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• Advising Woolworths on its national operations, including guidance on complex enterprise agreements and representation in significant employment disputes, as well as advising on payroll compliance and remediation programmes following the disclosure of substantial underpayments, including engagement with the Fair Work Ombudsman and representation in Federal Court proceedings and related class actions concerning salaried employee underpayments.
  
• Acting for Uber in Federal Court proceedings concerning the employment status of drivers utilising the Uber Rides platform; the work involves addressing whether these individuals are employees or independent contractors, a matter of significant consequence for Uber’s business model in Australia and globally.
  
• Advising the Qantas Group on all aspects of employment and industrial relations matters, including acting for Network Aviation Pty Ltd in one of the first intractable bargaining-related workplace determinations and acting for various Qantas Group entities in responding to some of the first applications for regulated labour hire arrangement orders.
  

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• Advised Blackstone APAC on its AUD24bn acquisition of leading data centre provider, AirTrunk, from Macquarie Group and PSP Investment.
  
• Advised ASX100 listed entity Alumina Limited on its cross-border acquisition by Alcoa Corporation by way of scheme of arrangement; this acquisition unified the ownership of the Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals joint venture and was a logical combination which aligned the interests of Alcoa and Alumina, the two AWAC joint venture partners.
  
• Advised the State of Victoria (Victoria Police) on a sensitive and high-profile claim against it under the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, lodged by Mr Menachem Vorchheimer; the claim relates to alleged contraventions of the RRTA at protests in Melbourne in 2023 and 2024.
  

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• Representing Peabody Energy in a critical matter in the High Court which will answer the important question whether the Fair Work Commission can require an employer to displace contractors in order to create redeployment opportunities in a redundancy situation.
  
• Represented WorkPac, Australia’s largest labour hire company, in relation to its response to approximately 20 ‚regulated labour hire arrangement order applications‘ filed by the Mining and Energy Union for ’same-job, same-pay‘ orders under the new ’same job same pay‘ legislative reforms to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
  
• Represented Transgrid in relation to its bargaining with five trade unions for a new enterprise agreement to replace its existing agreement.
  

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• Advising the Board of WiseTech on various allegations raised in the media and directly with the company concerning the conduct of its founder Richard White.
  
• Represented Ausgrid, Australia’s largest electricity distributor, in a major industrial dispute involving six unions and extensive protected industrial action.
  
• Represented the ABC in a high-profile wrongful termination case brought by journalist Antoinette Lattouf.
  

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• Advised ARTC on the structural separation of the Inland Rail Project and the transfer of 1,200 employees.
  
• Acting for the Victorian State Government’s Minister for Emergency Services in relation to the first intractable bargaining workplace determination arbitration filed in the Fair Work Commission, with proceedings involving the application for an intractable bargaining declaration made by the United Firefighters‘ Union in relation to a proposed enterprise agreement with Fire Rescue Victoria for its operational employees, which the parties had been bargaining (formally and informally) for over 3 years.
  
• Acting for the Victorian Department of Health and 15 Health Services in Federal Court class actions brought by the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation, Australian Medical Association (VIC), and representative claimants, with the claims alleging unpaid, unrostered overtime worked by junior doctors over a six-year period, with proceedings ongoing.
  

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• Advising Glencore on a range of matters arising from a suite of reforms to industrial relations laws in Australia, including “Closing the Loopholes” and “Secure Jobs, Better Pay” reforms to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
  
• Acting for UNSW in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia proceedings commenced by the Fair Work Ombudsman; the proceedings followed an investigation by the FWO in 2020 following a self-disclosure made by UNSW.
  
• Representing Qube Rail in proceedings brought by the RTBU alleging underpayment of penalties, loadings, and allowances under enterprise agreements and the Rail Industry Award.
  

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• Represented Sydney Trains successfully in relation to an urgent injunction application in the Federal Court to restrain 296 forms of purported protected industrial action that would have crippled the Sydney Trains network over the 2024/2025 holiday season.
  
• Defended an application for an unfair dismissal remedy successfully when a long-standing stevedore employee was dismissed after testing positive for THC (cannabis) at around 37 times the cut off dictated by the Australian Standard significantly exceeding DP World’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy.
  
• Represented dnata in the successful resolution of its national enterprise bargaining negotiations, avoiding strike action that would have significantly impacted air travel and cargo throughout Australia’s $20 billion aviation sector.
  

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• Advising Australian Banking Association, the banks and retailers, on the Transport Workers‘ Union’s application for a road transport contractual chain order in the cash in transit sector.
  
• Advising Super Retail Group Limited and several of its subsidiaries on proceedings that have been commenced by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
  
• Advising Breight Pty Ltd on the renegotiation of Breight’s enterprise agreement covering maintenance and shutdown employees who are employed throughout Australia.
  

