Commercial disputes

Führende Juniors

Führende Juniors haben bedeutende Erfahrung in signifikanten Fällen und eine starke Marktreputation sowohl bei Wettbewerbern als auch bei Mandanten, wodurch sie als Prozessanwält*innen der Zukunft angesehen werden.

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Tom Barry
Young's List Barristers
Tom is always available to assist, and provides timely, measured and commercial advice.' 
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Emma Beechey
New Chambers
Emma is a great black letter lawyer, and a lateral thinker. She also welcomes debate and discussion to refine ideas. On her feet, she builds an easy rapport with judges and is always listened to carefully.'
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Jane Buncle
Omnia Chambers
Jane is an impressive advocate. She is well-prepared and confident in her delivery. She is increasingly briefed in matters both unled and led (and with a speaking role when led).’  
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Melanie Cairns
Alinea Chambers
Melanie has a singular ability to identify the key issue in a complex dispute and structure the case around that issue. Her oral and written advocacy is direct, articulate and effective. She has the respect of the bench.'
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Caspar Conde
New Chambers
Caspar has an excellent grasp of the legal principles relevant to class actions, and is always well prepared when appearing in court and during conferences. He is extremely diligent, provides excellent advice and forensic analysis, is very pragmatic and commercial, and his advocacy always has an air of common sense. Overall Caspar is a true pleasure to work with.' 
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Juliet Curtin
Alinea Chambers
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Courtney Ensor
New Chambers
Courtney is always very well-prepared and thorough. She has a strong work ethic and is a dream to work with.'
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Sinclair Gray
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Strong commercial and practical advice that is related to solving the problem. Sinclair is also a fearless advocate running difficult points in a respectful and polite manner.'  
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Catherine Hamilton-Jewell
Alinea Chambers
Catherine is the perfect mix of legal vigour and understanding the facts of the case to help steer through the most complex of matters.  She is not afraid to get her hands dirty and she is happy to continue to challenge positions until the best way forward is found. A really, really dependable pair of hands.'
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Zoe Hillman
Alinea Chambers
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Patrick Holmes
Alinea Chambers
Patrick is extremely hard working clever barrister; he has excellent attention to detail and is very precise in his advice but at the same time commercial in his approach.  He makes himself available to myself and the team and he is a go to counsel for advice, help on procedure and evidence.'
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Jocelyn Jaffray
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Excellent knowledge of insurance and strong technical lawyer. Easy to work with and a positive member of the team. Good leader and strong advocate.' 
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Jesse Kennedy
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Jessie is the rising star at the Sydney Bar. Very strong on the law, hard working and a team player.'
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Sean Baron Levi
State Chambers
Great attention to detail. He has the ability to research and find compelling case law and authorities. Great advocacy skills and great with clients.’
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Michael May
Level Twenty Seven Chambers
Michael is a clear, logical and intelligent thinker. The same can be said for his advocacy. His submissions are very clear and structured - and his advocacy reflects that approach to matters in which he is briefed.'
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Justin Mereine
Foley's List Barristers
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Tom O’Brien
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Tom is a robust thinker, a clear, concise and effective advocate and an energetic senior junior counsel.' 
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Greg O’Mahoney
New Chambers
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Chris Peadon
New Chambers
Chris is a charismatic barrister with good commercial sense which helps navigates through complex disputes.'
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David Smallbone
Frederick Jordan Chambers
He is sharp in all aspects, particularly in identify the issue, knowledge of the law, as well as in cross examination.'
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Sarah Spottiswood
Level Twenty Seven Chambers
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Luke Waterson
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Stewart Webster
Level Twenty Seven Chambers
Stewart is the leading junior barrister at the Bar in Queensland in commercial matters. He is a persuasive advocate, and capable of quickly transitioning to one of the leading commercial senior counsel in Queensland in the future.’
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Kate Anderson
Young's List Barristers
Kate is a very experienced counsel with strong strategic skills. She is hard working and ensures being across the detail of the matters she works on. She is an effective advocate with a direct and no-nonsense approach to advocacy.’
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Amelia Avery-Williams
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Amelia's core strength is being on top of the detail of her briefs and being able to quickly identify the main issues in dispute to help either resolve cases or to come up with the best hearing strategy.'
