Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Plaintiff) | Asia-Pacific

Johnson Winter Slattery operates an independent team, offering public and private sector clients nationwide coverage of contentious corporate matters. It also maintains a close focus on competition, construction, energy and resources, insolvency and regulatory issues. It is prominent on large-scale class action mandates, particularly those involving third-party funders, acting for both applicants and defendants. The team is further noted for its handling of matters involving questions of directors' and officers' liability. The firm is valued for its ability to draw upon the resources of the wider firm.

The Piper Alderman disputes practice focuses significantly on the class action sphere. The team regularly collaborates with prominent third-party funders to represent plaintiff shareholders or consumers in cases arising from a variety of business and industry sectors. It also acts on other funded litigation mandates, including matters in the areas of construction, insolvency, intellectual property and treaty enforcement. The team is particularly noted for its handling of audit and insolvency-related cases.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan combines a boutique Australian offering with full connection to a global practice specialising in the resolution of high-end, complex disputes. It maintains its own advocacy capability and is well-known for the defence of corporations and their directors and officers in such areas as contractual disputes and product liability. The team is acknowledged as a significant player in the class action space, where distinct defendant and plaintiff-side representation is available. It is also noted for its handling of disputes, in the energy and resources sector.