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• Advised Western Health Alliance Limited on managing whistleblower complaints and staff issues during a major organisational restructure, including engagement with the Commonwealth Government and media.
  
• Advised NOV Australia Pty Ltd on enterprise agreement negotiations with unions, including strategic responses to industrial action such as strikes, lockouts, and protected action ballots.
  
• Acted for Pathology Australia Limited in a landmark pay equity case before the Fair Work Commission Full Bench, involving expert evidence and submissions on historical gender-based award rates.
  

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• Acted for Merivale, Australia’s largest hospitality group with over 80 bars, restaurants, and nightclubs, in relation to class action proceedings commenced in the Federal Court relating to alleged underpayments of thousands of employees over a six-year period.
  
• Acted for Seven Network (Operations) Limited in a high-profile matter in relation to the proceedings brought by a former employee, Amelia Saw, in the Federal Court of Australia (NSD1235/2024) and in the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to her employment.
  
• Advised a client on employment and industrial-related issues arising from the amalgamation of two racing clubs under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (Vic) (AIR Act), including the effect of the amalgamation on the operation of a number of federal enterprise agreements.
  

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• Represented the Royal Melbourne Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Australia, in the Federal Court of Australia in an urgent application by a surgeon to return to work after having been stood down by the Hospital pending an investigation into his conduct.
  
• Acting for Infosys Technologies, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting with over 323,000 employees, in relation to a range of employment law matters including defending unfair dismissal proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, providing advice in relation to a long service leave claim, and advising on general protections claims.
  
• Advising Cricket Australia on employment law and workplace safety matters as well as across other legal areas including intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate and leasing, and corporate governance.
  

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• Acting for John Holland in infrastructure nationally with respect to enterprise bargaining and union disputes including the Melbourne Metro Tunnel and West Gate Tunnel Projects (Victoria), Gold Coast Light Rail (Queensland), M1 Pacific Highway and M7 Projects (New South Wales), and Torrens to Darlington Project (South Australia).
  
• Acting for Corestaff in multiple “same job same pay” proceedings before the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission.
  
• Acted for a national logistics provider in relation to a long-running industrial dispute, which involved acting for the logistics provider in an application brought by the Union for an intractable bargaining declaration and workplace determination.
  

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• Acting as the sole employment and industrial relations legal advisor for all of Costco Australia.
  
• Acted for the Department of Education in a challenge to a dismissal for sexual harassment, and two others for misconduct, and has advised on allegations of teacher misconduct.
  
• Acted for Advara HeartCare, Australia’s largest cardiology provider, in enforcing one of its Cardiologists contractual and statutory obligations with respect to confidential information, provision of notice of termination and post-termination restraints.
  

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• Assisted Saipem Australia Pty Ltd with obtaining an urgent interlocutory injunction in the Federal Court preventing eight days of notified protected industrial action by members of the Australian Workers’ Union from occurring on the world-leading offshore pipe lay construction vessel the Castorone servicing the Woodside Energy Limited Scarborough Trunkline installation project, saving over $32m in potential losses on the project.
  
• Acted for one of the world’s largest waste and environmental management services company Veolia in a leading unfair dismissal case, involving breach of a drug and alcohol policy by a (then) employee.
  
• Assisted Grill’d (one of Australia’s leading fast food companies) with the renewal of their Australia-wide enterprise agreement.
  

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• Represented a client in successfully seeking an interlocutory injunction against a former independent contractor of LCA Traralgon (part of the Laser Clinics Australia franchise network), thereby enforcing the post-engagement restraint in their contractor agreement.
  
• Advised Alcon, a global leader in eye care, on the employment aspects of its strategic acquisition of Cylite Pty Ltd, an Australian med-tech company pioneering hyperparallel optical coherence tomography (HP-OCT) technology for ophthalmic applications; and ongoing post-acquisition transition support to Alcon.
  
• Supported Hi-Quality Group with bargaining for the Hi-Quality Sales Victoria Pty Limited Enterprise Agreement 2024 to replace its current enterprise agreement, with the involvement of two union bargaining representatives, being the CFMEU and AWU.
  

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• Defended a multi-disciplinary recruitment and labour hire organisation successfully in a general protections claim involving dismissal, that was wrongly brought against the company in circumstances where the employee was never terminated.
  

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• Acted on behalf of the Australian Childcare Alliance in the landmark multi-employer supported bargaining agreement in the early childhood education and care sector before the Full-Bench of the Fair Work Commission.
  
• Represented BNSW, ABI and key employer associations in these industries in appearing before the Commission in the Aged Care Work Value Case, Nurses Work Value Case and Teacher Work Value Case – notably each proceeding established principles and benchmarks that are being directly applied in the Gender Undervaluation – Priority Awards Review.
  