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Conor Bannan
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Conor is extremely calm under pressure. He is always well prepared and a pleasure to deal with at all times of the life cycle of a large matter.'  
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Tim Boyle
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Tim is one of Sydney’s leading juniors. His work product is exceptional, including oral advocacy. He is highly skilled as a barrister, and also a delight to work with.’
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Andrew Byrne
7 Wentworth Selborne
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Fiona Cameron
Young's List Barristers
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Natasha Case
Alinea Chambers
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Dominic Delany
Alinea Chambers
Dom is extremely bright, hard working, strategic.’  
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Catherine Dermody
Foley's List Barristers
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Matthew Follett
Dever's List Barristers
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Jonathan Forbes
Foley's List Barristers
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Adam Hochroth
Banco Chambers
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Oliver Jones
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Oliver is an accomplished advocate with a diverse practice. Oliver is good on his feet and has excellent written skills.’
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Tamasin Jonker
Alinea Chambers
Absolute superstar, very hard working, incredibly smart. Willing to roll up her sleeves and do the hard work.'
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Keni Josifoski
New Chambers
Keni is technically excellent, but also a safe pair of hands: he know how to manage a range of stakeholder interests, can work to a timetable and excels under pressure.'
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Timothy Kane
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Matt Karam
New Chambers
Matt is an extremely competent commercial barrister. He is technically thorough and takes a commercial approach to disputes.’
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Nathan Landis
Francis Burt Chambers
Strong and effective advocate, especially in his ability to simplify in submissions complicated legal analysis (and the application of this to a complex set of facts). A skilled and disarmingly polite cross-examiner.’
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Brendan Lim
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Brendan is highly intelligent and an excellent advocate. His written submissions are very high in quality and he is very good on his feet.’
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Kate Lindeman
Banco Chambers
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Helena Mann
7 Wentworth Selborne
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Karen Petch
New Chambers
Karen's advocacy is measured and effective.'
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Ben Petrie
Young's List Barristers
Ben is technically excellent and very good on his feet. He prepares well and works hard. His written work is excellent. He is commercial and user-friendly.'
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Simon Philips
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Bilal Rauf
State Chambers
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Patrick Reynolds
Eighth Floor Selborne Chambers
Patrick is an excellent advocate who is confident and a tremendous communicator. He is quick to understand the facts of each matter and apply those facts to legal principles.’
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Leanne Rich
Alinea Chambers
works harder than any barrister - her attention to detail is extraordinary.’
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Philip Santucci
New Chambers
Philip is an excellent commercial barrister. Whilst being very technical, Philip adopts a commercial approach to achieve client's best outcomes and objectives.'
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Joanne Shephard
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Sonia Tame
Omnia Chambers
Sonia is thorough, thoughtful and technically excellent – particularly with respect to financial services law. Sonia is responsive and engages with her solicitor teams effectively.’ 
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Premala Thiagarajan
List A Barristers
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Christina Trahanas
Omnia Chambers
Christina is a superb commercial junior with outstanding advocacy skills. Her unwavering commitment and ability to express very complicated technical and legal concepts in a clear, concise and persuasive way makes her particularly strong on technical issues.’
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Patrick Wheelahan
Dever's List Barristers
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Derek Wong
Alinea Chambers
Derek is brilliant and a real team player. He is a safe pair of hands and can be trusted to provide excellent legal advice on complex matters. He does not shy away from difficult issues or hard work. As an advocate, and in supporting senior counsel, Derek is well-prepared and well-ordered.’
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Jaye Alderson
State Chambers
Jaye is wonderful to work with.  Jaye is extremely dedicated and will always work to deadlines. Jaye has a wonderful bedside manner and is able to communicate with clients effectively and clearly.’
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Thomas Bagley
Ninth Floor Selborne Chambers
Tom's advocacy skills are outstanding, he is also able to make persuasive, succinct and accurate submissions. Tom's cross examinations are strategic, calm and deliberate. He is unfazed by unexpected events.'      
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Robert Carey
