Thea Price and a team of four join Sparke Helmore's Workplace team in Brisbane

We are pleased to announce that Thea Price has joined our Workplace team as a Partner, effective 11 November.

Thea has extensive experience advising on all aspects of employment law and workplace relations, including unfair dismissals, general protections, genuine redundancies, managing ill and injured workers, discrimination, enterprise agreements, contracts of employment, contractor engagements, restraint of trade, and industrial instrument compliance.

Additionally, she regularly undertakes complex workplace investigations, including bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment, child protection, and whistle blower matters.

Thea assists clients in various sectors including education, retail, transport, construction, mining, electrical, manufacturing, health, farming, and agriculture, and across government-owned entities and local government.

Catherine Wilkinson, National Practice Group Leader for Workplace said, ‘We are excited to welcome Thea and her team members to Sparke Helmore. Thea is a highly accomplished employment and workplace relations lawyer with a strong client focus. Her connections in Queensland, including Brisbane and Cairns, will contribute to the ongoing success of our Queensland practice and expand our offering into our new Cairns office.’

‘I am thrilled to be part of Sparke Helmore and to be working alongside a team renowned for their exceptional expertise and strategic yet empathic approach towards clients. This opportunity allows my team to join a firm that has a strong focus on cross collaboration and prioritises the wellness and collegiality of its staff,’ said Thea.

Thea and her team of four—Francesca Musumeci, Senior Associate, Meg Neven, Associate, Claire Stevens, Associate, and Julia Chittick, Senior Secretary—join us from HWL Ebsworth, and are all based in our Brisbane office.