OVERVIEW

Anna was called to the New South Wales Bar in 2021.

Anna accepts briefs in all types of commercial disputes where she has considerable experience in large and complex commercial matters, gained both at the bar and as a solicitor. She is often relied upon in the context of contractual disputes including in supply chain, infrastructure and pricing matters. She is also experienced in matters involving white-collar crime, ASIC investigations, shareholder disputes, environmental law, and class actions.

Anna has a particular interest in energy and resources and accepts briefs in all matters relating to those industries. Anna is familiar with complex energy pricing principles, transfer pricing and benchmarking, oil and gas pricing, take-or-pay contracts, the short term traded gas market and rules, offtake agreements, access arrangements and regulated infrastructure. In addition, she has experience working on ports, pipelines and terminals. She has a keen interest in matters relating to the energy transition, renewable energy and associated issues.

As well as other memberships, Anna is a member of the Energy & Resources Law Association and contributes to policy submissions on behalf of the association. She is a reporter for the Thompson Reuters Australian Resources Law Reports and the Banking and Finance Reports of Australia and stays up to date with cases in those practice areas including current decisions on mining, energy, insolvency, banking, finance and insurance.

Prior to being called to the Bar, Anna was a litigator in the commercial disputes team at Arnold Bloch Leibler and served as an Associate to Foster J in the Federal Court of Australia. She worked in various teams as a solicitor including as an Associate at MinterEllison, where she
represented successful Applicants in a significant class action alleging Misfeasance in Public Office before Rares J in the FCA (Brett Cattle Company Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia and Anor [2020] FCA 732).

Anna’s law degrees, noted on this page, were marked by prizes for academic achievement.

Anna is a National Pro Bono Target signatory.

Details of recent experience and selected cases are set out in Anna’s CV.

Curriculum Vitae