance, and financial advice. His work includes both advisory and transactional services. He works for a variety of participants in the financial services industry, including issuers, investment professionals, and service providers. Adrian is valued by his clients for his ability to balance the technical and commercial aspects of financial services law, and for his effective management and delivery of work. · Banking & Finance

Albert Ponte

Since arriving in Australia, Albert has worked on various types of commercial disputes, for a range of clients including the Greater Building Society, Newcastle Airport, Port Stephens Council and various engineering companies based in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. He continues to practice in the area of construction litigation, including adjudications of payment disputes under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) and disputes under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW). Albert qualified as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2003 after training with an established commercial law firm in London. He remained at the firm, practising commercial litigation until he migrated to Australia in 2012 with his Australian wife and young family. During his time practising in London Albert’s focus was on construction-related litigation and professional negligence disputes. Albert has extensive experience of participating in mediations and is a nationally accredited mediator · Construction Litigation

Alison Baker

Alison has more than 20 years’ experience in a wide-ranging employment practice, advising private sector and public sector clients on all aspects of employment, industrial relations and human resources law, and work health and safety law. She also advises private and public sector organisations on the application of privacy legislation. · Employment

Alison Choy Flannigan

With over 25 years of corporate, commercial and regulatory experience, Alison has specialised in advising clients in the health, aged care, disability, life sciences and community sectors. Alison leads the firm's Health & Community industry group. Her clients include public and private hospital operators and health care providers, private health insurers, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and aged care/retirement living, NDIS and not-for-profit and government clients. Alison appreciates that issues for health care providers often require urgent attention and she makes herself available to her clients whenever needed. Alison has a passion and dedication to the sector which goes way beyond just being a lawyer in private practice – she strives to become the trusted advisor of her clients. As a result, Alison has nurtured long-term client relationships, some over 17 years. She also provides ongoing support for various industry associations and has enthusiastically taken positions within the Industry. · Corporate / M&A

Ana Forster

Ana’s practice focuses on the litigation of common law and statutory benefits claims brought pursuant to Victorian workers’ compensation legislation. Ana’s particular areas of interest are damages claims and claims for psychiatric injury. Ana acts for WorkSafe Victoria, self-insurers, agents and employers to defend claims relating to injuries arising out of employment. Prior to joining Hall & Wilcox in 2008, Ana had experience conducting recoveries litigation for WorkSafe Victoria. Ana previously practiced in Canberra for over three years in the insurance litigation field, acting for both workers’ compensation and compulsory third party insurers. · Litigation

Anastasia Coutsouvelis

Anastasia’s practice focuses on personal injury litigation management and administrative law. Anastasia focuses on achieving quality outcomes for her clients in workers' compensation matters, including statutory benefits and common law claims under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) and the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic). Anastasia has acted for WorkSafe Victoria and its predecessors for a number of years. She was previously employed at the TAC as an Impairment Officer and in its WorkCover Division for a number of years before moving to Allianz Australia in Sydney. Anastasia gained valuable management experience managing a large team of people and driving some significant improvements whilst at Allianz. Anastasia has made it a priority to understand the strategic imperatives of WorkSafe Victoria, its agents and employers, and to develop a reputation for consistently delivering on these objectives. Anastasia is a leading Workers' Compensation (Defendant) lawyer in Victoria in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. · Workers' Compensation

Andrew Murphy

Andrew’s practice includes workers' compensation, work injury damages/common law, s151Z recoveries, builders warranty claims, workplace law and alternative dispute resolution. He has extensive experience in providing advice and acting on behalf of insurers and employers in relation to a wide variety of workers' compensation claims including but not limited to death and catastrophic injury claims, work injury damages claims, psychological injury claims, hearing loss claims, general workplace injury claims, workplace motor vehicle accident claims, coal miner claims and lead agent matters on behalf of multiple scheme agents. Andrew has worked in workers' compensation since 2004 and has acted for all the NSW WorkCover and NSW Self Insurance Corporation Scheme Agents. He has also acted for Coal Mines Insurance. · Workers' Compensation

Andrew Stamp

Andrew practices in personal injury litigation on behalf of self insurers, employers, and WorkSafe Victoria and its agents, managing claims brought under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) and the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic). Andrew has a strong knowledge of the breadth of issues involved in personal injury management across both statutory and common law claims. His understanding of the Victorian scheme, and particularly his appreciation of the demands upon self insurers navigating in that scheme, enables him to achieve consistently strong results that meet his client’s objectives. His awareness of scheme issues generally led to the concept behind Hall & Wilcox’s award-winning RecoverEase platform, designed to help clients nationally identify potential recovery claims. Andrew is a leading workers' compensation lawyer in Victoria in Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. · Personal Injury