7 Wentworth Selborne
His strengths are his reliability and exercise of good judgement.’
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Shaun Clement
Young's List Barristers
‘Shaun is a great advocate, renowned for his ability to articulate complex legal arguments with clarity, precision, and persuasive force.'
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Nicholas Condylis
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Reliable and intelligent.’
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Matthew Kalyk
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Harriet Lenigas
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Harriet is extremely hardworking and will not rest until deadlines are complied with. She has a receptive manner. She produces written work of a high quality.’
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Angus Macauley
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Callan Patrick O’Neil
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Callan is very easy to work with. He works well with junior solicitors and often provide helpful guidance and feedback.'
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Robert Pietriche
Omnia Chambers
Rob is a calm and capable advocate. He is a diligent barrister and is able to cut through to the heart of a tricky issue.’  
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Penny Thew
State Chambers
Penny has laser-like focus on getting to the nub of issues in dispute and develop commercially pragmatic strategies, collaborating with instructing solicitors and her client every step of the way.’
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Matthew Youssef
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Matt is an extremely hard working barrister who is able to stay calm under pressure and work through mountains of work. He can be relied on to deliver.’
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Eli Ball
7 Wentworth Selborne
Eli is an effective and compelling advocate in both court hearings and alternate dispute resolution settings. He is reliable and has remarkable attention to detail.’
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Eleanor Doyle-Markwick
Alinea Chambers
Eleanor is thoughtful, sharp and incisive and gets to the key legal issues very quickly. She is very responsive and easy to work with. She is very good on her feet – she is always well prepared and agile in response to questions from the bench.’ 
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Talia Epstein
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Talia is a very fine barrister. Her written work is of the highest calibre. She is a capable advocate in oral hearings and has the respect of all the judges before whom she has appeared.’
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Tim Hackett
Greenway Chambers
Tim is hard working and reliable. His knowledge of negligence and insurance is excellent and he is very helpful in preparing submissions, objections and other matters necessary for the trial.’
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Nicolas Kirby
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Very personable and easy to get along with, great communicator with the client which assists in client management, great at cross examination and submissions.’ 
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Quintin Rares
7 Wentworth Selborne
He is responsive, smart and thorough and capable of thinking outside the box. He is a persuasive advocate and good on his feet.’ 
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François Salama
13 St James Hall
Francois is an excellent barrister.  He has particular strengths in alternative dispute resolution and is notably calm, considered and sensible in mediations.’
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Wai Kaey Soon
Frederick Jordan Chambers
Wai Kaey is thoughtful, insightful and ingenious in developing solutions to complex or difficult problems. He focuses on the important issues and has a good grasp of the academic and the practical.’
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Jane Taylor
Eleven Wentworth Barristers
Jane is a measured, calm and clear advocate.  She is skilled at explaining complex matters in a simple and easy to understand manner and she does not get ruffled.’
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Hamilton Zhao
Frederick Jordan Chambers
Hamilton has excellent analytical skills and an understanding of the key issues in dispute. He provides relevant and practical advice during the course of the matter.  He also provides technically correct answers and practical solutions when dealing with opposing and difficult legal counsel.’

Rising stars

Rising Stars an der Bar sind Barrister zwischen vier und acht Jahren Berufserfahrung, die von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern als aufstrebende Mitglieder der Bar in ihren jeweiligen Fachbereichen angesehen werden. Sie sind bereits in hochkarätigen, komplexen und hochwertigen streitigen und nicht-streitigen Angelegenheiten tätig und arbeiten eng mit oder gegen führende Barrister.

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Jillian Caldwell
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
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Ronny Chen
Frederick Jordan Chambers
Very clever and hard working. Always well prepared and well organized. Reliable. An excellent junior.'  
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Anna Garsia
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Anna is a pleasure to work with. She is courteous with all levels of the team and able to effectively manage solicitor and counsel teams to meet demanding deadlines.’
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Winsome Hall
Alinea Chambers
Winsome has very strong forensic skills, with an ability to digest a large volume of information and complex facts including in areas involving medical/scientific expertise. She is an outstanding communicator and timely in her delivery of work product.’