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Kylie Agland

Litigation Services Division, Sydney

Kylie Agland has 8 years experience as a health industry lawyer. Her primary expertise is medical defence litigation. Kylie particularly specialises in obstetric cases and other cases involving catastrophic injuries. She appears on behalf of medical practitioners in general commercial litigation, contractual disputes and unfair contract claims. Kylie also has experience in many types of general litigation.

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Nicola Barnett

Litigation Services Division, Melbourne

Nicola works in the Litigation division and acts for both corporations and individuals. Nicola works predominantly for insurers and has a general insurance practice. Nicola also oversees and co-ordinates a self insured client, whose matters predominantly relate to property damage, motor vehicle incidents and recovery files.

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Rebecca Chan

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Rebecca's principal area of practice is in commercial property law and she acts for both corporations and individuals. Rebecca provides advice on a range of property matters including acquisitions and disposals of commercial property, off the plan purchases, commercial and industrial leasing, options, easements and property subdivision.

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Andrew Davey

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Andrew has over four years’ experience working solely in Health Law in the defence of disciplinary proceedings involving medical practitioners and in medical negligence claims management. Andrew currently advises clients on a range of disciplinary and administrative matters.

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Nicholas Duggal

Litigation Services Division, Melbourne

Nick is a workplace relations lawyer who provides pragmatic solutions that enable employers to resolve employment issues commercially and expeditiously. He provides advice and representation in a number of areas, including common law employment contracts, termination of employment issues, legal actions against former employees, industrial disputes, industrial action and workplace policies.

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Maria Kerhoulas

Litigation Services Division, Melbourne

Maria acts for corporate and individual clients in a wide range of litigation matters. Her practice includes providing advice to and representing clients in the areas of trade practices, professional indemnity insurance, corporations, contract and wills and estates disputes. Maria combines these skills within the area of criminal law which includes animal welfare issues and undertaking private prosecutions for a semi-statutory body.

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Silke Koernicke

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Silke has considerable experience in assisting overseas companies to establish and maintain business operations in Australia. Silke also acts for international businesses in a wide range of industries and has expertise in distribution and agency arrangements, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, establishment of subsidiaries and branch offices, corporate law, credit and trading terms.

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Shirley Lasky

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Shirley has considerable mergers and acquisitions experience, including due diligence work, as well as expertise in the superannuation area relating to self-managed superannuation funds, unit trust deeds and discretionary trusts as well as all round commercial expertise. Recently, Shirley has had active involvement in a number of complex transactions involving publicly listed entities and trans-border acquisitions.

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Monica Levy

Litigation Services Division, Sydney

Monica has been at TressCox since 2001 and is a Senior Associate in our commercial litigation group. Monica provides advice in relation to contractual disputes, trade practices issues, intellectual property issues and conducts general commercial litigation.

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Isolde Lueckenhausen

Coporate & Commercial Services Division, Melbourne

Isolde specialises in media, entertainment, intellectual property, trade practices and communications law.  She also provides general commercial and dispute resolution advice, and has significant litigation expertise. Isolde provides both legal and strategic advice to various media organisations, publishers and high profile individuals.

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Carol Mazzella

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Carol recently joined our Corporate and Commercial Division and has been involved in various transactions and commercial work. Since January 2000, Carol practised in our litigation group and has been involved in general commercial litigation and high profile entertainment litigation.

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Kate McIntyre

Litigation Services Division, Brisbane

Kate is a health litigation lawyer who specialises in the defence of medical negligence claims against hospitals, medical practitioners and allied health professionals.  Kate is also experienced in the management of disciplinary proceedings and insurance litigation on behalf of defendant insurers.  She is currently completing a Masters of Health and Medical Law at the University of Melbourne. 

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Tracy Mison

Litigation Services Division, Brisbane

Tracy specialises in Health law and has extensive experience in relation to the management of medical negligence claims, from responses to the pre-court claims processes, through to court proceedings and ultimately trial. Tracy also has experience in relation to the management of disciplinary matters for health care professionals, from the initial response to a complaint to the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings across a range of forums.

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Matthew Payne

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Matthew practises in Corporate and Commercial Law and has specific expertise in financial services and the Corporations Act, matters relating to directors and officers, company secretarial work, managing trusts and self managed superannuation funds.  His clients include a range of small and medium sized publicly listed and private companies, trusts, insurers, medical defence organisations, superannuation funds, professional associations and medical colleges. 

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Tony Petani

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Melbourne

Tony has a wide range of experience in corporate and commercial law, particularly in relation to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and capital raising.  Tony also has considerable experience in intellectual property matters, particularly in the Information Technology industry.

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Kalina Pyra

Litigation Services Division, Brisbane

Kalina's primary specialisation is in health litigation. She acts in the defence of medical negligence claims on behalf of hospitals, medical practitioners and allied health professionals. In addition Kalina has wide experience in Workers’ Compensation, Motor Accident and Public Liability claims.

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Helene Roins

Litigation Services Division, Sydney

Helene acts for individuals and corporate clients in a wide range of commercial litigation matters. Helene's practice includes providing insolvency advice and litigation services to administrators, liquidators and receivers.

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Rina Sheftalovich

Litigation Services Division, Sydney

Rina’s practice involves a wide range of commercial litigation matters, including contractual disputes, defamation and media law disputes and intellectual property disputes. Rina also acts for insurers in a variety of professional indemnity matters. She has a special interest in alternative dispute resolution and specialises in preparing clients for negotiations helping maximise the likelihood of negotiations being successful.

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Julia Sorbara

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Sydney

Julia's practice involves working on employment matters including the drafting of industrial instruments, advising employers on their obligations and resolving disputes relating to those obligations. Julia also has substantial experience in the sale and purchase of businesses and business structuring and has undertaken a great deal of work on commercial and administrative law issues relating to broadcasting.

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Meisha Tjiong

Litigation Services Division, Sydney

Meisha's practice includes advising on and defending professional indemnity and public liability claims on behalf of insurers, local and state government bodies and other defendants.  As well as having broad general insurance litigation experience, Meisha's experience also includes general commercial litigation.

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Michelle White

Corporate & Commercial Services Division, Melbourne

Michelle's area of practice is in commercial property law and she acts for both corporations, government and individuals. Michelle provides advice on a range of property matters including complex commercial leasing arrangements, acquisitions and disposals of property, planning and local laws, easements and property subdivision.

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