Angela Brookes

Angela has significant experience in workers’ compensation, product liability and public liability matters. She acts on behalf of state, national and international insurers, self-insurers, and Australian and international corporations. Angela also drafts codes of practice and occupational health and safety policies for large organisations. Angela provides advice, appears at conferences and in court on a wide range of matters, with particular experience in workers’ compensation mining claims. Angela also has a major focus in product liability litigation and acts as the national lawyer for a number of international corporations in relation to claims brought under the Australian Consumer Law and with respect to product liability. Angela has prepared and presented to numerous national and international clients and organisations on workers' compensation and product liability law. · Workers' Compensation

Anthony Bradica

Anthony is a highly regarded tax practitioner with over 20 years’ experience. He has particular expertise in taxation planning and structuring for corporate clients, including advising on capital raisings, business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and disputes with Federal and state taxation authorities. Anthony’s current practice primarily focuses on tax advisory, advising in respect of employee share plans and executive remuneration, and managing tax disputes with revenue authorities. He has specific industry experience in the telecommunications, software / IT services industries, media and entertainment industry, and the property and construction sector. · Tax

Anton Vucak

Anton practices in all areas of insurance with a focus on workers’ compensation, medical treatment and public/property liability. He provides strategic advice on professional risks including health and safety law, employers’ indemnity claims and general insurance litigation. Anton has advised and appeared in various courts on behalf of insurers, brokers, hospitals, mining clients and several of Australia’s largest companies and stakeholders. He regularly appears as counsel in the Arbitration Service of WorkCover WA and the District Court of Western Australia. Anton is regarded as a senior specialist insurance practitioner with proven experience in dealing with complex insurance litigation, provision of concise and reliable indemnity advice and has assisted insurers with the drafting of policy wordings. Anton has also provided advice to the Insurance Council of Australia (WA). Anton has dedicated experience in complex contractual indemnity and recovery claims and regularly provides advice on construction, engineering and geotechnical claims. Anton is listed as a leading workers' compensation and public liability lawyer, and as a recommended professional indemnity, CTP and medical negligence and malpractice lawyer in WA in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. He is also a recommended insurance lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. · Insurance

Ben Cotter

Ben is an experienced construction lawyer with more than ten years’ experience acting for clients in both transactions and disputes in both the public and private sectors. He acts for asset owners, developers, contractors, consultants and financiers in respect of construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. With a grounding in property law and planning law, Ben is proactive in identifying and addressing potential issues before they become problematic. He is pragmatic, clear, and concise, and always looks to achieve commercially sound outcomes for his clients. His experience includes drafting and negotiating a range of agreements including construction contracts, consultancy agreements, project development agreements and supply contracts (with and without installation). Ben also regularly assists clients in administering their contracts and advises clients in relation to claims and disputes arising from their projects (including security of payment claims). · Construction

Ben Hamilton

Ben has a range of experience in intellectual property, technology, and commercial matters. He specialises in technology and commercial contracts, branding and product labelling advice, advertising and marketing law, trade mark matters, intellectual property commercialisation, copyright advice, disputes and licensing, and competition and consumer law matters. Ben has also advised and assisted clients in drafting and negotiating procurement, technology and other commercial contracts, asserting and defending substantial copyright and trade mark infringement claims, implementing a national trade mark certification scheme, drafting agreements relating to the commercialisation of new plant varieties and patented technology. · Intellectual Property

Brad Marland

Brad is an experienced real estate partner. He specialises in commercial, industrial, retail, and residential property, including sales and acquisitions, developments, joint ventures, options, and providing complex advice on property issues. Brad’s expertise also includes: Real estate funds. Commercial, industrial and retail leasing, including drafting, review, negotiation and dispute resolution. Development and leasing of petrol stations. Hotel management agreements. Advising developers and operators on all aspects of acquiring, establishing and structuring of retirement villages. Residential subdivisions, including advising on the purchase of site, through to the sale of the developed house lot. Mixed use strata titled development, management rights and body corporate structuring. Berthing licence agreements with international cruise liners. The statutory and regulatory framework in place affecting proprietary interests in airport land, and the procedures and requirements of airport landlords for the grant of underleases and the conduct and regulation of airport land tenants. Mortgagee sales. Brad advises a wide range of clients, particularly in the property, aged care and local government sectors. Clients value his responsiveness, approachability and the commercial interest in their business. Brad partners with his clients to help achieve their goals. Brad is also passionate about giving back to the community and is involved with several First Nations businesses, including: Board Director of Independent Indigenous Tourism Operators of Queensland Brand Ambassador for Birrunga Gallery and Dining, the only Indigenous owned and operated cultural hub in the Brisbane CBD. Council Member of the Yalari Northern Regional Council, a not-for-profit organisation that offers quality secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools for Indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities. Brand Ambassador (and volunteer) for Dig In, a not-for- profit organisation which provides over 800 meals for the homeless and disadvantaged in Brisbane City every day · Real Estate

