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Frank Hicks SC is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction / Infrastructure Law and Real Property Law. Frank, who practices law in Sydney, Australia, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Frank is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Rohan is a partner in our Sydney office and leads Mills Oakley’s Government and Administrative Law team. Rohan is an experienced solicitor in government and public and administrative law. He has over 20 years’ experience in advising and representing Commonwealth officers, Departments and agencies on sound decision-making procedures, merits and judicial review litigation, statutory interpretation, policy development and implementation and access to information. Rohan is also very e...

Ian is a corporate, commercial, media and regulatory lawyer who advises a wide range of Australian and overseas clients with particular emphasis on the media, advertising, automotive and renewable energy industries, as well as government departments and agencies. His recent experience includes: public policy, public sector governance, and regulatory issues including as the Chair and Deputy Chair of State and Commonwealth statutory agencies advising global car manufacturers on Australian regul...

Sarah Wood is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Labour and Employment Law. Sarah, who practices law in Sydney, Australia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sarah is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Duncan has over 30 years’ experience in construction / infrastructure, mining, arbitration, planning, commercial, insurance and common law disputes and advice work. His practice is mainly concerned with construction-related and insurance disputes covering buildings, roads, railway infrastructure and rolling stock, mining and manufacturing, processing operations, ports, airports and pipelines, and in planning and environmental disputes for both councils and developers. Duncan is a panel ...

Lucinda is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate team. She also sits on the firm’s National Executive Team, in the role of Partner – Service Delivery. In this role, she manages and oversees the firm’s ability to drive improvement in and modernisation of our service delivery in all parts of our business. Lucinda is a specialist in the health, aged care, and retirement village industries and brings a commercial, solutions-driven approach to corporate transactions. Her work i...

John leads Holman Webb’s national dispute resolution group in Sydney. He is recognised for his expertise and technical ability in all aspects of dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation. He advises upon issues arising in a wide range of matters including constitutional law (Court of Disputed Returns), administrative law (professional conduct, discrimination, taxation appeals, ASIC reviews, FOS appeals), securities enforcement, insolvency, Corporations Act, Australian consu...

Daniel Robinson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation. Daniel, who practices law in Sydney, Australia, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Rhett is Hall & Wilcox's National Insurance Practice Head and is responsible for the driving and coordinating the strategy for the firm’s national insurance practice, comprising 35 partners and over 150 insurance lawyers across Australia. Rhett has over 25 years’ experience acting for the major insurers, claims administrators, self-insurers, government agencies and statutory schemes. He also has longstanding relationships with the broking community, industry peak bodies and ot...

Lyn has broad corporate and commercial experience, with significant expertise advising on complex corporate transactions. Her commercial experience has focused on intellectual property and information assets which have involved various technologies and regulatory regimes. Lyn’s experience also includes developing and implementing privacy and information security policies and negotiating contracts for the exploitation of information assets. She has significant experience in privacy and s...