The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Canberra Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the ACT legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the territory’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
Preeminent
Elissa Speight, Ashurst
Paul Vane-Tempest, Ashurst
Leading
Bede Gahan, Norton Rose Fulbright
Andrew Klein, Holding Redlich
John Wilson, BAL Lawyers
Jennifer Wyborn, Clayton Utz
Recommended
Ash Borg, BAL Lawyers
Maxine Feletti, Sparke Helmore
Dan Kynaston, King & Wood Mallesons
Peter McNulty, Ashurst
Aasish Ponna, Adiem Law
Emily Shoemark, SHG Lawyers
2024 edition published March 2024
Preeminent
Elissa Speight, Ashurst
Paul Vane-Tempest, Ashurst
Leading
Bede Gahan, HWL Ebsworth
Andrew Klein, Holding Redlich
Jennifer Wyborn, Clayton Utz
Recommended
Peter McNulty, Ashurst
Emily Shoemark, SHG Lawyers
Gabrielle Sullivan, BAL Lawyers
John Wilson, BAL Lawyers
2023 edition published March 2023
Preeminent
Paul Vane-Tempest, Ashurst
Leading
Elissa Speight, Ashurst
John Wilson, BAL Lawyers
Jennifer Wyborn, Clayton Utz
Recommended
Barbara Deegan, Ashurst
Bede Gahan, HWL Ebsworth
Andrew Klein, Holding Redlich
Emily Shoemark, SHG Lawyers
Gabrielle Sullivan, BAL Lawyers
2022 edition published February 2022
Preeminent
Paul Vane-Tempest, Ashurst
Leading
Bede Gahan, HWL Ebsworth
Elissa Speight, Ashurst
John Wilson, BAL Lawyers
Jennifer Wyborn, Clayton Utz
Recommended
Barbara Deegan, Ashurst
Andrew Klein, Holding Redlich
Gabrielle Sullivan, BAL Lawyers
Will Ward, Mills Oakley
2021 edition published February 2021
Leading
Bede Gahan, HWL Ebsworth
Paul Vane-Tempest, Ashurst
Jennifer Wyborn, Clayton Utz
Recommended
Barbara Deegan, Ashurst
Maxine Feletti, Sparke Helmore
Elissa Speight, Ashurst
Gabrielle Sullivan, Bradley Allen Love
Will Ward, Meyer Vandenberg
John Wilson, Bradley Allen Love