• Assisted Ventia with stopping proposed industrial action that would have impacted the transport of prisoners in WA.
  

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• Advising Bupa on a broad range of matters, including drafting commercial and workplace contracts, advising on employment law claims and investigations, supporting commercial litigation, and reviewing marketing materials for ACCC compliance.
  
• Advising Dr Charlotte Mooring, a fertility specialist, on proceedings brought by Monash IVF Pty Ltd in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in relation to her termination of a service agreement with Monash IVF, which were successfully dismissed, and successfully sought orders that Monash IVF pay Dr Mooring’s costs of both the interlocutory application and the costs application.
  
• Advising the University of Melbourne on a complex workplace investigation involving senior academic and faculty staff involving investigating and assessing multiple behavioural and conduct allegations within the context of a significant workplace conflict.
  

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• Represented HEAD Oceania in defending a complex adverse action claim in the Federal Court of Australia brought by its Australian Managing Director, Matthias Dorsch seeking more than $3m in damages and compensation.
  
• Advising Smit Lamnalco, operators of the Reef Keeper, which provides an emergency towage service to ships in distress in North Queensland, on an urgent safety issue at sea.
  
• Acted for four defendants successfully in a safety prosecution in which a worker fell through a skylight falling 8 metres, sustaining serious injuries; on 17th March 2025, the Court handed down judgment and found the corporate defendants not guilty of the gross negligence and recklessness charges, the Limited Partner not guilty of any offence and the worker not guilty of the charge against him.
  

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• Act for Chandler Macleod Group Limited and its related entity Ready Workforce (A Division of Chandler Macleod) Pty Ltd in two contested proceedings involving applications for a regulated labour hire arrangement orders brought by the Mining & Energy Union and Australian Manufacturing Workers‘ Union.
  
• Assisted two hotels within the Accor Hotels and Marriott network respectively with the termination of their respective enterprise agreements.
  
• Acting for HIE in a wide range of employment and industrial related matters, including in relation to a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation of alleged underpayment of wages to employees of HIE.
  

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• Advising Peabody on its pending USD3.775bn acquisition of Tier 1 Australian metallurgical coal assets from Anglo American; work includes due diligence, amendments to share purchase agreements, advice on the on-sale of one mine, indemnities for significant liabilities, and pre-completion conditions.
  
• Advised WiseTech Global on its acquisition of BSM Global; work included labour and employment due diligence, amendments to the asset purchase agreement, advice on pre-completion conditions, and post-completion assistance with employment transfers.
   
  
• Advised Corpay on its acquisition of GPS Capital Markets and subsidiaries; work included Australian labour and employment due diligence, amendments to disclosure schedules and equity purchase agreement, advice on pre-completion conditions, and post-completion obligations.
  

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• Acted for The Department of Health and Aged Care (Commonwealth Government) in defence of a discrimination complaint lodged in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) in relation to the Department’s overseeing of training programmes for doctors in Western Australia.
  
• Acted for the City of Armadale (one of the fastest growing local government areas in Australia) in successfully defending unfair dismissal proceedings in the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
  
• Acted for Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd in successfully defending an unlawful termination dispute in the Fair Work Commission.
  

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• Advising the Australian Catholic Bishops on annual submissions to the Fair Work Commission advocating for increases to the national minimum wage.
  
• Acting for 325 McDonald’s licensees in 15 Federal Court proceedings brought by the SDA alleging denial of breaks, with a competing RAFFWU class action raising similar claims.
  
• Represented the Corporation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba and Downlands College in litigation over whether employees who resigned before EB-9 took effect were entitled to backpay.
  

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• Acting for Rideshare Driver Network and Uber drivers in a high-profile Federal Court test-case regarding the employment status of Uber drivers (i.e. whether they are employees or independent contractors).
  
• Acting as advisor for Findex Group in day-to-day employment issues, and assisting with responding to and strategically managing employment issues arising in relation to employees across multiple business streams and Australian regions.
  
• Acted for more than 20 international corporate employers referred through US member firm Jackson Lewis, as part of the L&E Global alliance of employer advocate firms.
  

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• Acting for Symbion Pty Ltd in litigation in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia against the United Workers Union in a dispute regarding the characterisation of certain workers as ‘shiftworkers’.
  
• Acting for Healthcare Logistics in successfully obtaining orders under section 418 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), declaring that industrial action intended to be taken by the United Workers Union and its members was unprotected industrial action, and must stop, not occur, or not be organised.
  
• Acted for Healthcare Supply Partners Pty Ltd trading as Healthcare Logistics in successfully executing an industrial relations litigation strategy which resulted in persuading the union and HCL’s employees to vote up the enterprise agreement terms HCL proposed, after a lengthy and contentious bargaining period.