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Angela Pearsall

Angela Pearsall

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

Provided by Ashurst Perkins Coie – London, New York, Seattle, Sydney

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Angela Pearsall has extensive experience in dispute resolution. She specialises in large-scale commercial litigation and class actions, as well as contentious regulatory litigation and investigations.

Angela regularly handles complex financial reporting litigation, having acted for global accounting and auditing firms for more than a decade. She has led litigation including class actions arising out of major corporate collapses, IPOs, capital raisings, complex financial instruments and financial services' obligations including AML/CTF. She regularly represents banks, large corporates, preeminent global accounting and auditing firms and directors.

Career

Australian National University (Bachelor of Laws) 1994

Admitted as a solicitor in Australian Capital Territory 1994

Admitted in the High Court of Australia 1994

Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia 1996

Admitted as a solicitor in Western Australia 2005

Joined Clifford Chance as Partner 2016

ARITA Advanced Certification Course with distinction 2017 (University of Technology Sydney in conjunction with ARITA (Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Dispute Resolution - Australia

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Angela Pearsall is based in Sydney and stands out for her handling of large-scale commercial litigation in the Australian market, notably including professional negligence disputes.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Angela assembles a great team. She is very commercial and thoughtful in her advice.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Asia & Pacific

Ranked Individuals at Ashurst Perkins Coie – London, New York, Seattle, Sydney (133)

Australia

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