Dispute Resolution: The Bar - Australia
Band 3
What the Team is Known For
12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers enjoys a strong reputation in the Sydney market, boasting over 60 members who offer expertise across a significant range of commercial, regulatory, property and public law practice areas. The set is particularly well regarded for competition and antitrust, white-collar and employment matters. It is often used by government and regulators. One solicitor remarks that it is "particularly strong in international arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, with experienced counsel and excellent facilities in chambers for online hearings," while another source reports that it is "an excellent set of barristers who I have gone to in extremely high-profile and high-pressure situations, and they have delivered." Clerk Fiona Hayden is the main point of contact.
Strengths
The clerks are always very responsive.
The 12 Wentworth clerks are quick and effective.
Notable practitioners
Conor Bannan enjoys a good reputation for competition and consumer law, including complex cartel and unconscionable conduct litigation.
Conor Bannan is outstanding. He is incredibly accurate and a very good advocate.
Conor is incredibly calm under pressure and he writes well. I highly recommend and would work with him again.
Bridie Nolan has an excellent reputation as a junior counsel for maritime law. Her areas of expertise also encompass insurance and energy and natural resources.
Vanja Bulut offers extensive expertise in workplace relations law, developed both before and after her 2016 call to the Bar. Her practice spans international employment law, construction sector employment issues and proceedings before the Fair Work Commission.
She is tenacious, energetic and very switched on.
Vanja Bulut is terrific. She is a very good advocate and strong technically in her drafting.
Gregory Sirtes SC is well known for his strength in the areas of construction and property and has earned praise for his expertise in liability and negligence matters.
