I provide practical and clear commercial advice to employers across a broad range of industries. I have acted in matters involving restructures and transitions to new commercial models, post-employment obligations and confidentiality, disputes arising from enterprise agreements and modern awards, employment separations and dismissal-related claims and all issues arising from enterprise bargaining including good faith bargaining and responding to industrial action. 

Providing advice on workplace issues and sensitive employment matters to employers in the retail, banking and finance, vehicle, technology, transport, health, infrastructure and construction and energy and resources industries. 

Career highlights

• Assisting with enterprise bargaining at a power station including scope issues, preventing unprotected industrial action, good faith bargaining and agreement approval.   
• Acting in misuse of confidential information proceedings commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria. 
• Assisting a state owned corporation to develop and implement its first industrial strategy.   
• Advising in a complex corporate restructure involving outsourcing and transfer of business issues.   
• Providing training to managers and leaders in relation to appropriate and respectful workplace behaviour. 
• Acting for an insurer and its insured in employment disputes including unfair dismissal, general protections and discrimination claims and underpayment.  
• Advising employers in relation to whistleblower complaints and associated obligations under legislation and policy.