Brendan Tobin

Brendan advises on all aspects of planning, environmental and resources law. He has acted for a range of clients (including renewable energy companies) on matters ranging from approvals for greenfield projects, approval requirements, and water entitlements, trading and licensing. Having acted in ground mining matters, Brendan has specialised expertise in climate change litigation. Brendan’s practice covers energy and resources projects in both New South Wales and Queensland. Brendan is also an experienced native title lawyer acting in respect to future act agreements, extinguishment reports, native title proceedings and Aboriginal cultural heritage requirements. · Environmental

Bridget Mangan

Bridget’s practice focusses on personal injury litigation management. Bridget manages serious injury, common law and statutory benefits claims made pursuant to the Accident Compensation Act 1985, Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 and Transport Accident Act 1986. Bridget achieves quality outcomes for her clients in transport accident and workers’ compensation matters. Bridget acts for the Transport Accident Commission and Worksafe Victoria, its agents and employers. Bridget is a member of the team which manages serious injury and common law matters on behalf of the Transport Accident Commission. She also manages common law and statutory benefits claims for Worksafe Victoria. Bridget is an organised, efficient litigator with strong dispute resolution skills. · Personal Injury

Bridget Wall

Bridget is an experienced insurance litigator based in Brisbane, specialising in financial lines and professional indemnity products. Bridget’s area of expertise has been the defence of professional negligence claims against solicitors, accountants, insurance brokers, financial planners, construction professionals and allied health professionals. She also regularly acts for insurers on policy interpretation and indemnity disputes. Bridget is known for her technical expertise, her proactive management of claims, her deep understanding of the insurance industry and the needs of her clients. Bridget has worked extensively throughout Australia having practised as a solicitor in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania. · Insurance

Catie Moore

Catie is a projects and infrastructure lawyer with over 25 years’ experience, specialising in energy, transport and infrastructure projects. She has advised and acted for both the public and private sector on large construction, procurement and outsourcing projects, including projects delivered as public private partnerships. Catie also has considerable experience in a broad range of areas including commercial contracts, logistics and supply contracts, legal advisory, property, competition law (ACCC matters), restructuring, joint ventures and M&A (including FIRB and ASIC). Her knowledge has been acquired from a variety of roles, as a partner in major international and Australian law firms and as General Counsel where she has provided strategic and commercial advice across a range of Australian and international projects. · Projects & Infrastructure

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Christopher Brown

Chris has over 20 years’ experience in advising on corporate transactions.He is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial team and leads the firm’s UK desk. His experience covers both public company takeovers and private M&A deals. He has also advised clients on IPOs and other fundraising activities and has particular expertise in the finance and insurance sectors, acting for wealth managers and life and general insurers. His clients include institutional and non-institutional investors, in Australia and overseas. Chris also acts for numerous overseas investors into Australia, in particular those from North America, UK, and Japan. · Corporate / M&A

Clare Kerley

Clare over 13 years’ experience as an employment lawyer, having had a previous career in journalism. She is a practical and results-oriented lawyer who takes pride in providing commercially-minded advice, exceptional communication and effective problem-solving skills to all types of employment, industrial relations and safety issues. Clare has strong skills in workplace and industrial relations, including negotiating enterprise agreements, representing employers in union disputes, and dealing with industrial action in all forms. She is proficient in achieving commercially-sound outcomes to potential and actual litigation, advising employers on managing injured workers, communicating effectively with stakeholders and drafting plain-English employment documents. Clare's current clients are from a broad range of industries, including government, manufacturing, construction, retail, financial services, insurance, recruitment, and maritime. Clare undertakes a wide range of workplace investigations, including sexual harassment, bullying and assault, for a varied list of client organisations, including healthcare, community services and local government. She also provides commercially sound advice on restructures including those arising from council amalgamations. Clare appears as an advocate in contentious matters in the Fair Work Commission and the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, as well as regularly appearing for employers in conciliations, mediations and conferences. · Employment

