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Nico Burmeister

Nico Burmeister

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Nico Burmeister practises primarily in industrial relations and employment law. He is a member of the Victorian and Western Australian Bars.

After a decade as a solicitor, Nico was called to the Bar in 2013 and quickly developed a national practice. Nico has extensive experience, both as junior counsel and unled.

Before being called to the Bar, Nico litigated – and practised employment law – at Allens (now Allens Linklaters), and Norton Rose Fulbright. In addition, he spent two years in-house at Chandler Macleod Group Limited (then an ASX-listed labour-hire and recruitment conglomerate) where he was General Counsel.

Nico’s academic qualifications include a Master of Law and Management from the University of New South Wales and the Australian Graduate School of Management; and a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from the University of Western Australia.

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Professional Memberships

Nico is an executive committee member of the Industrial Bar Association and the Editor of the Victorian Bar News.

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Employment: The Bar - Australia

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Nico Burmeister draws on experience both as a solicitor and as an in-house counsel in the recruitment sector to advise and advocate across a broad range of practice area issues, often leading his own cases and notably dividing his practice between Victoria and Western Australia. He is active in both the general employment and industrial relations spheres.

Strengths

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  • Nico is a great advocate in written and oral submission. He is quite compelling and easy to work with.

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  • He has a strong technical legal knowledge.

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