The 2025 listing of leading Employer-focused NSW Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the New South Wales legal market whose practice has a 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
Miles Bastick, Herbert Smith Freehills
Alice DeBoos, Kingston Reid
Jim Fox, MinterEllison
Darren Perry, Seyfarth
Leading
Rachel Bernasconi, Seyfarth
Fay Calderone, Hall & Wilcox
Michael Gonski, Herbert Smith Freehills
Luis Izzo, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Shivchand Jhinku, Herbert Smith Freehills
Gareth Jolly, MinterEllison
Christa Lenard, Kingston Reid
Jennie Mansfield, Ashurst
Cilla Robinson, King & Wood Mallesons
Stephen Woodbury, Ashurst
Recommended
Abraham Ash, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Dianne Banks, Gilbert + Tobin
Emily Baxter, Kingston Reid
Paul Brown, Baker McKenzie
Tim Capelin, Piper Alderman
Lea Constantine, Ashurst
Jack de Flamingh, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Aaron Dearden, Hall & Wilcox
Ben Dudley, Seyfarth
Darren Gardner, Bartier Perry
Benjamin Gee, Citation Legal
Andrew Gray, King & Wood Mallesons
Roland Hassall, Sparke Helmore
Joydeep Hor, People & Culture Strategies
Danny King, Danny King Legal
Rod Marshall, Citation Legal
James Mattson, Bartier Perry
Joe Murphy, Cowell Clarke
Philippa Noakes, Seyfarth
Jennifer Patterson, MinterEllison
Kate Plowman, MinterEllison
Jacquie Seeman, Thomson Geer
Lucy Shanahan, Kingston Reid
Tony Woods, Lander & Rogers
Jonathan Wright, WorkDynamic