Dispute Resolution
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 5
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+61 7 3231 2444About
Provided by Cooper Grace Ward
Cooper Grace Ward’s litigators are known for their strategic, commercial and practical approach. The team builds relationships with clients to run cases in a way that suits their situation and resources. Often that involves resolving disputes through negotiation outside the court process. Other times – where clients want to run cases to trial – the firm's commercial litigation lawyers have the experience, expertise and resources to strongly represent clients' interests.
Cooper Grace Ward is one of the largest commercial litigation law firms based in Brisbane. The firm handles all types of disputes and legal representation including:
- business disputes and litigation
- complex commercial litigation
- construction disputes and litigation
- corporate and regulatory litigation
- crisis situations
- debt recovery
- defamation
- insolvency
- intellectual property protection and infringement
- international and cross-jurisdiction litigation
- investigations by statutory authorities and commissions of inquiry
- mediation and alternative dispute resolution
- professional liability cases
- property and leasing disputes
- security enforcement and banking litigation
- taxation disputes
- wills and estate litigation.
Chambers Review
Cooper Grace Ward maintains a respected Brisbane disputes practice, active on behalf of several of Australia's leading companies across a broad range of disputes. The firm is regularly involved in significant Queensland matters, though the group is also experienced in the handling of Superior Court litigation in both New South Wales and Victoria. In addition to mandates affecting major players in the consumer goods, financial services and property industries, the team is increasingly active on behalf of high net worth and other publicly prominent individuals, and often also of their associated family trusts. It is also well known for advising clients on their interaction with official commissions of inquiry.
Work Highlights
- Cooper Grace Ward represented YFG Property Group in Supreme Court litigation stemming from issues surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The litigation team is lean and highly skilled. There is a good mix of experience and seniority."
"The team is astute at understanding the client's commercial objectives and coming up with solutions that use the legal process effectively to achieve them."
"The litigation team is lean and highly skilled. There is a good mix of experience and seniority."
"The team is astute at understanding the client's commercial objectives and coming up with solutions that use the legal process effectively to achieve them."
Notable Practitioners
Rocco Russo both leads the Cooper Grace Ward disputes practice and generally takes the lead on key mandates, operating across an impressively varied range of business and industry sectors and dispute types. He is based in Brisbane.
"Rocco can deal with the most challenging of cases with good humour and real skill."
"Rocco's particular strengths are client management and overall strategy."
"He is very friendly, easy to talk to and has been very professional to me and the team throughout the process."