The 2026 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 Kramer
Alice DeBoos, Kingston Reid
Jim Fox, MinterEllison
Christa Lenard, Kingston Reid
Darren Perry, Seyfarth
Leading
Rachel Bernasconi, Seyfarth
Jack de Flamingh, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Ben Dudley, Seyfarth
Michael Gonski, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Luis Izzo, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Jennie Mansfield, Ashurst
Cilla Robinson, King & Wood Mallesons
Stephen Woodbury, Ashurst
Recommended
Abraham Ash, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
Fay Calderone, Hall & Wilcox
Tim Capelin, Piper Alderman
Aaron Dearden, Hall & Wilcox
Darren Gardner, Bartier Perry
Andrew Gray, King & Wood Mallesons
Roland Hassall, Sparke Helmore
Shivchand Jhinku, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Gareth Jolly, MinterEllison
Danny King, Danny King Legal
Rod Marshall, Citation Legal
James Mattson, Bartier Perry
Michael Mead, Kingston Reid
Ben Motro, Piper Alderman
Joe Murphy, Cowell Clarke
Philippa Noakes, Seyfarth
Ruth Nocka, Dentons
Jennifer Patterson, MinterEllison
Drew Pearson, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Trent Sebbens, Ashurst
Lucy Shanahan, Kingston Reid
Kathy Srdanovic, Ashurst
Nicholas Turner, DLA Piper
Jonathan Wright, WorkDynamic