The 2026 listing of NSW Employment & WHS Law Rising Stars details individuals practising in employment, industrial relations and workplace health & safety matters matters in the New South Wales legal market who have been identified as future leading lawyers within the area.
Elyse Galvin, Sparke Helmore
Hannah Lawson, Bartier Perry
Essi Merivaara, Piper Alderman
Max Moffatt, Ashurst
Nick Neil, Seyfarth
Meghann Papa, Hall Payne
Penelope Parker, Maurice Blackburn
Mitch Robertson, DLA Piper
Shania Sharma, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Jessica Tinsley, Kingston Reid
Amy Zhao, Danny King Legal
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
Adam Battagello, Lander & Rogers
Lucy Bochenek, Herbert Smith Freehills
Charlotte Clark, Hall Payne
Elyse Galvin, Sparke Helmore
Penelope Parker, Maurice Blackburn
Lisa Qiu, Citation Legal
Gella Rips, WorkDynamic
Sharissa Thirukumar, Seyfarth
Josh Wilde, MinterEllison
Jia Pan Xiao, Kingston Reid
2024 edition published March 2024
Adam Battagello, Lander & Rogers
Emily Baxter, Kingston Reid
Sophie Beaman, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jacqui Brinkman, Ashurst
Ben Gottlieb, Sparke Helmore
Nick Neil, Seyfarth
Penelope Parker, Maurice Blackburn
Gella Rips, WorkDynamic
Elijah Royal, Danny King Legal
2023 edition published March 2023
Adam Battagello, Lander & Rogers
Emily Baxter, Kingston Reid
Sophie Beaman, Herbert Smith Freehills
Stephen Crilly, Seyfarth
Amrita Howell, Piper Alderman
Meghann Papa, Hall Payne
Penelope Parker, Maurice Blackburn
Gella Rips, WorkDynamic
Elijah Royal, Danny King Legal
2022 edition published February 2022
Julian Arndt, Australian Business Lawyers
Adam Battagello, Lander & Rogers
Emily Baxter, Kingston Reid
Sophie Beaman, Herbert Smith Freehills
Brigid Clark, Maddocks
Stephen Crilly, Seyfarth
Oshie Fagir, Clayton Utz
Gella Rips, WorkDynamic
Mary Saliba, Nicole Dunn Lawyers
Katrina Seck, Swaab