The 2021 listing of Australian Construction & Infrastructure Rising Stars details individuals practising in Construction, Infrastructure & Major Projects matters in the Australian legal market who have been identified by clients and peers as future leaders in the Australian construction law community.
Previous editions
2020 edition published March 2020
Sinead Brickley, Molino Cahill - Melbourne
Persa Buchanan, Thomson Geer - Melbourne
Nicole Campese, Cawford Legal - Adelaide
Katie Gothard-Leigh, Jones Day - Perth
Kerry Ioulianou, HFW - Melbourne
Andy Johnston, HWL Ebsworth - Sydney
Isabella Johnston, Colin Biggers & Paisley - Sydney
Ben Kipic, Ashurst - Sydney
Meg Lawson, MinterEllison - Adelaide
Stewart McWilliam, Herbert Smith Freehills - Perth
Carla Mills, Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Sydney
Charles Moran, Lynch Meyer - Adelaide
Cameron Scholes, DLA Piper - Sydney
Matthew Shelley, Herbert Smith Freehills - Brisbane
Todd Spiller, Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Brisbane
Gemma Thomas, Pinsent Masons - Melbourne
Wylie Thorpe, Holding Redlich - Brisbane
2019 edition published March 2019
Sinead Brickley, Molino Cahill - Melbourne
Persa Buchanan, Thomson Geer - Melbourne
Hilary Cure, White & Case - Melbourne
Jacqui Doyle, Holding Redlich - Brisbane
Katie Gothard-Leigh, Jones Day - Perth
Stella Guettinger, Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Melbourne
Matthew Hawke, Cowell Clarke - Adelaide
Tom Heading, Pinsent Masons - Melbourne
Ben Kipic, Ashurst - Sydney
Maja La Rosa, Herbert Smith Freehills - Perth
Charles Moran, Lynch Meyer - Adelaide
Jonathan Light, Allens - Sydney
Scott Watson, King & Wood Mallesons - Brisbane
2018 edition published March 2018
Charles Brannen - Colin Biggers & Paisley - Sydney
Paul Brickley, Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Melbourne
Sinead Brickley, Molino Cahill - Melbourne
Matthew Carr, King & Wood Mallesons - Sydney
Sheldon Garcia, HWL Ebsworth - Sydney
Katie Gothard-Leigh, Jones Day - Perth
Stella Guettinger, Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Melbourne
Matthew Hawke, Cowell Clarke - Adelaide
Tom Heading, Pinsent Masons - Melbourne
Sean Kelly, Clayton Utz - Melbourne
James Moor, King & Wood Mallesons - Sydney
Krista Payne, Ashurst - Sydney
Clare Smethurst, Herbert Smith Freehills - Brisbane
Hannah Stewart-Weeks, PWC Legal - Sydney
David Ulbrick, HFW - Perth
Mark Wheelahan, MinterEllison - Brisbane
2017 edition published April 2017
Sinead Brickley, Molino Cahill - Melbourne
Persa Buchanan, Thomson Geer - Melbourne
Eve Eisman, MinterEllison - Sydney
Goran Gelic, McCullough Robertson - Sydney
Mark Gillard, Clayton Utz - Sydney
Nick Graham, Lynch Meyer - Adelaide
Tom Heading, Norton Rose Fulbright - Melbourne
Sean Kelly, Clayton Utz - Melbourne
Stewart McWilliam, Herbert Smith Freehills - Perth
Clare Smethurst, Herbert Smith Freehills - Brisbane
Todd Spiller, Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Brisbane
Simon Walsh, Ashurst - Sydney
Laura Walton, Clayton Utz - Brisbane
Nicholas Whitmore, Pinsent Masons - Melbourne