Daisy Duff

Daisy has extensive experience within the Common Law Workers’ Compensation area. She has also acted in public liability, medical negligence and CTP cases, and has experience acting in both plaintiff and defence work. Daisy has a special interest in litigation having conducted a number of trials in the District and Supreme Courts of Queensland, and in the Court of Appeal. Daisy has a passion for innovation and adoption of technological advancements in the provision of legal services, with a view to drive better outcomes for the firm’s clients. She is instrumental in the refinement of the firm’s precedent suite for her area of practice and the implementation of new Case Management, Workflow and Document Automation systems. · Workers' Compensation

Daniel Stoddart

Daniel is an experienced insurance lawyer with close to 20 years advising clients on insurance litigation. He specialises in catastrophic claims, indemnity issues, fraudulent and complex economic loss claims. He has particular expertise in compulsory third party claims, public liability claims, property damage recovery actions, and defending section 151Z recovery actions. Daniel is well known for his pragmatic approach to claims, his advocacy and his technical knowledge. He advises large national insurers and self-insured corporates. Daniel has acted for insurers in many leading decisions in the Court of Appeal and also regularly manages special projects for insurers. He is also a sought after speaker with respect to claims management issues. · Insurance

David Catanese

David is a Partner in the Hall & Wilcox Employment and Workplace Relations team predominately based in Melbourne. He is an expert in employment law in both private sector and Government contexts. David acts for large, medium and small enterprises, the Commonwealth and State Governments, high net worth individuals and pro bono clients. He operates in all relevant jurisdictions regarding employment, industrial relations, anti-discrimination and occupational health and safety matters, and regularly conducts litigation in the Fair Work Commission, Federal and State Courts, VCAT and before other professional tribunals and boards. David routinely advises clients on employee complaints and grievances, workplace investigations, governance issues, restructures, policy development and training (including anti-discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying policies) and Executive employment matters. David has a wealth of both private and public sector legal experience, having worked in private sector law firms, as a lawyer for the Commonwealth and as Managing Principal Solicitor for a State Government. David understands commercial imperatives as well as the unique statutory and policy environment relevant to Government clients. David has a practical and goal-oriented approach to both providing front-end advice and the conduct of litigation. He focuses on understanding his clients’ interests and taking a strategic approach to achieve them · Employment

David Chew

David is a partner with over 25 years' experience practising as an insurance risk and dispute resolution adviser. David’s main areas of focus are in executive and professional risks, servicing insurers, their insureds and corporate clients. He advises on a wide range of complex coverage, liability and loss assessment issues involving claims against private and publicly listed companies, corporate trustees, directors and officers, and a range of professionals across financial services, insurance, legal, construction, public sector and media & technology industries. He also has a ‘front end’ advisory practice. For primary and excess layer insurers, this includes advising on product development/review, negotiations with intermediaries and responses to royal commissions and regulators. For corporate clients, this includes advising on risk management, insurance coverage and insurance programme negotiations. David is an exacting lawyer focused on providing clients with commercial and innovative solutions tailored to their needs, taking into account their key drivers and the law. He has been listed a ‘leading/recommended professional indemnity lawyer’ – Victoria, in Doyle’s Guide. · Insurance

David Cooper

David is a partner in the Banking & Financial Services team at Hall & Wilcox, based in Sydney. David specialises in project finance, renewable energy projects, real estate finance, mining and resource finance and leveraged acquisition and corporate finance. David is experienced in advising project sponsors and lenders, private equity houses and real estate developers on project finance, leveraged acquisition, corporate working capital, property and asset financing transactions, as well as complex, multi-jurisdictional and cross-border financing transactions. He has also worked with clients on priority, restructuring, pre-insolvency and debt-recovery transactions and on Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) compliance programs. David has also previously served as deputy general counsel for Oceania for a major Japanese bank, while on secondment. · Banking & Finance

David Dickens

David's expertise covers workouts, creditor claims, directors’ duties, voluntary administration, deeds of company arrangement, receivership, liquidation, distressed debt trading and acquisitions, and bankruptcy. David is a trusted adviser to banks and other lenders on all aspects of security enforcement. David also advises on property matters, acting for national landlords, significant tenants, investors and developers in real estate disputes. As a commercial litigator, he regularly acts for clients in disputes involving complex contractual issues, trusts, misleading and deceptive conduct and regulatory obligations. He has appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Federal Court and VCAT and represents clients in mediations and arbitrations. David is a regular presenter on topics relating to restructuring, insolvency and real estate. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Deborah Chew

