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Ann’s Vision Ann Janssen founded the firm in 2009 based on her vision to deliver first-class estate planning and administration services to clients at an accessible cost. Her reasoning was that if a law firm only focussed on this area of law, it would quickly become expert and efficient at it. This has proven to be true, and now Estate First Lawyers has become one of the largest estate planning teams of its type operating Australia wide. The firm consistently receives very high feedback...

Katrina acts for clients across life sciences, medical devices, health, information technology, energy and resources, government and university sectors. Her corporate clients range from startups and spinout companies to publicly listed and international companies. She has over 25 years of practice as a Partner in the Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Regulatory team. Katrina advises on licensing and commercialisation of IP, trade mark prosecution and oppositions, IP ownership ...

Julie acts for a large range of residential aged care providers, home care providers, retirement village operators, disability services providers, not-for-profit organisations and faith-based entities. Her clients include a broad spectrum of providers from the largest providers in the country to stand alone operators, including publicly listed groups, private groups, not-for-profits and faith-based organisations. Julie has advised many not for profit and faith-based organisations over many ye...

Matthew acts for clients in energy and resources, technology, agriculture, construction and manufacturing sectors, including domestic and international corporates, private equity funds and inbound investors from the United States and Asia. He brings commercial insight from prior in-house roles across multiple sectors and board experience on ASX listed and unlisted companies. Matthew advises on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital markets, private equity and corporate advisory. He...

Michael is a qualified lawyer, with over ten years’ experience advising on taxation matters in roles with leading Australian law firms and the major international accounting firms. Michael specialises in transaction taxation and structuring as well as litigious disputes with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Michael has acted for publicly listed and large private groups in both buy side and sell side transactions, as well as major restructures and corporate dealings. His transaction...

Leading the Bennett & Philp Lawyers Insolvency and Bankruptcy Team, Managing Director, Andrew Lambros has extensive experience in corporate insolvency and personal bankruptcy matters. Andrew has acted for administrators, liquidators and receivers in a wide range of large complex insolvency matters which has included: advising and assisting the administrators of a large building company which went into administration with several hundred half-finished apartments and making sure they were s...

Rocco is an internationally recognised dispute resolution lawyer with expertise in court and tribunal matters, advocacy, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution.He works across Australia to resolve disputes in the corporate and commercial, construction, property, insolvency, defamation and intellectual property fields, as well as representing clients in corporate investigations and commissions of inquiry. He has specific experience in complex, high value, business critical disputes, a...

Kirsty is an experienced construction dispute lawyer and front-end lawyer, specialising in litigation, expert determination, mediation and arbitration concerning a wide range of issues on construction projects that often lead to complex negotiations, disputes and settlements. Kirsty works as part of a specialised team to successfully achieve objectives set by clients, including coordinating high pressure adjudication proceedings. Her understanding and interest in her client’s business a...

Anna is a Partner in HopgoodGanim Lawyers' Insurance practice who advises exclusively in insurance litigation, acting on behalf of major public liability insurers, workers’ compensation insurers and self-insurers, compulsory third party insurers and professional indemnity insurers. Anna has been a WorkCover Queensland panel solicitor since September 2011 and was an approved delegate solicitor from 2008. In her capacity as a panel solicitor, Anna is involved in all stages of the Pre-proc...

Linda Tapiolas is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Linda, who practices law in Brisbane, Australia, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Linda is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.