Helen is an experienced lawyer with over 15 years’ experience acting for public, private and not-for-profit clients across federal, state and local government jurisdictions. 
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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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Ashley is a lawyer specialising in the areas of employment, industrial relations, regulatory 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), advising on organisational compliance with legislation and industrial instruments (such as modern awards, contracts and enterprise agreements) and supporting employers with bargaining processes and employment disputes. Ashley’s safety and regulatory work involves advising and supporting clients in relation to regulatory investigations, including responding to statutory notices, the exercising of coercive powers and managing incident response more broadly. Ashley has acted for individuals, SMEs and large businesses in relation to criminal and civil prosecutions, including under work health and safety (WHS), environmental and other regulatory laws. Ashley was recognised as an Employment & WHS Law Rising Star in Victoria by Doyle's Guide (2022) as well as Best Lawyers One to Watch (2024, 2025 and 2026).
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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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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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Michelle leads the leads the Maritime & Transport practice at Sparke Helmore and features as a leading shipping and transport practitioner in Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Best Lawyers, Doyle’s Guide and Who’s Who Legal (Lexology). She has won the Australasian Lawyer Elite Women Lawyers’ award . Michelle served as a Board member of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) for a period of two years. AMSA is the Commonwealth authority responsible for maritime safety and protection of the marine environment. Michelle is the Immediate Past President of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ) and remains a member of the Board of MLAANZ. In this role, she contributes to working committees that provide national and international submissions regarding legislation and conventions related to maritime law, in particular: the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, the Beijing Convention on the International Effects of the Judicial Sale of Ships and the laws on the carriage of goods by sea. Michelle's expertise in admiralty has led to her recent appointment by the Commonwealth Attorney-General to the Admiralty Rules Committee, to advise the Australian Government on rules relating to the practice of courts exercising jurisdiction in admiralty. Michelle is also an executive of the Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission (AMTAC) and was a founding member of the Port of Brisbane Seafarers’ Welfare Committee.
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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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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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