Deborah has extensive experience across a broad range of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and other corporate transactions, equity investments, shareholders and joint venture arrangements, management equity arrangements, ASX listed company advice, and a wide variety of commercial arrangements. Deborah’s major clients span a range of industries, with particular focus on the technology and biotech industries, and on agribusiness, and vary in size from start-ups to Australian industry leaders. Deborah began her legal career in New York, where she practised corporate and commercial law for over 10 years. She relocated to Australia in 1999. Deborah combines a deep knowledge of her clients and the industries they operate within with a familiarity with corporate transactions that is based on over 25 years of experience in both Australia and the United States · Corporate / M&A

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 · Insurance

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. · Corporate / M&A

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. · Cybersecurity

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. · Workers' Compensation

Elliott Stumm

Elliott has deep industry knowledge and specialist expertise in the regulation of fund and investment management businesses, corporate and wealth advisers, and related service providers. He assists clients in establishing and growing their business, including by structuring funds and novel products and broadening service offerings. Elliott focuses on all facets of funds management and financial services compliance and works closely with clients to achieve their commercial objectives by transforming complex legal issues into practical solutions. He advises national and international financial services groups, as well as both new entrants and established industry participants. Elliott strives for long-term relationships with clients and is valued by them as a trusted adviser. He is a sought-after speaker and regularly presents for the Compliance Committee Forum and Property Funds Association master classes. Elliott is an active participant in Financial Services Council working groups and has participated in Treasury roundtables regarding the corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV) regime and the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes. · Funds Management

Emily Kyriacou

Emily’s areas of practice include all areas of property law including sales and purchases of real estate, commercial and retail leasing and property related disputes. Emily focuses on understanding the clients she works for in order to better understand and mitigate their risk. She is a trusted advisor for clients including Accenture Australia Pty Ltd, Australian Unity, Japara Aged Care, the Liberty Oil Group, Care Super Pty Ltd, the Victorian Pride Centre and others. She is building a solid reputation with clients for providing legal services in complex, large scale leasing portfolios, allowing them to mitigate risk and focus on their core business. · Real Estate Transactions

Emma Donaghue

Emma has over 15 years’ experience advising clients in the funds management and financial services industries. Her expertise includes the establishment and ongoing operation of MISs (listed and unlisted) and banking and finance transactions. She specialises in debt funds, including structuring, establishment and deployment of capital in documenting debt facilities. Emma’s experience includes working first-hand in the investment funds industry as legal counsel for a corporate and government bonds specialist. Clients describe Emma as clear thinking, resourceful, and results focused. She is a member of the Property Funds Association Issues and Regulatory Committee. · Funds / Asset Management

Emma Leys

Emma has over 25 years’ experience practising in the areas of non-contentious property, finance, corporate, commercial and local government law, with a focus on property law. Emma acts for a broad range of private, corporate, institutional, local government, State Government department, and statutory corporation clients. Before joining Hall & Wilcox, Emma was a partner of the property and commercial team of Western Australian firm Kott Gunning for 16 years. Since 2019, Emma has been a committee member of the Property Council of Australia, WA Division Commercial Committee. · Real Estate

Eugene Chen

Eugene is a Partner in the Banking and Finance team at Hall & Wilcox, and is Head of the firm's China Practice. Eugene specialises in capital raising, funds management, financial services licensing and anti-money laundering law. Eugene services Australian and Chinese fund managers, corporate advisors, retail and commercial banks and financial institutions, institutional investors and ultra-high net worth investors, and has expertise in managing large scale mergers and acquisition, joint venturing and capital raising transactions for Australian and Chinese businesses. · Banking & Finance

Fay Calderone

For over 20 years, Fay has acted for employers across a range of industries including professional services, manufacturing, sport, health, aged care, community services and local councils focused always on the purpose and imperatives of the organisations she is servicing. As a specialist on all matters touching the workplace, Fay provides practical advice and guidance on proactive compliance, change management and restructuring, discrimination, bullying, harassment, misconduct investigations, performance management, enterprise agreements, and industrial disputes. In circumstances where disputes cannot be resolved, Fay represents employers in proceedings before industrial tribunals, including unfair dismissals, adverse action claims, and restraint matters in State and Federal Courts. · Employment & Workplace Relations

Frank Hinoporos

Frank is the section leader of the firm's national Tax practice. Frank advises his clients on direct taxes, international structuring and taxation, business transactions, corporate restructuring, taxation disputes and the not-for-profit sector. His clients include private and public companies, small-to-medium enterprises, high-net-worth individuals, family groups and not-for-profit organisations. · Tax

