The 2026 listing of Queensland Corporate & Commercial Law Rising Stars details individuals practising in corporate, mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, business and commercial law matters matters in the Queensland legal market who have been identified as future leading lawyers within the area.
Lisa Houston, Clayton Utz
Eloise Jolly, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Nicholas Lindsay, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Tim McCarthy, Carter Newell
Georgia McNamara, McInnes Wilson
Aidan Shanley, Allens
Simone Weis, Talbot Sayer
Previous editions
2025 edition published March 2025
Adam Black, King & Wood Mallesons
Julie Campbell, K&L Gates
Steven Grant, MinterEllison
Michael Hinchcliffe, Talbot Sayer
Lisa Houston, Clayton Utz
Sarah Judge, HopgoodGanim
Nicholas Lindsay, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Christiana Papadimitriou, Thomson Geer
Aidan Shanley, Allens
Nick Wilson, McInnes Wilson
2024 edition published March 2024
Nick Camphin, McInnes Wilson
Adrienne de Bruyn, Baker McKenzie
Lucinda Grant, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sarah Judge, HopgoodGanim
Matt McKeown, King & Wood Mallesons
Aidan Shanley, Allens
Phillip Smith, Talbot Sayer
2023 edition published March 2023
Tristan Appleby, Clayton Utz
Adelaide Hayes, Cooper Grace Ward
William Houtson, Talbot Sayer
Eloise Jolly, HWL Ebsworth
Sarah Judge, HopgoodGanim
Grace Kaggelis, Hamilton Locke
Shaun Restorick-Barton, Thomson Geer
2022 edition published March 2022
Amy Grove, McInnes Wilson
William Houtson, Talbot Sayer
Eloise Jolly, HWL Ebsworth
Sarah Judge, HopgoodGanim
Grace Kaggelis, Hamilton Locke
Linda Lau, Norton Rose Fulbright
Alex Samson, DLA Piper
Aidan Shanley, Allens