Brendan is an experienced employment and workplace relations lawyer who assists public and private sector clients across a range of industry sectors.
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Peter is a highly respected and experienced legal advisor, specialising in complex income tax, stamp duty and superannuation law. He is known for his keen intellect and attention to detail, coupled with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
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Gemma specialises in personal injury insurance litigation. Her experience extends to CTP, public liability and medical negligence claims in litigated and non-litigated matters. She has appeared in the Local, District and Supreme Courts of NSW as well as in the Claims Assessment Resolution Service. Gemma also participates in our pro bono and community initiatives.
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Nick is an experienced commercial litigator specialising in complex commercial disputes, including class actions, competition and consumer law claims and regulatory actions, and corporations law proceedings.
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Marie is a senior commercial lawyer with extensive experience advising government agencies on procurement processes, contracting, negotiations, probity and governance, as well as experience in compliance, risk management, statutory interpretation and policy advice. In addition, Marie has had deep involvement in conducting major and complex litigation across various jurisdictions, including Tribunal and Supreme Court matters, and Royal Commissions.
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John is a senior partner in our Insurance Group. He runs a full-time practice that focuses on professional indemnity, directors' and officers' (D&O) liability, commercial litigation and aviation litigation.
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Jenna is a mining and resources lawyer who works between our Newcastle and Muswellbrook offices, in the heart of the Hunter Valley coalfields. She advises clients on mining, planning, environment, property, water and commercial law.
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Jon is a privacy law specialist who provides specialist privacy advice to Government and Commercial clients. He also advises on administrative law issues including merits and judicial review, statutory interpretation and secrecy provisions. Jon was recognised as a 2022 Rising Star by Australasian Lawyer.
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Adam specialises in administrative law and has in-house government experience. He regularly appears as a solicitor advocate in the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court in judicial review proceedings and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in merits review proceedings.
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Mahsa is an experienced lawyer who specialises in commercial insurance. She advises clients on a range of issues and regularly represents them in litigated proceedings in the District Court, Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Australia. She also has a background of working in commercial litigation and family law.
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Ariel is an employment lawyer with experience advising small and large organisations on a vast range of industrial matters including award coverage, underpayment disputes and contractual issues. Ariel’s work has exposed her to a range of industries including the banking, insurance, not-for-profit and health services industries.
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Aimee is an experienced litigator who is dedicated to achieving exceptional results for her clients and their insureds.
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Gillian specialises in general commercial insurance with deep expertise in liability claims. As a senior partner, Gillian leads Sparke Helmore’s national liability team of over 50 lawyers. Regularly acknowledged in legal directories, Gillian was most recently recognised in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific edition 2022, where she was valued as "extremely experienced and [someone who] always gets to the crux of the matter". Gillian is passionate about the contribution that policies related to Diversity and Inclusion make to the wellbeing of employees and clients. She is the Chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee. Her commitment to the promotion and development of women is well known. She is the founding partner of the firms Six Degrees Network, which provides leadership, mentoring and networking opportunities highlighting the inclusion of women. She has also been a member of the firm’s Board. Gillian is the current Chair of Global Insurance Law Connect (GILC). GILC is a diverse global network of boutique law firms with insurance expertise. Each member firm is embedded into its own insurance market and has deep local knowledge, aimed at helping clients with complex cross-border legal challenges. Each of the member firms has a real passion for the industry; the network consists of 21 firms in 23 countries spread across five continents, and the footprint touches every area of insurance law.
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Andrew is a senior legal practitioner, Notary Public and risk management and compliance expert. His experience includes management roles with Australian and global law firms, focusing on risk and compliance across Australian and Asia Pacific offices.
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Emily joined the Corporate & Commercial team as a Senior Associate in July 2023. Emily is an experienced commercial litigator specialising in general commercial and contract disputes and estate litigation. She is based in Brisbane. 
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Eresha is a corporate and commercial lawyer with almost 15 years of local and international experience, with particular expertise in private and public mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings. More recently, she has completed a secondment as the General Counsel of a large multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company.
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Dan has spent his career advising clients on how to defend claims in the statutory classes, particularly under Victorian law.
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Tristan’s practice focuses on complex multiparty disputes in commercial insurance defence and coverage advice.
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