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2019 Winners and finalists

Individual Awards

Individual Awards

Banking and Finance

Elizabeth Athanassios, Baker McKenzie
Cassandra Brookes, Dentons
Matthew Hannam, DWF Australia
Peter Ip, Herbert Smith Freehills
Erin MacMullin, Herbert Smith Freehills
Bryce McCarthy, MinterEllison
Sarah Rogers, Gadens

Josephine Suen, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Tejas Thete, EY
Jason Wong, Ashurst

Barrister

Fabian Brimfield, Victorian Bar
Josie Dempster, Key Chambers
Harry Lewis, Svenson Barristers

Matthew Littlejohn, William Forster Chambers

Monika Paszkiewicz, Victorian Bar
Joel Silver, Svenson Barristers

Commercial

Anna Colless, Blueprint Law
Candice Colman, Baker McKenzie
Michael Denny, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jack Ding, Salvos Legal
Amelia Edwards KHQ Lawyers

Mahsa Javam Clayton Utz

Hannah Kimber, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Linda Lau, Holding Redlich
Jessica Rogers, MinterEllison
Amy Zhang, Harmers Workplace Lawyers

Community Legal Centre Lawyer

Milka Bundalo, Macarthur Legal Centre
Tanya Diessel, Gold Coast Community Legal Centre
Sophie Kannemeyer, Pine Rivers Community Legal Service
Jeremy Leith, The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
Khushbu Malhotra, Deakin University
Keertan Samra, Women’s Legal Service Queensland
Brittany Smeed, Caxton Legal Centre

Ben Tuckett, LawRight

Caitlin Weatherby-Fell, Top End Women’s Legal Service
Molly Willoughby, Hunter Community Legal Centre

Competition, Trade and Regulation

Alice Bradshaw, Clifford Chance
Amelia Edwards, KHQ Lawyers
Adelle Elhosni, Ashurst

Jack Heithersay, Ashurst

Jessica Mandla, K&L Gates
David Mierendorff, Allens
Stephanie Phan, Norton Rose Fulbright

Construction and Infrastructure

Perri Burns, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Sarah Cahill, MinterEllison
Craig Holmes, Helix Legal

Alex McLeod, DWF Australia

Marlowe Mitchell, Ashurst
Holly Smith, Baker McKenzie
Jordan Tsirimokos, Ashurst
Nicole Wieringa, King & Wood Mallesons
Darren Williams, McCullough Robertson
Lachlan Williams, MinterEllison

Corporate Counsel (Large Business)

Alexander Cook, Cleanaway Waste Management
Nicole Diepenhorst, AIA Australia
Katie Dillon, Telstra
Loren Goodwin, L’Oréal Australia and New Zealand
Theo Kapodistrias, University of Tasmania
Karen Kehoe, Schindler Lifts Australia
Chelsea Parker, TEG

Nick Phillips, Coca-Cola Amatil

Stefani Russo, Salesforce (formerly IRESS)
Luke Wilson, American Express

Corporate Counsel (SME)

Ashlee Berry, Master Builders Association of the ACT
Katrina Bullock, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Simon Kalinowski, Springfield City Group
Lauren Pelser, Chugg Entertainment

Haylen Pong, Nearmap

Criminal

Brittany Armstrong, Shaw & Henderson

Nicholas Bennett, Legal Aid Queensland
Georgia Briggs, Herring & Associates- Lawyers
Angela Cooney, Armstrong Legal
John Davis, Kennedy Spanner Lawyers
Lucy Ferguson, Clarity Law
Tom Gardiner, Fisher Dore Lawyers
Matthew Ward, Morrisons Law Group

Dispute Resolution

Amelia Blefari, King & Wood Mallesons

Anne Crittall, MinterEllison
Danica Goodbody, Allens
Feng Guo, Gilbert + Tobin
Michael Harty, Macpherson Kelley
Marina Kofman, Norton Rose Fulbright (formerly White & Case)
Jack Oakley, Clifford Chance
David Turner, Assured Legal Solutions
Ella van der Schans, Herbert Smith Freehills
Amy Zhang, Harmers Workplace Lawyers

