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John Edmond is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Class Action Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation. John, 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 John is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Justin Hogan-Doran SC FCIArb FACICA is a Senior Counsel of the Australian Bar and an Arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations, based at 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers in Sydney, Australia. He is recognised by his peers as a highly accomplished barrister and arbitrator with expertise in international and cross-border litigation, international commercial arbitration, investor-state disputes and private & public international law. He also has an extensive practice acting and advi...

Arthur has specialised in the aged care and retirement village industry since 1995, and joined Thomson Geer as a partner in April 2018. Arthur holds degrees in both accounting and law. This background in corporate and tax allows him to advise on all aspects of the structuring, acquisition, disposal, development and operation of aged care, assisted living and independent living retirement living environments. He also provides assistance to approved providers and operators of seniors living fac...

Marion is the recipient of numerous peer accolades including being repeatedly featured as one of Australia’s leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners in the Managing Intellectual Property’s Expert Guide and as an ‘IP Star’. She is regularly listed by Best Lawyers as one of ‘Australia’s Top Lawyers’ in Intellectual Property, as one of Asia Law’s leading lawyers, among the worlds leading practitioners in the Expert Guides: Trade Marks edition, and Asi...

Nicholas is a highly experienced lawyer who has concentrated on insurance law, particularly claims under the NSW statutory classes of insurance, for more than 20 years. He is the service line leader for our NSW workers' compensation practice. Nicholas advises insurers on the management of claims and liability disputes and helps them to develop and implement strategies to respond to these issues. He regularly appears in the NSW Workers Compensation Commission, District Court and Supreme Courts...

Consistently ranked by clients and peers as a leading corporate lawyer, Kain Lawyers’ founder has over 30 years’ experience in M&A and equity capital markets law. John’s experience ranges across private equity, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. His experience in advising public and private companies and investment funds has seen him consistently ranked by Legal 500, the AFR’s ‘Best Lawyers in Australia’ and Doyles Guide as a leading corporat...

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...

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...

Chris Kinsella is recognised as one of Australia’s leading tax lawyers and has provided strategic tax advice to corporations, boards, business owners and the ATO for more than 35 years. Chris has a focus on tax risk and with managing tax audits and disputes with the Commissioner of Taxation. Chris has acted both for and against the Commissioner. Chris is accredited as a specialist in dispute resolution with the Law Society of New South Wales. He has been a member of the Number One Tax D...

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...