Melinda Harris

Melinda is a specialist corporate real estate lawyer. She has substantial experience in the property industry and advises on significant property acquisitions and disposals, mixed use and residential development projects, corporate real estate and leasing for property companies and many corporations whose core business is not property. Coming from a corporate and banking background Melinda is able to add significant value to real estate aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including property ...

In 2000, Kate became an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law certified by the Law Society of NSW. She currently specialises in large and complex personal injury claims with considerable experience handling medical negligence claims against health care providers including public hospitals, private hospitals and medical practitioners. Kate has a particular interest in birth injury claims & has acted for a number of children suffering cerebral palsy as a result of adverse birth event...

Zara has practised insurance law and litigation in NSW for over 20 years. Before joining Holman Webb as Special Counsel in 2010 Zara was Special Counsel at Henry Davis York. Zara is experienced in a broad range of insurance practice areas including medical negligence, coronial inquiries, administrative review and disciplinary proceedings, injury liability, property and commercial claims, marine insurance and defamation. Her current focus is in professional indemnity, medical negligence and di...

Nathan is an experienced insurance litigator with more than 20 years' experience advising insurers on workers' compensation, CTP and liability claims. Currently, Nathan advises clients on CTP litigation with particular experience in major claims and catastrophic injury, including the application of the Lifetime Care and Support Scheme; administrative law; public liability litigation; recovery under s151Z of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW); recovery under the Safety, Rehabilitation and...

Elaine is a leading landowner advocate and environment and climate lawyer with over 18 years post admission practice experience. She has extensive experience advising and representing landowners and communities in relation to disputes with the resources industry, and on the development of legal strategies for a safe climate and healthy environment. Elaine works in pursuit of a rapid and just transition to a low carbon economy, where the rights and interests of people and nature are upheld.

Cherie is an Accredited Immigration Law Specialist and has focused on immigration exclusively since 2000. She has extensive experience in corporate migration across a range of industry sectors as well as private client matters, including complex health and character issues. Cherie provides immigration guidance on a wide range of scenarios. This includes advising start-ups, small and medium enterprises, government agencies and international and major corporations regarding appropriate visa man...

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...

Sylvia Fernandez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation. Sylvia, who practices law in Sydney, Australia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sylvia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David is regularly briefed in complex commercial and corporate disputes in the Supreme Court and Federal Court. David also appears regularly in the Federal Court in judicial review applications of administrative decisions. As an author of the leading work The Interpretation of Contracts in Australia (now in its second edition) David is often consulted on difficult or financially significant questions of contract law. David also has expertise in private international law, and he is a former le...

Michael Astill is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction / Infrastructure Law, Government Practice, Litigation, Planning and Environmental Law and Real Property Law. Michael, who practices law in Sydney, Australia, has been recognized since 2008. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.