OVERVIEW

Anna was called to the Bar in 2021.

She accepts briefs in all areas of law with a particular focus on competition and regulatory, white collar crime and all types of commercial disputes including class actions.  Anna also has an interest in the energy and resources space, including environmental and climate change litigation, and accepts briefs in all areas affecting those industries.

In addition to New South Wales, Anna has experience working in multiple courts and jurisdictions including the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, the Supreme Court of the ACT, VCAT & NCAT and in international arbitration.

Prior to be being called to the Bar, Anna was a solicitor in the commercial disputes team at Arnold Bloch Leibler in Sydney.  Most recently, she acted for a financial services company in relation to an ASIC investigation concerning fraud and for a shareholder involved in a long running shareholder dispute.  She was also previously an Associate to Foster J at the Federal Court of Australia and an Associate at MinterEllison where she acted for the Applicants in the long running class action Brett Cattle Company Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia and Anor [2020] FCA 732, which successfully alleged misfeasance in public office.

Anna’s education includes a Juris Doctor from Monash University in Melbourne where she was part of the Maddocks’ High Academic Achievers’ Program for most of her degree.  She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Commercial and Resource Law from the University of Western Australia, during which she was awarded the Clayton Utz Postgraduate Award for Energy and Resources Law and the Johnson Winter and Slattery Prize in Law for the highest weighted average mark in her graduating year.  Anna is also a court reporter for the Australian Resources Law Reports.

Previously, Anna worked at BP Australia for a number of years including while studying law and held various roles in Australia and Perth.  This included, most recently, the role of Strategic Pricing Advisor.  Through this experience, Anna is familiar with complex pricing principles including transfer pricing and benchmarking, oil and gas pricing, take-or-pay contracts and offtake contracts.  She also has experience working with infrastructure costs including in relation to ports, pipelines and terminals as well with as supply chains more generally.  Through this experience, she is familiar with general commercial considerations and drivers facing businesses, particularly large and complex organisations.