Gavin Macrae

Gavin’s practice focuses on the specialist area of statutory recovery for workers' compensation claims brought pursuant to the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic). He has acted for WorkSafe Victoria and its authorised insurers since 2003. Gavin offers responsive, straightforward and practical advice to his clients and he believes in a no-nonsense approach in all types of dispute resolution. He is an expert negotiator and maintains excellent relationships with his clients and opponents. Gavin is a preeminent Workers Compensation (Defendant) lawyer in Victoria in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. Gavin sees the opportunity to recover lost revenue for self-insurers in the often under-utilised area of statutory recovery legislation. He has been instrumental in the development and design of the Hall & Wilcox recovery application for self-insurers to assist with identifying potential claims and lost revenue for clients. This innovation was recognised as a finalist at the 2016 Australasian Legal Practice Management Association/LexisNexis Legal Thought Leadership Awards. · Workers Compensation

Grant Galvin

Grant has more than 25 years' experience advising on catastrophic and major claims in the areas of CTP and general liability, which often involve complex liability, medical, causation and quantum issues. He is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law. Grant is the section leader of the Statutory Insurance NSW/ACT team, our largest insurance practice, across two states and three offices. His team acts for well-known insurers and self-insurers in the defence of workers' compensation, work injury damages, motor accident and public liability claims. Grant is listed as a recommended Compulsory Third Party & Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance Lawyer in NSW and as a recommended Workers Compensation Lawyer in NSW in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2019-2022. He is also a recommended insurance lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020. · Insurance

Graydon Dowd

Graydon is a partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team at Hall & Wilcox. He is known for his strategic and capable handling of the toughest matters, and has particular expertise in contract disputes, negligence cases, regulatory matters including ASIC and ACCC investigations, coronial inquests and commissions, and product liability. He has advised clients in both the private and public sector. · Commercial Litigation

Harry New

Harry is the lead partner of the firm's financial services practice. Harry's practice focuses extensively on financial services, corporate advisory and general corporate and commercial work. He has represented a number of listed public companies, large private companies and government organisations. Harry advises on managed investment schemes, structured products, financial services including licensing and product disclosure, product disclosure statement, prospectus preparation and public offers of managed investment interests and securities. He also advises on the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules, mergers, acquisitions and divestments, commercial transactions, superannuation, including self-managed and public offer funds and AML/CTF programs. · Financial Services

Hector West

Hector is a partner in the Hall & Wilcox Commercial Dispute Resolution team and is the office partner in charge of the Hall & Wilcox office in Perth. He has specialised in commercial dispute resolution, insolvency and bankruptcy for more than 20 years. He has extensive experience in commercial dispute resolution matters and his clients include large corporates, high net worth individuals, financial institutions, accounting firms and government bodies. More specifically, his experience includes acting in disputes in relation to the Australian Consumer Law, financial services law, corporations, partnership law, equity, collection of overdue Federal tax debts and regulatory investigations. He is also experienced in insolvency and bankruptcy matters, including acting and advising insolvency practitioners, directors, financial institutions in various claims and actions arising under security agreements, the Corporations Act or Bankruptcy Act. · Commercial Litigation

Ilona Strong

Ilona has more than 15 years’ experience with her practice focusing on both statutory and common law claims across both Victorian and Tasmanian workcover legislation. She has acted for both agent insured and self-insured clients that operate in a range of industries, including manufacturing, retail and banking. Ilona also has experience in acting for clients in the commonwealth compensation jurisdiction. With an approach that addresses each claim holistically, Ilona ensures that her clients’ business needs are reflected, whilst also gaining an understanding of the industries in which they operate. She recognises the benefits of early resolution of workers’ compensation claims without resorting to protracted litigation for both her clients and the injured worker. With this in mind, Ilona’s strategy is to be proactive and negotiate settlements as early as possible. A strong team player, Ilona enjoys working alongside her clients, and managing claims and strategy collaboratively, which often includes liaising with different client representatives of a particular self-insurer. Clients often call upon her to give verbal strategic advice prior to the lodgment of a claim and during the lifecycle of a claim for compensation. Having insight into the operations of a client can assist with putting the right strategy into place early on and in some cases in anticipation of a claim being lodged. Understanding her client’s frustrations and common problems they faced led to the development of CLEAR. CLEAR stands for common law early assessment review and is a web based application that Ilona designed to assist clients identify common law claims early and to be proactive rather than reactive in the defence of such claims. Ilona won the WorkSafe Innovation Award for CLEAR in 2019. Ilona has experience with secondments and assisting self-insured clients with establishing processes and systems in relation to day to day claims management as well as providing strategic claims management advice. Ilona was a winner of the Australasian Lawyer’s Elite Women 2021 which recognises the top 50 Leading Women in Law. She has also been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia every year since 2021 and is a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 in Insurance Law. In 2020, Ilona was a Partner of the Year – Biglaw finalist in Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards. · Insurance

