Rocco Russo
About
Provided by Rocco Russo
Practice Areas
Rocco is an internationally recognised dispute resolution lawyer with expertise in court and tribunal matters, advocacy, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution.
He works across Australia to resolve disputes in the corporate and commercial, construction, property, insolvency, defamation and intellectual property fields, as well as representing clients in corporate investigations and commissions of inquiry. He has specific experience in complex, high value, business critical disputes, and has led large multi-disciplinary project teams in significant and high profile cases.
Rocco is recognised for his expertise in:
- Dispute resolution
- Commercial litigation
- Regulatory matters and investigations
- Royal commissions and commissions of inquiry
- Building and construction disputes
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Property and leasing disputes
- Defamation
- Intellectual property litigation.
Rocco has an established track record of securing successful outcomes for clients in court as well as through mediation or out of court negotiation. He is frequently called upon by a range of clients that include business owners, prominent individuals, Boards, CEOs and senior management to assist with strategy on business disputes and risk issues.
Chambers Review
Global
Rocco Russo both leads the Cooper Grace Ward disputes practice and generally takes the lead on key mandates, operating across an impressively varied range of business and industry sectors and dispute types. He is based in Brisbane.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rocco is very personable and approachable. He makes it an enjoyable process and offers sharp insight into the law from a litigation point of view. He knows his stuff, understands the context and gives you good advice, while sharing ideas from a strategic point of view."
"Rocco's not like a normal lawyer; he's very commercially driven and will remind me of the commercial consequences of acting too emotionally in the heat of the moment."
"He's a very balanced individual who provides good advice to clients. He's never difficult to work with, but not a pushover."
"Rocco is very personable and approachable. He makes it an enjoyable process and offers sharp insight into the law from a litigation point of view. He knows his stuff, understands the context and gives you good advice, while sharing ideas from a strategic point of view."
"Rocco's not like a normal lawyer; he's very commercially driven and will remind me of the commercial consequences of acting too emotionally in the heat of the moment."
"He's a very balanced individual who provides good advice to clients. He's never difficult to work with, but not a pushover."