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Leading Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation) – Australia, 2021

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021

Alice DeBoos

The 2021 listing of leading Employer-focused Australian Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across all Australian legal markets whose practice has strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Showing all 37 lawyers

Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Preeminent

Preeminent: 4 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Location	Doyle’s ranking record
Alice deBoos (biography)	Kingston Reid	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Alice deBoos
Jim Fox	MinterEllison	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Jim Fox
Darren Perry (biography)	Seyfarth	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Darren Perry
Henry Skene (biography)	Seyfarth	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Henry Skene

Leading

Leading: 16 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Location	Doyle’s ranking record
Steven Amendola (biography)	Kingston Reid	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Steven Amendola
Miles Bastick	Herbert Smith Freehills	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Miles Bastick
Paul Burns	Cirrs Chambers Westgarth	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Paul Burns
Nicholas Ellery (biography)	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Perth	Doyle’s ranking record: Nicholas Ellery
Duncan Fletcher (biography)	Kingston Reid	Perth	Doyle’s ranking record: Duncan Fletcher
Chris Gardner (biography)	Seyfarth	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Chris Gardner
Ian Humphreys	Ashurst	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Ian Humphreys
Gareth Jolly	MinterEllison	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Gareth Jolly
Christa Lenard (biography)	Kingston Reid	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Christa Lenard
Graham Smith	Clayton Utz	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Graham Smith
Michael Tamvakologos (biography)	Seyfarth	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Tamvakologos
Dan Trindade	Clayton Utz	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Dan Trindade
John Tuck (biography)	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: John Tuck
Dan Williams	MinterEllison	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Dan Williams
Anthony Wood	Herbert Smith Freehills	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Anthony Wood
Stephen Woodbury	Ashurst	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Woodbury

Recommended

Recommended: 17 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Location	Doyle’s ranking record
Bill Athanasellis	Franklin Athanasellis Cullen	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Bill Athanasellis
Rachel Bernasconi (biography)	Seyfarth	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Rachel Bernasconi
Anna Casellas	Clayton Utz	Perth	Doyle’s ranking record: Anna Casellas
Rick Catanzariti	DLA Piper	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Rick Catanzariti
Rohen Cullen	Franklin Athanasellis Cullen	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Rohen Cullen
Saul Harben	Clayton Utz	Perth	Doyle’s ranking record: Saul Harben
Stephen Jauncey	Lander & Rogers	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Jauncey
Nick Le Mare	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Nick Le Mare
Anthony Longland	Herbert Smith Freehills	Perth	Doyle’s ranking record: Anthony Longland
Shae McCartney	Clayton Utz	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Shae McCartney
Helen McKenzie	Ashurst	Sydney	Doyle’s ranking record: Helen McKenzie
Michael Moy	McCullough Robertson	Brisbane	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Moy
Charles Power (biography)	Holding Redlich	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Charles Power
Julian Riekert	Lander & Rogers	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Julian Riekert
Andrew Short	MinterEllison	Adelaide	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Short
Graeme Smith	Herbert Smith Freehills	Melbourne	Doyle’s ranking record: Graeme Smith
Kaye Smith	EMA Legal	Adelaide	Doyle’s ranking record: Kaye Smith

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