My clients span the education, manufacturing, media and entertainment, and financial and professional services industries. I partner with them to deliver short- and long-term employment and industrial strategies.

In addition to advising on day-to-day matters, I have particular expertise handling sensitive and strategic executive-level employment law concerns, including regulatory issues and post employment restraints. I regularly conduct litigation on unfair dismissal, adverse action, discrimination and breach-of-contract claims. I also advise MinterEllison’s corporate team on the implications of mergers, acquisitions, sales, outsourcing and restructuring. 

Career highlights

• Panasonic Corporation – advised on the US$1.55 billion acquisition of Hussmann Corporation, a Missouri-based manufacturer of refrigerated display cases and systems
• Macquarie Radio Network Limited – advised on its $200 million merger with Fairfax Media Limited
• Lloyds Banking Group – acted with Allen & Overy as joint legal advisers on the sale of the group’s Australian asset finance business – Capital Finance Australia Limited – and its corporate loan portfolio – BOS International (Australia) Limited – to Westpac Banking Corporation for approximately $1.55 billion

Education
LLB (UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1993); BCOM (UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1993)

• HR&IR Wellness Update, 11 July 2017
• HR&IR Wellness Update, December 2016
• HR&IR Wellness Update, October 2016
• HR&IR Update | A glimpse at the changes proposed by the new Queensland Industrial Relations Bill 2016, 08 September 2016
• HR&IR Update | Federal Court prefers Esso's understanding of industrial action notice, 04 September 2015
• HR&IR Update | Not broken, but in need of repair: The Productivity Commission Draft Report, 05 August 2015
• Minter Ellison Alert | High Court rules that the implied term of trust and confidence is not part of Australian law, 10 September 2014
• HR&IR Update | Roy Morgan Group company fined more than $300,000 for sham contracting, 18 July 2014
• HR&IR Update | Night shifts a genuine occupational requirement for continuous shift workers, 03 July 2014
• HR&IR Update | The mysterious case of 'Ms SB' - Fair Work Commission hands down first bullying decision, 16 May 2014
• HR&IR Update | Federal Circuit Court awards over $200,000 for pregnancy discrimination, 09 May 2014
• HR&IR Update | Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 tabled in Parliament, 27 February 2014
• WHS Update | Last quarter's hot issues, 10 October 2013
• HR&IR Post Election Update | The Coalition's Workplace Relations Policy, 09 September 2013
• HR&IR Update | Quarterly WHS Update - All eyes on bullying (and a few other things), 19 July 2013
• HR&IR Update | Workplace Relations - Amendment of the Fair Work Act, 28 June 2013
• HR&IR Update | "Keeping the Fair Work Framework and improving it": The Coalition announces its IR Policy, 10 May 2013
• HR&IR Update | Quarterly Update on WHS Harmonisation and Bullying, 03 April 2013
• HR&IR Update | Bullying, Family Friendly Measures and Other Proposed Changes, 27 March 2013
• HR&IR Update | Workplace Relations and the 2013 Federal Election Campaign:ÿAnnouncements by the Gillard Government and the Opposition, 12 March 2013
• HR&IR Update | A radical overhaul of discrimination law?, 20 November 2012
• HR&IR Update | Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012 introduced, 31 October 2012
• HR&IR Update | High Court overrules Federal Court in Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE v Barclay, 07 September 2012
• HR&IR Update | Government Releases Fair Work Act Review, 03 August 2012
• HR&IR Update | Full Bench significantly extends employers' good faith bargaining obligations, April 2012
• HR&IR Update | Employer avoids liability for sexual harassment, March 2012
• Countdown to harmonisation: Is your organisation ready for the new OHS regime?, 03 January 2012
• HR&IR Update | Appeal Bench Broadens Industrial Action Order in Victorian Nurses Dispute, 06 December 2011
• Alert - Government to effectively abolish LAFH concessions for most foreign employees, from 1 July 2012, 01 December 2011
• HR&IR Update | Federal Government introduces owner driver bill into Parliament, 28 November 2011
• HR&IR Update | Federal Court decides independent contractors are really employees and are entitled to annual leave and long service leave, 21 November 2011
• HR&IR Update | Federal Court refuses interlocutory injunction reinstating employee pending final trial, 14 November 2011
• HR&IR Update | OHS harmonisation - Keeping your finger on the pulse - Update on recent developments, 06 September 2011
• HR&IR Update | New anti-discrimination laws herald further protections for employees, 18 July 2011
• HR&IR Update | OHS harmonisation 2012 - where things stand and what you need to do now, 22 June 2011
• HR&IR Update | Are your systems in place? Employer responsibility for government paid parental leave from 1 July 2011, 06 June 2011
• HR&IR Update | James Warburton restrained until January 2012, 12 May 2011
• HR&IR Update | Workplace Safety, 06 May 2011
• Alert - Expertise, HR&IR and Workplace safety, 06 May 2011
• HR&IR Update | Year in Review 2010, December 2010
• HR&IR Update | Ulan Full Bench appeal fails: what does reasonable redeployment require?, November 2010
• HR&IR Update | Protecting your business from departing employees, September 2010
• HR&IR Update | Modern award issues resolved...?, July 2010
• HR&IR Update | Fair Work Act - emerging trends and key issues, May 2010
• HR&IR Update | Landmark decision to pave the way for future OH&S prosecutions, February 2010
• HR&IR Update | Australian Industrial Relations Commission releases final stage 4 awards, 07 December 2009
• HR&IR Update | Award modernisation is gathering pace, as the 1 January 2010 deadline draws closer, 06 April 2009