New Chambers was once again well received by Chambers and Partners for the 2023 Asia Pacific guide. Our barristers are consistently ranked in a wide range of areas from Dispute Resolution, Shipping, Employment and Tax amongst some of the areas.
This year we congratulate the following barristers:
COMPETITION/ANTITRUST:
Michael Hodge KC (Band 2): Michael Hodge KC’s practice encompasses competition and commercial disputes, including class actions, investigations, cartels and abuse of power. He acts for both corporates and regulatory bodies on complex and sensitive disputes.
Strengths
“He’s forensically excellent and already building a reputation as one of the leading commercial trial advocates.”
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
David Jackson AM KC (Star Individual): David Jackson KC is regularly identified by sources as Australia’s pre-eminent appellate silk, with an unrivalled record of High Court practice. In addition to his appellate work at both state and Commonwealth levels, he is also a popular choice to head high-profile inquiries and a highly experienced arbitrator.
David McLure SC (Band 3): David McLure SC is active across an impressive range of practice areas, including, but by no means limited to, those of corporate crime, financial services, insolvency, taxation and shipping.
Strengths
“He is quietly spoken and deft at handling sensitive cases.”
“He is the kind of counsel you want when you need a fearless cross-examiner. He’s quite an intimidating opponent.”
Michael Hodge KC (Band 4): Michael Hodge KC’s practice encompasses competition and commercial disputes, including class actions, investigations, cartels and abuse of power. He acts for both corporates and regulatory bodies on complex and sensitive disputes.
Strengths
“He’s forensically excellent and already building a reputation as one of the leading commercial trial advocates.”
Sonia Tame (Band 3): Sonia Tame focuses principally on corporate commercial disputes incorporating financial services, regulatory or contentious contractual components. A number of interviewees highlight the experience she brings to the Bar as a former solicitor.
Strengths
“She is very commercial, not too legalistic or black letter; she always takes a commercial approach. She’s accessible, lovely and not arrogant.”
EMPLOYMENT
Kate Eastman AM SC (Band 1): Kate Eastman SC brings some 30 years of experience to the comprehensive range of employment law matters she handles for individuals and both public and private sector organisations, often in the Federal Court or before other tribunals at state or Commonwealth level. She attracts particular praise for discrimination cases and her work when instructed in connection with key inquiries, including Royal Commissions.
RESTRUCTURING/INSOLVENCY
Adam Bell SC (Band 2): Adam Bell SC maintains a broad commercial practice within which restructuring and insolvency issues feature significantly, and acts extensively on behalf of both liquidators and receivers.
Emma Beechey (Band 1): Emma Beechey is highly experienced in the representation not only of leading liquidators and insolvency practitioners but also of major banks, and also offers noteworthy experience of having acted on cross-border insolvency mandates.
Strengths
“Emma is at the top of her game.”
SHIPPING
Gregory Nell SC (Band 1): Gregory Nell SC devotes the greater part of his practice to maritime law issues, an area in which he has worked for nearly 40 years and continues to receive universally laudatory feedback from interviewees for his unrivalled knowledge and experience.
Strengths
“Greg Nell is widely regarded as the leading Australian senior counsel in shipping and admiralty matters. He is meticulous, has vast knowledge in the area, and is highly regarded by peers and the judiciary.”
Catherine Gleeson (Band 1): Catherine Gleeson devotes a substantial proportion of her practice to shipping matters, notably including cargo, delay and demurrage claims, and is widely regarded as a barrister of increasing prominence in this highly specialised space.
Strengths
“She is very bright, hard-working and client-friendly. She is very good at getting to the crux of the issues in plain English. She is very, very well respected at the Bar.”
TAXATION
David Bloom KC (Band 1): David Bloom KC has acted on behalf of both taxpayers and the taxation authorities for some four decades and continues to appear in key appellate cases considered by the High and Federal Courts.
Strengths
“David is one of the best tax minds in the country and a seasoned advocate.”
Chris Peadon (Band 1): Chris Peadon’s broad tax law practice embraces mandates both for taxpayers and for the ATO and incorporates noted expertise in transfer pricing and the taxation of capital and revenue and foreign investments.
Strengths
“When you need a senior barrister that isn’t a KC, Chris is at the top of the list.”
New Chambers as a whole was ranked as Band 2 for Dispute Resolution – The Bar Australia with Chambers and Partners saying:
New Chambers is a Sydney set home to over 50 barristers, practising in over 50 practice areas and appearing in court, administrative tribunal and public inquiry proceedings and a variety of alternative dispute resolution processes across Australia and abroad. The chambers’ versatile offering includes strong concentrations of expertise in the financial services and insolvency spheres, and its members include a star of the appellate Bar and pre-eminent providers of advice and advocacy on taxation and shipping issues. Interviewees are quick to praise the exceptional quality of the advocacy and advice that the set offers, one observing that “the set represents a high calibre of candidates with outstanding achievements and work ethic.” Another identifies it as the “go-to chambers for tax litigation, and significant disputes with the government,” adding that its barristers “are fearless in their advocacy.” A third singles it out as “one of the premier tax sets in the country, with broad skills and seniority.” Clerk and practice manager Angela Noakes is a recommended contact.
To view our New Chambers profile on Chambers and Partners, click here.
Congratulations again to all the ranked New Chambers Barristers.
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