Family Law

Elyse Cuzzilla, Chinka (HEP) Steel
Georgia Dalton, BTLawyers
Carla Franchina, Best Wilson Buckley Family Law
Tessa Kelman, Lander & Rogers
Haydn Marsh, Robinson+ McGuinness Family Law
Chanel Martin, Resolve Divorce Lawyers
Courtney Mullen, Farrar Gesini Dunn

Siobhan Mullins, Separate Together

Rishika Pai, Watts McCray Lawyers
Bradley Peterson, RMB Lawyers

Financial Services

Ashleigh Blewitt, Evans Dixon Law
Adrian Donato, King & Wood Mallesons

Magan Goh, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Sheridan Handley, Mills Oakley
Andia Javidirad, EY
Suzana Livaja, Clayton Utz
Lisa Monaco, Pryor Tzannes & Wallis
Kathryn Hartmann Morgan, McCullough Robertson
Bianca Xerri, Suncorp Group

Government

Rory Alexander, Ashurst (formerly Sparke Helmore Lawyers)
Julian Bodenmann, Preston Law

Tegan Harrington, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Nathan Lambrinos, Maddocks
Alex McLeod, DWF Australia
Katrina Monagle, Norton Rose Fulbright
Caitlyn Read, Ashurst
Charlotte Saunders, DLA Piper
Rebecca Wheeler, Therapeutic Goods Administration
Lachlan Williams, MinterEllison

Health

Elly Blizzard, Lander & Rogers

Rachael Brown, Luxottica Retail Australia
Jenica Lim-Young, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Bridie Walsh, Slater and Gordon
Angell Zhang, Dentons

Health and Safety

Meg Aitken, K&L Gates
Emily Aitken, Seyfarth Shaw
Andrew Brooks, Law Squared
Ali Gallaher, Maddocks
Harold Kuang, Clyde & Co
Ashleigh Mills, Holding Redlich
Nathan Roberts, McCullough Robertson
Katherine Southwell, Maddocks

Cassandra Taylor, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Matt Wichlinski, Norton Rose Fulbright

Insolvency

Jacqueline Chan, Ashurst

Saskia van Loon, Johnson Winter & Slattery
Anthony Sommer, MinterEllison
Kevin Shum, Baker McKenzie
Thomas Trotman, K&L Gates
Christopher Moses, Hogan Lovells
Catherine Crawford, K&L Gates
Carone Huang, King & Wood Mallesons
David Turner, Assured Legal Solutions
Gabe Perrottet, Norton Rose Fulbright

Insurance

Richard Berkahn, Clyde & Co
David Kim, MinterEllison
Katrina Mawer, Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers

Safa Rahimi, Wendy Blacker Lawyers

Alex Schonell, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Nicholas Simone, Hall & Wilcox
Rejinay Singh, QBE Insurance
Hugo Thomas, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Amelia Thomas, Wotton + Kearney

Intellectual Property

James Beavis, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Anna Colless, Blueprint Law
Kaelah Ford, Allens
Anna Harley, Baker McKenzie
Sidney Kung, Gilbert + Tobin

Tom Platt, Gilbert + Tobin

Danielle Sharplin, King & Wood Mallesons
Laura Simonds, Norton Rose Fulbright
Isobel Taylor, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jaimie Wolbers, MinterEllison (formerly K&L Gates)

Litigation

Dean Alexander, Enyo Lawyers
Mohamad Ardati, Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Jack Ding, Salvos Legal
Lewis Hamilton, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Tina Ibraheem, Shine Lawyers
Claira Jamieson, Clifford Chance
Catherine O’Keefe, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Gabe Perrottet, Norton Rose Fulbright

Melinda Ranson, Merthyr Law
Isabella Royce, Kalus Kenny Intelex

Mergers and Acquisitions

Julian Barclay, Ramsden Lawyers
Christian Bourke, Herbert Smith Freehills
Joshua Butler, Lander & Rogers
Hannah Kimber, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Linda Lau, Holding Redlich
Stephen Moore, Ashurst
Veroshan Sripragasan, Nicholson Ryan Lawyers

