The Honourable David Yates SC was a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia for 15 years until his retirement on 30 November 2024. During his time on the Court, he was one of the National Coordinating Judges in the Intellectual Property NPA and, for a number of years, one of the Court’s National Appeals… Continue reading David Yates SC
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Gregory Burton SC
Gregory specialises in trial and appellate advocacy and opinions. His areas of practice are commercial, equity, intellectual property and IT, property and succession/family provision, insurance, administrative law and associations and charities, professional liability, torts, consumer law, construction. He is an experienced arbitrator, expert determiner (including domain name auDA panels) and mediator in Court and private… Continue reading Gregory Burton SC
Phoebe Arcus SC
Phoebe is an experienced trial and appellate advocate. She conducts a practice in patent and intellectual property law (copyright, trade marks, designs, confidential information), competition and consumer protection law, and general commercial law. She also acts in administrative law, data protection, breach of confidence and privacy law cases. Phoebe has appeared in many high profile… Continue reading Phoebe Arcus SC
Jessie McKenna
Jessie was admitted to practice in 2019 and called to the Bar in 2024. She accepts briefs in all areas of law and has particular interest in intellectual property, commercial law, and competition and consumer law. Before coming to the Bar, Jessie was a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property and Technology team at DLA… Continue reading Jessie McKenna
Anya Poukchanski
Anya practices across regulatory, intellectual property, commercial and public law. She is experienced in complex proceedings and investigations. She has represented and advised commercial and government clients in matters involving financial services laws, AML/CTF, competition, contractual disputes, and judicial review. She appears both led and unled. Before being called to the Bar, Anya was a… Continue reading Anya Poukchanski
Sophie Yates
Sophie was admitted to practice in 2018 and called to the Bar in 2023. She accepts briefs in all areas of law, and has a particular interest in intellectual property, commercial law, private international law, employment and criminal matters. Before coming to the Bar, Sophie practised as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills in the… Continue reading Sophie Yates
Sonia Stewart
Sonia was admitted as a solicitor in 2001 and called to the Bar in 2016. She specialises in intellectual property, regulatory and consumer law, with particular expertise in trade marks, brand protection law and related commercial matters, including competitor and regulatory actions for misleading and deceptive conduct arising from advertising claims. Sonia has significant experience… Continue reading Sonia Stewart
David Larish
David has a Bachelor of Laws from UNSW (Hons Class I, University Medal) and a Master of Laws from NYU (Competition Innovation and Information Law Program, Frank T. Diersen prize for best performance in the program). David’s practice is focused primarily on intellectual property and commercial disputes. He has been briefed in various of the… Continue reading David Larish
Dale Bampton
Dale is a leading junior counsel at the Sydney and Brisbane Bar. She specializes in complex class actions, large-scale commercial litigation, and competition and consumer law. She has been recognised as a recommended junior counsel in commercial litigation in Doyle’s Guide. Dale has been involved in numerous high profile class actions, including for the State… Continue reading Dale Bampton
Alexander Vial
Alexander maintains a national practice in complex commercial and regulatory matters. He is recognised by Legal500 as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for competition law (2024, 2025), as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for white collar and regulatory matters (2024 Rising Star, 2025), and a Leading Junior (Band 3) for commercial disputes. He is also… Continue reading Alexander Vial