Employment: Victoria

Kingston Reid is a well-regarded specialist employment firm, noted for the depth of its expertise across industrial and employee relations. It handles complex industrial strategy and enterprise bargaining issues, as well as union and class action disputes. The firm has additional experience regarding underpayments, including interpretation, reviews and litigation. Notable clients include Qenos, Macquarie Bank and DP World.

"Kingston Reid bring a professionalism to the matters they work on with us. They have gone out of their way to learn and understand our business. This allows them to provide advice on complex matters while being considerate of our business."

"The lawyers with which we engage have a particular ability to distil complex issues into straightforward and pragmatic advice that is accessible for managers and leaders across my organisation."

Kingston Reid assisted HungryPanda to obtain interim injunctions preventing former employees of its Easi business from taking confidential information and working with a competitor.

Steven Amendola has an impressive track record acting on high-profile litigation matters. He is known for advising clients in both the public and private sectors and often gives expert coverage in the media. "Steven Amendola has been around a long time and is well known."

Duncan Fletcher often assists clients on industrial relations and Fair Work Act matters, including compliance, collective disputes and claims work. "Duncan Fletcher has excellent technical knowledge of employment law matters." "Duncan has invested his own time to understand our business, which gives him greater awareness of the issues we are dealing with. He is a very intelligent individual that balances the needs of our business and the commercial realities of the environment we operate in whilst adhering to the outcome agreed."

Alice DeBoos often handles complex litigation matters, particularly for clients in the construction and infrastructure sectors. "Alice is an astute litigator who has a keen grasp of the law coupled with commercial sense and healthy risk appetite. Alice is strategic and thinks creatively to achieve the best results possible."

Michael Stutley is recognised for his work in industrial relations and workplace investigations. He also has experience with cross-border and jurisdictional matters for multinationals. "Michael shows great customer focus." "He is really good at engaging with stakeholders and answering questions of legal lay people."

John Makris is known for his workplace health and safety practice, assisting client on matters involving workplace incidence as well as on compliance issues. "John Makris is a work health and safety and inquest specialist. He is very impressive."

Brendan Milne primarily works within industrial relations with a focus on enterprise bargaining. "Brendan is simply outstanding."