Jacob Uljans

Jacob (Jake) is a member of Hall & Wilcox’s commercial dispute resolution team, practising predominantly in general commercial litigation. Jake acts for clients in a wide range of contractual disputes, corporations and equity matters, insolvency proceedings, disputes with regulators, class actions, environment and sustainability disputes, trade practices and tax litigation. Jake specialises in legally and factually complex disputes and litigation, with a particular focus on disputes in the financial services and regulatory spaces. As a co-founder and director of a Melbourne-based brewing and hospitality business, Jake has substantial business knowledge and experience, and has previously held roles as a director of the Craft Beer Industry Association and on the Board of Management of the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre. · Litigation

Jacqueline McGrath

Jacqueline is a tax litigation expert with extensive experience acting for large multinationals, small-to-medium enterprises and individuals in disputes with the Australian Taxation Office, AusIndustry, State Revenue Offices and the Australian Border Force. Jacqueline has also previously been employed as a senior lawyer with the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Government Solicitor and the Australian Border Force – so is able to provide unique insights for clients about managing disputes with these regulators. Jacqueline is an experienced practitioner and a seasoned litigator with a unique skill set and experience across the public and private sector. Jacqueline works for clients in various industries including financial services, defence, technology and energy and resources. · Tax

Jacqui Barrett

Jacqui has extensive experience in advising and assisting clients with M&As, corporate structuring, corporate compliance and governance, capital raisings and managed investment schemes. She also advises clients with day-to-day legal issues affecting their business including supply arrangements, licensing arrangements, protection and commercialisation of intellectual property, manufacturing and distribution arrangements consultancy arrangements, terms and conditions, and privacy and confidentiality issues. · Corporate / M&A

James Deady

James has experience in a broad range of commercial and intellectual property matters, including intellectual property commercialisation, agreements and licensing, trade mark registrability and infringement issues. James also has extensive experience in technology procurement, licensing and outsourcing matters. This work includes drafting and advising on IT contracts, including software licences, software, platform and infrastructure as a service agreements, software development agreements, IT project and implementation agreements, and IT service contracts, and drafting and advising on general commercial agreements. · Intellectual Property

James Morvell

James has a broad range of both corporate and general commercial experience, particularly in the areas of equity capital markets, corporate advice, and public and private M&A. James has acted for a diverse range of clients including publicly listed companies, private companies and multinational organisations. In particular, he has extensive corporate and transactional experience in the funds management and REIT sectors. · Corporate / M&A

Jane Baddeley

Jane has been a practising solicitor for over 20 years specialising in Real Estate law with a focus on leasing in the commercial, retail, industrial, education and government sectors in all Australian jurisdictions. Jane has a focus on corporate occupier work, acting for commercial tenants in major lease transactions including head office relocations, purpose built industrial premises, distribution centres and data centres. Jane has also managed high volume lease portfolios for retail tenants (Australia wide) including all aspects of the lease transaction, advice regarding disputes, repair, redevelopments, relocation and disposals/acquisitions/change in control as well as the provision of strategic legal advice at CEO/Board level. Jane also has extensive experience in the Real Estate aspects of M&A deals, including due diligence, SPA drafting, assignment/change in control, new lease deals and freehold acquisitions/disposals. Jane has been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia in Real Property Law and Leasing Law every year since 2016 and is noted in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Jane is a long standing member of both the Victorian Commercial & Corporate Real Estate Committee of the Property Council of Australia and the Law Council of Australia’s Australian Law Property Law Group, Victorian Committee. · Real Estate

Jason McMahon

Jason commenced employment with Hall and Wilcox in January 2009 and was appointed as a Partner on 1 January 2016. Jason acts for WorkSafe Victoria and its agents and employers. He is the relationship partner and manages lawyers acting on behalf of the TAC at the firm. Jason’s practice focuses on personal injury litigation management and administrative law. He predominantly manages Mildura and Bendigo common law and statutory benefits claims brought pursuant to the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) and the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic). Jason also has a well-developed and successful judicial review practice. Jason's contribution to the workers' compensation scheme was recognised when he was the recipient of Worksafe's inaugural 'Award for Excellence in Personal Injury Management' in 2010. Jason has also been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia in Personal Injury Litigation every year since 2020 and is a recommended Workers' Compensation (Defendant) lawyer in Victoria in Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. Prior to joining Hall & Wilcox, Jason worked in a number of roles at the TAC and TAC Law from 1998 and later WorkSafe Victoria in 2004. Jason remained at WorkSafe Victoria for approximately four years with his final position being Principal Workers’ Consultant at WorkCover Assist – a division of WorkSafe Victoria which provides representation for workers before the Accident Compensation Conciliation Service. · Personal Injury

