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Finalists named for 2019 Corporate Counsel Awards
Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Lawyers On Demand, is proud to present the finalists for this year's Corporate Counsel Awards.
Emma Musgrave
Now in its third year, the Lawyers Weekly Corporate Counsel Awards, principal partnered by Lawyers On Demand since its inception, is a black-tie event which celebrates the success of individual in-house lawyers and legal teams across all industries in Australia.
Winners of Corporate Counsel Awards will be revealed at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency on Friday, 29 March 2019. Prior to the ceremony kicking off, Lawyers Weekly will host the inaugural Corporate Counsel Summit from 9am until 4.30pm. The summit will bring together local and global in-house powerhouses for a range of sessions and panel discussions relevant to in-house lawyers and legal teams, including an opening keynote from Google US’s head of legal operations, technology and strategy, Mary O’Carroll.
To purchase tickets to the Corporate Counsel Awards, or to attend the full-day event, click here. For sponsorship enquires, please contact William Magee at
The finalists for the 2019 Corporate Counsel Awards are:
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
Academia, Training and Education Lawyer of the Year
Trisha Mok, Study Group
Danielle Barry, The University of Queensland
Elizabeth Grinston, The University of NSW
Construction and Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
Samuel Gobraiel, Freyssinet Australia
Belinda Murray, BGC (Australia)
Jacob Leslie, CPB Contractors
Andrew Selim, Home Consortium
Trudy Kean, NRTIJV - John Holland and CPB Contractors
Laura Iskander, UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation
Davina Greenberg, 151 Property
Defence Lawyer of the Year
Alexander Dylan Griffith, Airbus Australia Pacific
Nicholas Sedgwick, Thales Australia
Eric Dale, Nova Systems
Financial Services Lawyer of the Year
Tien Tifa, Toyota Financial Services
Fiona Harding, Bank of Queensland
Helen Mediati, Cuscal Ltd
Katerina Paras, formerly from Illion Australia
Andrew Sorensen, Equifax Australia
Daniel Tirado, Toyota Finance Australia Ltd
FMCG Lawyer of the Year
Anna Kuperman, Integria Healthcare
Lily Wong, PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand
Richard Conway, Coca-Cola Amatil
Therese Triemstra, Metcash Trading Ltd
Erin Walford, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd
Fiona Anderson, Treasury Wine Estates
Pritasha Kumar, PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand
Jennifer Terjesen-Soem, Metcash Trading
Karen Perret, Mondelez International, Inc.
Government Lawyer of the Year
Peter Le, City of Rockingham
Laura Iskander, UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation
Matthew Thornton, Bayside City Council
Gareth Davies, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Samantha Perussich, Office of Public Prosecutions
Ian Deane, Australian Government Solicitor
Ria Manguray, Tourism Australia
Annette Musolino, Department of Human Services
Dr Madeleine Hartley, WaterNSW
Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Lawyer of the Year
Anna Kuperman, Integria Healthcare
Alexandra Sweeney, GenesisCare
Lucy Basten, Genea
Justine Raczkowski, Zenitas Healthcare
Daniel Murnane, ResMed
Kate Messiter, iNova Pharmaceuticals
John Wu, Bayer Australia
Gabrielle Hirsch, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Iresha Herath, Western Health
Industrial, Materials and Manufacturing Lawyer of the Year
Paul Gregory, WesTrac
Belinda Murray, BGC (Australia)
Infrastructure, Utilities and Energy Lawyer of the Year
Dr Madeleine Hartley, WaterNSW
Emma Wartski-Coonan, AGL Energy
Johnny Short, Transurban
Paula Edwards-Moffat, Tesla Motors Australia
Nigel Lowry, Ausgrid
Jacob Leslie, CPB Contractors
Serge Radojevic, Idemitsu Australia Resources
Insurance Lawyer of the Year
Marea Hickie, Woolworths
Paul Watkins, Stewart Title
Not-for-profit Lawyer of the Year
Elaine Leong, The Benevolent Society
Marion Hemphill, Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Gabrielle Hirsch, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Katrin O’Sullivan, The Fred Hollows Foundation
Sports and Entertainment Lawyer of the Year
Sunil Puranikmath, Telstra
Chris Thian, Telstra
Ishan Karunanayake, TMRW Music
Emma German, Stan Entertainment
Joseph Smith-Davies, Fox Sports Australia
Adam Lister, AEG Ogden
James Nguyen, TEG
Amanda Ong, NOVA Entertainment
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyer of the Year
Sunil Puranikmath, Telstra
Lindsay Dick, Power Ledger
Lisa Powell, Optus
Elizabeth Duncan, InfoTrack
Matthew Morosin, Micro Focus
Sarah Turner, REA Group
Verity White, Telstra
Amanda Ong, NOVA Entertainment
Simon McDonald, IBM ANZ
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Lawyer of the Year
Yvette Sowell, WHSmith Australia
Dennis Tuan-Mu, Delaware North
Ria Manguray, Tourism Australia
Julia Taylor, Carnival Australia
Chris Todd, Ardent Leisure Group
TEAM CATEGORIES
Construction and Real Estate Team of the Year
Stockland Corporation
BMD Group
Vicinity Centres
BGC (Australia)
CBRE
Financial Services Team of the Year
TAL Life Ltd
ASX Ltd
Cuscal Ltd
Westpac
Bank of Queensland
FMCG Team of the Year
Coca-Cola Amatil
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises
PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand
Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Team of the Year
EBOS Group
ResMed
iNova Pharmaceuticals
Western Health
Baxter Healthcare
Industrial, Materials and Manufacturing Team of the Year
Boral Australia - Industrial Relations
BGC (Australia)
Infrastructure, Utilities and Energy Team of the Year
Transurban
Origin Energy
TransGrid
Hatch
amaysim
Yancoal Australia
Insurance Team of the Year
TAL Life
AIA Australia
Not-for-profit Team of the Year
Uniting Church in Australia
UNSW Sydney Legal Team
Sports and Entertainment Team of the Year
NOVA Entertainment
Optus
Tabcorp Holdings
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team of the Year
Telstra
Adobe Systems
Canva
REA Group
amaysim
Vocus Group
NOVA Entertainment
Capgemini Australia & New Zealand
WiseTech Global
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Team of the Year
Carnival Australia
Delaware North
Tourism Australia
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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