Hall & Wilcox

Firm Details:

Chief Executive Partner: Graydon Dowd

Number of partners: 145+

Number of lawyers: 530+

Languages: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Bosnian, Cantonese, Croatian, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hokkien, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mandarin, Norwegian, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish

Firm Overview:

Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm of over 1200 people delivering outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia. The firm aims to enable its clients, people and communities to thrive by practising Smarter Law, its response to disruption in the legal industry, and supports its clients to achieve their business objectives and prosper during times of change.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Banking & Finance

■ Corporate & Commercial

■ Dispute resolution

■ Employment & Workplace Relations

■ Environment & Planning

■ Financial Services & Insurance

■ Financial Services Regulation

■ Government

■ Health & Community

■ Insurance

■ Insolvency & Reconstruction

■ Investment Funds

■ Litigation & Dispute Resolution

■ Private Clients

■ Property & Projects

■ Retail & FMCG

■ Sports Law

■ Tax

■ Technology & Digital Economy

Banking & Finance:

The team has specialists in banking, financial services, investment funds and superannuation. Clients include Australian and overseas borrowers and lenders, public offer superannuation funds and pooled superannuation trusts, fund managers and all types of financial services businesses.

Contact: Mark Inston

Tel: +61 3 9603 3597

Email: [email protected]

Corporate & Commercial:

The team advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law and regulation affecting public and private companies. Its clients range from large multinational corporates through to ASX-listed companies and innovative startups. Within the team, there are specialist teams such as sports law, led by Martin Ross.

Contact: Martin Ross

Tel: +61 3 9603 3641

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:

The team acts for professional litigants such as insurers and banks, as well as undertaking commercial litigation for major corporations, arising interstate and overseas, in all courts and jurisdictions. The team also has a large focus on risk management and compliance.

Contact: Mark Petrucco

Tel: +61 2 8267 3831

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Workplace Relations:

The team advises clients on the complex Australian industrial law environment and provides strategic advice and assistance at key stages of the employment lifecycle.

Contact: Karl Rozenbergs

Tel: +61 3 9603 3583

Email: [email protected]

Investment Funds:

HW Funds is Australia's leading investment fund advisory team. Our collective deep industry knowledge and broad experience mean we partner with clients at every stage of their journey to optimise wealth and create value. With one of the largest specialist teams in the country, our pragmatic advice spans each stage of the fund life cycle.

Contact: Harry New

Tel: +61 3 9603 3559

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Sean McMahon

Tel: +61 7 3231 7700

Email: [email protected]

Government:

The team has significant experience in acting for local governments, government departments and statutory authorities, in areas including employment and industrial relations, FOI, privacy and protected disclosure laws, property, tendering and commercial contracts, construction and project management and dispute resolution.

Commonwealth Government

Contact: Nicola Johnson

Tel: +61 407 712 521

Email: [email protected]

Contact: James Morvell

Tel: +61 429 339 267

Email: [email protected]

New South Wales Government

Contact: John Gray

Tel: +61412 009 251

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Jennifer Degotardi

Tel: +61 411 047 848

Email: [email protected]

Victorian Government

Contact: Kathryn Howard

Tel: +61 3 9603 3151

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Alison Baker

Tel: +61 405 326 206

Email: [email protected]

Local Government

Contact: Stan Kondilios

Tel: +61 416 121 961

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Rory O'Connor

Tel: +61 400 436 175

Email: [email protected]

Health & Community:

The team is one of the leading practices in Australia, with many members having either industry expertise or a clinical background. The team advises the health, aged care, retirement living, life sciences (pharmaceuticals, medical devices and health and medical research), disability, education and community service sectors.

Contact: Alison Choy Flannigan

Tel: +61 2 8267 3241

Email: [email protected]

Insurance:

One of Australia’s major insurance practices, the team provides specialist advice across all general and statutory insurance lines and sits on the legal panel of three of Australia’s top four general insurers, as well as dozens of Lloyd’s of London syndicates. The team can run highly complex high-profile litigation, ranging from class actions to high-value technical legal disputes. The team can also manage large books of insurance claims business and has the capability to focus on either complex liability portfolios or high-volume low-cost portfolios.

Contact: Rhett Slocombe

Tel: +61 2 8267 3869

Email: [email protected]

Property & Projects:

The team has extensive industry knowledge and provides strategic advice to a wide range of clients, including companies, property and superannuation funds, private and public companies, state and local government authorities and utility providers in all Australian states. The team covers real estate, planning, environment, construction and projects.

Contact: John O’Kane

Tel: +61 3 9603 3120

Email: [email protected]

Tax:

The team provides clients with innovative tax structuring, advisory, dispute management and compliance services that are independent and cost effective, on standalone tax issues, as well as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Contact: Frank Hinoporos

Tel: +61 3 9603 3571

Email: [email protected]

Technology & Digital Economy:

The team acts for a diverse range of private sector clients, tech startups, market-leading multinational technology suppliers and government agencies. The team’s capability includes advising on and implementing complex cross-border technology based transactions, assisting tech startups through the firm’s ‘Frank’ program, acting in complex and high-profile media rights transactions, advising on all aspects of data protection, responding to cybersecurity incidents, advising on regulatory issues relating to cryptocurrencies and liaising with government and regulators on blockchain and the taxation of digital assets.

Contact: Ben Hamilton

Tel: +61 3 9603 3586

Email: [email protected]

Insolvency & Reconstruction:

The team has worked on some of Australia’s most complex and high-profile insolvencies, and regularly works with large banks, accounting firms and corporates. It advises on all aspects of insolvency, including restructuring, turnarounds and management of creditors.

Contact: Wayne Kelcey

Tel: +61 3 9603 3447

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Scott Butler

Tel: +61 7 3231 7722

Email: [email protected]