Renée is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law. She specialises in insurance litigation with a focus on CTP claims and fraud. Her expertise extends to indemnity disputes, dual insurance and recovery issues.
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Sheila is an experienced litigator in the insurance sector with an extensive background and knowledge of insurance matters relating to personal injury law. She specialises in tailoring legal advice to help clients navigate and defend against complex legal matters. She takes pride in building long-lasting, genuine connections with her clients to provide guidance and support throughout their claims. Her dedication to the insurance industry is reflected in her membership in various industry organisations such as the Australian Insurance Law Association, Women in Insurance and the Claims Discussion Group. Additionally, she regularly participates in industry seminars and is open to opportunities to engage with clients and the insurance industry. Sheila has previously been seconded to the dispute resolution team of one of Australia’s largest insurance companies, where she provided complex and technical legal support for high-profile claims and gained significant legal and commercial insights into the sector.
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Mark is an experienced defendant insurance lawyer who has acted for insured and insurer clients for the duration of his career. Mark's experience spans defending both professional indemnity and public liability claims across a variety of industries, with particular focus on defending claims arising from within the legal, medical and aviation arenas.
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Leon is a senior property partner who primarily advises on major development projects where his skills in structuring joint ventures and negotiating finance facilities are highly valued by clients ranging from developers to government entities.
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Phillip has been with Sparke Helmore for over 20 years.  He served as the firm's National Managing Partner from 2016 until March 2022, leading the implementation of the firm’s strategy with the vision of being a world-class independent Australian law firm that clients value for its people and performance.  Phillip also served as the firm’s Chair from 2009 to 2012 and as a member of the firm’s Board from 2014.
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Crystal Sanders has over 20 years of extensive international insurance industry experience and Australian legal expertise, in both private practice and in-house. She has a passion for delivering pragmatic and results-oriented solutions to the most complex and strategically important challenges faced by the insurance industry today.
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Matthew's insurance practice includes personal injury, compulsory third party (CTP), property damage, product liability, marine and business interruption claims. He specialises in major and catastrophic personal injury matters, and has a particular interest in brain injuries, spinal injuries and complex psychiatric conditions. Matthew is an appointed member of the NSW Health Professional Council Authority and is listed in the 2017 Doyle's Guide as a Leading lawyer for Public and Products Liability, and a Recommended lawyer for CTP.
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Melanie is an insurance litigator with experience spanning various fields of insurance law, including public liability, product liability and professional indemnity claims. Melanie also works in the not-for-profit sector, assisting charitable and religious organisations responding to child abuse claims.
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Rushil is an experienced commercial lawyer who provides commercially pragmatic and trusted legal advice to Commonwealth Government agencies across a range of procurement and contracting, probity, privacy and freedom of information (FOI) matters.
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Ashley is a lawyer specialising in the areas of employment, industrial relations and safety. Ashley’s employment and industrial relations work sees him involved in a broad range of matters including advising clients on the management of employees (e.g. disciplinary, performance and capacity for work issues), defending employers in unfair dismissal and general protections claims, advising on underpayment claims and the application and interpretation of enterprise agreements and modern awards. Ashley’s safety work involves advising clients on compliance with work health and safety (WHS) legislation, assisting clients with incident management (including regulatory investigations) and acting for defendants in WHS prosecutions.
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Naomi is an Accredited Specialist in Local Government and Planning Law and also practises environment law. Naomi’s focus includes Land and Environment Court litigation, drafting and negotiating planning agreements and advising on planning and environment legislation in NSW.
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Leigh is experienced in environmental law and policy. She has over 20 years experience in roles such as corporate inhouse counsel, and in government and NGO roles. She also has experience in planning and environment law and most recently has worked in mining and native roles.
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Emma is a property lawyer specialising in commercial and industrial acquisitions and divestments, off-the-plan developments and commercial leasing.
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Georgia has significant experience, working as employment and work health and safety (WHS) lawyer in the Adelaide team since 2017. Georgia prides herself on her ability to provide timely and practical advice to employers in a wide range of industries, whether that be defending a client in a safety prosecution or resolving a dismissal dispute.
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Samantha specialises in negotiating and advising on construction and infrastructure projects in the commercial, retail, large scale infrastructure and retirement living/aged care sectors.
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Shannon has more than 10 years' experience, predominantly in the insurance industry, working with defendants and large self-insurers.
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Merryn has worked for many years across brand, marketing and communications. She spent 18 years based in London working for various legal and accounting firms, before returning to Australia in 2008 to continue her career in professional services.
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Jocelyn is an experienced litigator and specialises in broad disputes and investigations. She works closely on complex commercial disputes, bankruptcy and insolvency matters, alternative dispute resolution and competition law litigation. Jocelyn also has corporate advisory experience and regularly appears in courts and tribunals on behalf of her clients.
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