Angela Pearsall
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Dispute Resolution
Band 3
About
Provided by Angela Pearsall
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
Asia-Pacific
Angela Pearsallis based in Sydney and stands out for her handling of large-scale commercial litigation in the Australian market, notably including class actions generated by significant insolvency-related disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Angela is fantastic; she is a force."
"Angela is fantastic; she is a force."