Jennifer Degotardi

Jennifer is a real estate partner with extensive experience in all aspects of commercial property law. In particular, she acts for clients in the government, financial services, transport and infrastructure sectors. Jennifer provides advice on a diverse range of issues including title and development issues relating to infrastructure projects and other government developments, rail corridor access, property management outsourcing, acquisitions and disposals (including in relation to compulsory acquisitions by agreement), leasing and other land access arrangements. Jennifer has a pragmatic and solutions focussed approach to her matters. Clients benefit from her efficient and effective management of their legal matters and her consistent drive to innovate to improve the delivery of legal services. · Real Estate

Jim Koutsokostas

Jim is a Chartered Tax Adviser with over 15 years’ experience. He provides tax advice on a broad range of corporate and trust tax matters, having advised a number of publicly-listed, international, and large private clients on highly technical and complex matters, with a focus on the finance, government, and property and construction sectors. Jim’s expertise extends to most areas of taxation law, covering Federal taxes (income tax, GST and FBT) and State taxes (duties, land tax and payroll tax). His experience includes advising on the tax aspects of securitisation structures, development and lease agreements, property sale contracts, structured retail financial products and collective investment vehicles (CIVs), including managed investment trusts. In addition, Jim has advised on the tax aspects of a number of cross-border transactions, onshore and offshore fund establishment, as well as property and infrastructure projects. He has also advised domestic and foreign financiers on the direct and indirect tax aspects of transactions with respect to distressed entities. · Tax

Joanna Turnbull

Joanna is an experienced insurance lawyer, specialising in statutory classes of insurance. Joanna has extensive experience advising and representing employers, self-insurers, NSW workers compensation managed fund scheme agents, treasury managed fund agents and the Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer (icare). Joanna’s practice incorporates statutory and common law claims and judicial review matters. She manages matters involving both physical and psychological injuries, litigated matters and non-litigated advice work. She regularly appears in the NSW Personal Injury Commission, District Court and Supreme Court. Self-insurer and employer clients value Joanna's strong understanding of the claims management process and the challenges they face in managing workers' compensation claims. Prior to being admitted as a solicitor, Joanna worked for a large NSW workers' compensation insurer providing her with first-hand experience in the day to day management of claims. Joanna regularly presents seminars and provides formal and informal training to self-insurers and employers on management of workers' compensation liability, management of workers' compensation claims and legal developments in NSW workers' compensation. · Insurance

Joe Mancuso

Joe has more than 23 years' experience advising insurers on large and complex claims under CTP and statutory classes of insurance. He also advises on commercial insurance and indemnity claims, and property damage. Joe is well known for his practical approach to claims, advocacy skills and technical knowledge in all aspects of claims. Joe regularly appears as a CARS advocate, and on occasions against senior counsel. Joe works primarily with insurers in the CTP and general liability space. · Insurance

Joey Liu

Joey is a key member of the Property and Projects team, renowned for her expertise in property development and her leadership in the firm's China Practice. Known for her pragmatic approach to high-stakes, time-sensitive transactions, Joey is highly regarded by clients, including various property funds, for her responsiveness and her commercially minded approach to large property transactions. With a comprehensive skill set spanning property development, acquisitions, due diligence, contract negotiations, leasing, and investments, Joey is a trusted advisor in all stages of the development process. Her fluency in both Mandarin and Cantonese gives her a unique advantage, enabling her to provide specialized guidance to major property developers, high-net-worth property investors, and various property funds. Joey's clients include Dahua Group, Wuzhong International, Bewise Group, Linkage Group, Titan Development, Eureka International Group, Synnex Australia Pty Ltd, RPM Group, and numerous property funds, among others, on a diverse range of property matters. Joey has over 14 years of experience in property law, Joey’s clients trust in her ability to deliver tailored solutions and strategic insights, ensuring the success of their ventures in the ever-evolving landscape of property development. · Real Estate

John Bassilios

John has broad experience in financial services, funds management, blockchain, corporate and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on funds management related matters. John is one of Australia's leading Fintech and Blockchain/crypto lawyers and is a Director on the board of Blockchain Australia. John has acted for a wide range of financial services providers (both start-ups and established industry providers), including retail and wholesale fund managers, investment advisers, financial planners, stockbrokers, IDPS operators, managed discretionary account providers and consumer credit providers. He has advised financial services providers on all aspects of managed investments schemes, AFSL and ACL licensing, disclosure requirements, and ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements. · Financial Services