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Sparke Helmore is pleased to announce George Roussos has joined our Statutory Lines Insurance team as Local Managing Partner of our Darwin office, effective 1 July 2025.

George has extensive experience in advising clients on business and commercial disputes, work health and safety, employment, insurance, and workers compensation.  His work with clients includes both initiating and defending claims, as well as negotiating and mediating disputes. 

George is a nationally accredited Mediator.  He has served on many committees and business associations, including as President of the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Advisory Council, and as a Director of the Power and Water Corporation.  Additionally, George is a Vincent Fairfax Fellow (Ethics in Leadership) and has completed the Harvard Law School Negotiation Workshop and Advanced Negotiation Workshop.

George is joined by a team of three, including Special Counsel Melanie Blackman.

James Johnson, National Practice Group Leader for Statutory Lines Insurance, said, “We are excited to welcome George and his team onboard. George is a highly respected and credentialed practitioner. His expertise will enable us to expand the services we provide to our clients, as well as to support George’s loyal client base and the continued growth of our Darwin and national practice. We are also pleased that George’s talented team has decided to join us.”

George remarked, ‘My team and I are pleased to join Sparke Helmore, enhancing the depth of the firm’s highly regarded Statutory Lines Insurance team.  I also look forward to collaborating with other specialised areas at Sparke Helmore to better serve our Northern Territory clients.’ 

George joins us from Roussos Legal Advisory, where he was the Managing Partner.

About Sparke Helmore

We’ve come a long way since our doors first opened in the Hunter in 1882.  We’ve had an office in Sydney since the ‘60s and we recently opened our tenth office in Cairns.

We cover six key areas of law – Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Insurance, Government, Property Environment & Finance, Statutory Lines of Insurance and Workplace – with more than 30 specialised areas of expertise. We’re a truly national, full service and proudly Australian firm that delivers results through deep collaboration with our clients. Wherever our clients need us, that’s where we’ll be.

Covering a big country needs a big team—we’re more than 880 people now and still growing. And in true Australian spirit, we’re friendly, approachable and easy to work with. And when you work with one of us, you get the expertise of all of us.

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