About

Provided by Clayton Utz

Clayton Utz's Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety (WRES) team has a proud multi-jurisdiction focus, with the practice and team located across Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Western Australia. Led by 11 Partners, the team operates across six key areas being Employment, Industrial Relations, Safety, Investigations, Risk & Compliance, and Discrimination, Diversity & Equal Opportunity.




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Employment: Queensland - Australia

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Clayton Utz is especially active for federal and local government bodies, with a particularly robust client base and expertise in the aviation, technology and university sectors. The firm boasts a highly regarded litigation team, which focuses on discrimination, bullying and industrial disputes, as well as restraint of trade. The firm also handles matters relating to sexual harassment and fraud. Further areas of focus include the use and development of technology to aid in the calculation of the financial impact of proposed clause amendments in enterprise agreements, as well as in evidence analysis for investigations and in compliance reviews.

Work Highlights

  • Clayton Utz represented a group of leading Australian universities in a review by the Fair Work Commission of terms in the two higher education modern awards regarding fixed-term employment.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Anna Casellas
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Anna Casellas
2
Band 2

Anna Casellas advises on the full spectrum of employment issues, including industrial relations, dismissals, contractual matters and compliance. She is widely praised for her deep knowledge and exceptional client service.

Anna is always available and provides prompt responses.

Anna remains our preferred lawyer for all things employment-related.

Saul Harben
2
Saul Harben
2
Band 2
Saul Harben enjoys a strong reputation for enterprise bargaining and workplace health and safety matters. He is particularly noted for advising energy and mining clients.

Saul provides an excellent level of service and is very knowledgeable.

Saul Harben is an excellent trusted adviser.

Dan Trindade
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Dan Trindade
3
Band 3
Dan Trindade is a well-regarded figure in the Victorian market and is noted for handling industrial strategy and enterprise bargaining disputes.
Shae McCartney
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Shae McCartney
4
Band 4

Shae McCartney has an active work health and safety practice advising on workplace investigations and compliance for a variety of corporate clients.

Shae is very impressive. She is able to communicate complex concepts clearly.

Shae McCartney is very responsive and practical.

Ranked Lawyers at
Clayton Utz

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Australia

Employment: New South Wales

Saul Harben
2
Saul Harben
2
Band 2
Employment: Victoria

Dan Trindade
3
Dan Trindade
3
Band 3
Employment: Western Australia

Anna Casellas
2
Anna Casellas
2
Band 2
Health & Safety

Shae McCartney
4
Shae McCartney
4
Band 4

Members

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Allison Shannon

Amanda Lyras

Christy Miller

Dan Trindade

Dan Trindade

Head of Department

Hilary Searing

Jennifer Wyborn

Matt Kelleher

Stuart Pill

Industries

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Aviation

Banking & Financial Services

Energy & Resources

Government

Higher Education

Life Sciences

Technology

Transport