The 2026 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.
Preeminent
Alice DeBoos, Kingston Reid – Sydney
Jim Fox, MinterEllison – Sydney
Chris Gardner, Seyfarth – Melbourne
Darren Perry, Seyfarth – Sydney
Leading
Steven Amendola, Kingston Reid – Melbourne
Miles Bastick, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer – Sydney
Rohan Doyle. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer – Melbourne
Duncan Fletcher, Kingston Reid – Perth
Christa Lenard, Kingston Reid – Sydney
Cilla Robinson, King & Wood Mallesons – Sydney
Henry Skene, Seyfarth – Melbourne
Michael Tamvakologos, Seyfarth – Melbourne
John Tuck, King & Wood Mallesons – Melbourne
Dan Williams, MinterEllison – Brisbane
Recommended
Paul Burns, King & Wood Mallesons – Melbourne
Rohen Cullen, Franklin Athanasellis Cullen – Brisbane
Jack De Flamingh, Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Sydney
Ben Dudley, Seyfarth – Sydney
Chris Gianatti, KHQ Lawyers – Melbourne
Kaye Itsines, EMA Legal – Adelaide
Luis Izzo, Australian Business Lawyers – Sydney
Jennie Mansfield, Ashurst – Sydney
Mick Moy, Seyfarth – Brisbane
Daniel Proietto, Lander & Rogers – Melbourne
Kathy Reid, MinterEllison – Perth
Sarah Rey, Justitia – Melbourne
Vince Rogers, Lander Rogers – Brisbane
Dan Trindade, Clayton Utz – Melbourne
Stephen Woodbury – Ashurst – Sydney