Leading Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation) - NSW, 2026

Luis Izzo

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.

Showing all 37 lawyers

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

Preeminent

Preeminent: 5 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Miles Bastick	Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer	Doyle’s ranking record: Miles Bastick
Alice DeBoos (biography)	Kingston Reid	Doyle’s ranking record: Alice DeBoos
Jim Fox	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Jim Fox
Christa Lenard (biography)	Kingston Reid	Doyle’s ranking record: Christa Lenard
Darren Perry (biography)	Seyfarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Darren Perry

Leading

Leading: 8 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Rachel Bernasconi (biography)	Seyfarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Rachel Bernasconi
Jack de Flamingh	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Jack de Flamingh
Ben Dudley (biography)	Seyfarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Ben Dudley
Michael Gonski	Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Gonski
Luis Izzo (biography)	Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors	Doyle’s ranking record: Luis Izzo
Jennie Mansfield	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: Jennie Mansfield
Cilla Robinson (biography)	King & Wood Mallesons	Doyle’s ranking record: Cilla Robinson
Stephen Woodbury	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Woodbury

Recommended: 24 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Abraham Ash (biography)	Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors	Doyle’s ranking record: Abraham Ash
Fay Calderone (biography)	Hall & Wilcox	Doyle’s ranking record: Fay Calderone
Tim Capelin	Piper Alderman	Doyle’s ranking record: Tim Capelin
Aaron Dearden (biography)	Hall & Wilcox	Doyle’s ranking record: Aaron Dearden
Darren Gardner (biography)	Bartier Perry	Doyle’s ranking record: Darren Gardner
Andrew Gray	King & Wood Mallesons	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Gray
Roland Hassall (biography)	Sparke Helmore	Doyle’s ranking record: Roland Hassall
Shivchand Jhinku	Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer	Doyle’s ranking record: Shivchand Jhinku
Gareth Jolly	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Gareth Jolly
Danny King (biography)	Danny King Legal	Doyle’s ranking record: Danny King
Rod Marshall	Citation Legal	Doyle’s ranking record: Rod Marshall
James Mattson (biography)	Bartier Perry	Doyle’s ranking record: James Mattson
Michael Mead (biography)	Kingston Reid	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Mead
Ben Motro (biography)	Piper Alderman	Doyle’s ranking record: Ben Motro
Joe Murphy	Cowell Clarke	Doyle’s ranking record: Joe Murphy
Philippa Noakes (biography)	Seyfarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Philippa Noakes
Ruth Nocka	Dentons	Doyle’s ranking record: Ruth Nocka
Jennifer Patterson	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Jennifer Patterson
Drew Pearson	Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer	Doyle’s ranking record: Drew Pearson
Trent Sebbens	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: Trent Sebbens
Lucy Shanahan (biography)	Kingston Reid	Doyle’s ranking record: Lucy Shanahan
Kathy Srdanovic	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: Kathy Srdanovic
Nicholas Turner	DLA Piper	Doyle’s ranking record: Nicholas Turner
Jonathan Wright	WorkDynamic	Doyle’s ranking record: Jonathan Wright

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