The 2025 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
John Tuck, King & Wood Mallesons – Melbourne
Dan Williams, MinterEllison – Brisbane
Leading
Steven Amendola, Kingston Reid – Melbourne
Miles Bastick, Herbert Smith Freehills – Sydney
Duncan Fletcher, Kingston Reid – Perth
Christa Lenard, Kingston Reid – Sydney
Darren Perry, Seyfarth – Sydney
Daniel Proietto, Lander & Rogers – Melbourne
Henry Skene, Seyfarth – Melbourne
Michael Tamvakologos, Seyfarth – Melbourne
Dan Trindade, Clayton Utz – Melbourne
Recommended
Paul Burns, King & Wood Mallesons – Melbourne
Anna Casellas, Clayton Utz – Perth
Michael Gonski, Herbert Smith Freehills – Sydney
Kaitlyn Gulle, Lander & Rogers – Melbourne
James Hall, Ashurst – Brisbane
Luke Holland, Sparke Helmore – Adelaide
Kaye Itsines, EMA Legal – Adelaide
Gareth Jolly, MinterEllison – Sydney
Jennie Mansfield, Ashurst – Sydney
Charles Power, Holding Redlich – Melbourne
Kathy Reid, MinterEllison – Perth
Sarah Rey, Justitia – Melbourne
Cilla Robinson, King & Wood Mallesons – Sydney
Vince Rogers, Lander Rogers – Brisbane
Elissa Speight, Ashurst – Canberra