Tatiana Stein, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Oliver Yee, Gilbert + Tobin
Lee-Anne Yeo, Ashurst

Migration

Joanna Abraham, Victoria Legal Aid
Corina Chen, Mullins Lawyers
Jacinta Harris, Playfair Visa & Migration Services
Marial Lewis, Teleo Lawyers
Amina Youssef, Parish Patience Legal & Migration Services
Phoebe Yule, Playfair Visa & Migration Services

Traci Yan Yan Chen, Nevile & Co

Planning and Environment

Georgia Appleby, Holding Redlich
Simon D’Angelo, Maddocks
Guy Dwyer, Ashurst
Kristyn Glanville, Clyde & Co
Joanna Ling, Thomson Geer
Kate Marginson, Mills Oakley
Sarah McCabe, McInnes Wilson Lawyers
Natasha Ozolins, Aitken Partners
Alex Skilling, McCullough Robertson

Victoria Vilagosh, Norton Rose Fulbright

Pro Bono

Ella Alexander, Makinson d’Apice

Caitlin Edwards, Arnold Bloch Leibler
Laura Elliott, DLA Piper
David Frew, Wotton + Kearney
Kristyn Glanville, Clyde & Co
Jyoti Jadeja, Westside Legal
Perveen Maan, White & Mason Lawyers and Anika Legal
Catherine O’Keefe, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Rishika Pai, Watts McCray Lawyers
Xanthe Shaw, K&L Gates

Projects, Energy and Resources

Andrew Bukowski, McCullough Robertson
Henry Cornwell, Gilbert + Tobin
Georgia Davis, Clayton Utz

Michael Denny, Herbert Smith Freehills

Flora Ma, Allens
Alex McLeod, DWF Australia
Caitlin McPhee, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Tegun Middleton, McCullough Robertson
Tristan Shepherd, Ashurst
Jordan Tsirimokos, Ashurst

Real Estate

Rachael Bass, Massons
Jacob Corbett, Bradley & Bray Solicitors
Cianan Hehir, MinterEllison
Melanie Howard, Blackstone Waterhouse Lawyers
Tristan Howes, King & Wood Mallesons
Rebecca Pickering, Hall & Wilcox
Warren Scott, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Annie Wang, MinterEllison

Alexander Wheeler, DWF Australia

Kayleigh Whittaker, NB Lawyers

Sports and Entertainment

Anna Colless, Blueprint Law

Simon Merritt, Lander & Rogers

Chelsea Parker, TEG
Lauren Pelser, Chugg Entertainment

Taxation

Alice Deng, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Caroline Ee, McCullough Robertson
Steven Guo, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Awinners_finalistair Haskett, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Caitlin Murdock, Holding Redlich

Angus Murray, Irish Bentley Lawyers

Jay Prasad, Allens
Naison Seery, Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills
Leah Serafim, K&L Gates (Arnold Bloch Leibler)
Michael Wyles, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Marco Angele, marshalls+dent+wilmoth
Nicola Bevitt, Clayton Utz
Eva Lu, Thomson Geer
Mandy Milner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Chelsea Parker, TEG
Joel Parsons, Bird & Bird
Haylen Pong, Nearmap
Doron Shmilovits, UX Law

Alex Solo, sprintlaw

Louisa Xu, Piper Alderman

Wellness Advocate

Julian Barclay, Ramsden Lawyers
Phoebe Blank, MinterEllison

Peta Gray, Enterprise Legal

Angus Murray, Irish Bentley Lawyers
Megan Piccardi, Piccardi Legal
Claire Walczak, Lander & Rogers
Bianca Xerri, Suncorp Group

Workplace Relations

Mohamad Ardati, Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Ellen Davis, Gilchrist Connell
Giacomo Giorgi, Herbert Smith Freehills
Nicole Maughan, K&L Gates
Rosie Meyerowitz, Hall & Wilcox
John Monroe, K&L Gates
Jonathan Stamatelos, FCB Workplace Law
Dean Tolkin, Keypoint Law

Emma Vautin, Clayton Utz

Amy Zhang, Harmers Workplace Lawyers