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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Sonja has over 18 years' experience in knowledge and information management—primarily in the legal industry. She specialises in knowledge management (KM) frameworks and programs, as well as the technologies and processes for managing intranets, websites and knowledge tools.
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Calvin is a property lawyer who specialises in large-scale and complex acquisitions and divestments, leasing matters, joint ventures and developments. His clients highly value his in-depth knowledge of property law and his strong commercial and resolution-focused approach. Calvin primarily acts for clients on a ‘portfolio’ basis, acting as their first point of contact and trusted adviser across a range of asset classes. He also brings his expertise and know-how to one-off projects and other matters.
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An accomplished lawyer with more than 25 years' experience as a litigator, Michelle specialises in maritime and transport law. Michelle features as a leading shipping and transport practitioner in Chambers, Legal 500, Doyle’s and Best Lawyers. She is also very active in the maritime and transport industries including being the Vice President of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ) and on the Executive of Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission (AMTAC).
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Kerri has over 30 years of litigation experience representing clients in a variety of insurance claims. She is regularly singled out in local and international guides, including Best Lawyers, as being one of the country's leading insurance lawyers. Her areas of focus are professional indemnity, health, aviation and general liability classes of insurance. Kerri leads Sparke Helmore’s national Health team, made up of partners and senior lawyers who have extensive experience in both health and insurance law. Kerri was a finalist for Insurance Partner of the Year in the 2023 Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards.
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Stephen has more than 35 years' experience in public sector law, administrative law, commercial tendering and contracting (procurement law), and regulatory law. He is an Accredited Specialist in Government & Administrative Law.
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Adam is an insurance disputes lawyer with a reputation for adopting a robust approach to defending claims and given his multi-jurisdictional background, offers an out of the box approach to negotiating and resolving complex disputes. 
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Chantal is a government law specialist with more than 10 years' experience providing specialist legal advice to the Commonwealth, State and local government. Her experience ranges from major procurement and tendering projects to advising on administrative law matters. She understands the pressures that government departments face from her recent in-house experience as the Deputy General Counsel of the NSW Police Force. In 2011, Chantal was recognised by the Law Society of New South Wales as an Accredited Specialist in Government and Administrative Law.
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Paul is a senior construction and procurement lawyer. He assists clients through all phases of projects from conception, tendering, documentation to contract and claim administration, and dispute resolution.
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John is a practical and outcome focussed transactional lawyer known for his approachability, can-do attitude and commercial nous combined with a profound understanding of the law. With more than 30 years’ experience, his work spans capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions (regulated and unregulated), companies and securities regulation, major commercial transactions, joint ventures and resources projects. John is independently ranked on a consistent basis as one of the top corporate and commercial lawyers in Queensland. He is also Chairman of the Australia-Taiwan Business Council.
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Jon is an insurance lawyer and litigator with a breadth of experience across complex financial lines matters and reinsurance disputes. Acting for national and international insurers and reinsurers, Jon advises clients on coverage issues and acts for their insureds in all lines of speciality risk including professional indemnity, directors and officers, management liability, warranty and indemnity, and cyber. He advises on the application of reinsurance arrangements and acts in commercial disputes. Jon also has an interest in emerging risks and associated insurance products.
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Ebony is an experienced insurance litigator with expertise in public liability and dust diseases litigation. She has experience representing clients in most Australian jurisdictions.
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Tyne is an experienced insurance litigator specialising in state workers' compensation and premium review matters. Her expertise and experience has been particularly strengthened through a secondment at a state workers' compensation statutory authority.
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Brad is a real “people person” who thrives on knowing that he is making a positive impact for his clients. It didn’t take Brad long to realise that the value a corporate and M&A lawyer brings to his clients reaches beyond legal answers: it is about connecting people, exceeding expectations from a service perspective and being able to offer an opinion steeped in more than 15 years of experience in commercial law firms in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands (Jersey). This is why Brad has been recommended in the Doyles Guide for leading commercial lawyers in Queensland on 2018 and 2019. The Brisbane start-up ecosystem has consistently benefitted from Brad’s enthusiasm to help emerging start-ups and entrepreneurs navigate early stage capital raisings and legal issues. His commitment to start-ups sees him regularly give back at their events (as a participant and sponsor) as well as countless one-on-one mentoring sessions he has provided.
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Sasha is a property lawyer who specialises in acquisitions and disposals, leasing matters and rural transactions.
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