Law Week provides our community with the opportunity to learn about their legal rights, the legal framework in their state and the role of the legal profession.
This awareness campaign also promotes access to justice for all, something that Holding Redlich strongly believes in.
The firm has been in business for more than 60 years, with offices in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns.
The firm practises across a range of areas including administrative law, data protection, corporate and commercial law, construction and infrastructure, finance, litigation, immigration law, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, property, taxation, workplace relations and safety, and much more.
Holding Redlich acts for some of Commonwealth’s largest departments and agencies, as well as government, statutory authorities, high-profile clients and corporations, providing trusted outcome-focused and practical legal advice and strategic solutions founded on their experience in working with government and in the private sector.
The Canberra office is led by partners Elizabeth Carroll and Andrew Klein while supported by special counsel Richard Monteleone and consultant Paul Menzies-McVey.
“We opened the Canberra office in October 2021 as part of our strategy to build on the firm’s rapidly-growing government law practice,” Ms Carroll said.
“Holding Redlich’s reputation for delivering excellent results for our clients has developed over 60 years.
“We are a large commercial firm with a focus on delivering services to government, having consistently grown and now recognised as one of Australia’s top 20 law firms.
“We provide innovative legal advice with the resources and expertise of more than 500 staff, including 200 lawyers and over 70 partners across our offices.”
Particularly, Holding Redlich has become a firm of choice for government at all levels – federal, state and local. This is evidenced by their appointment to 19 areas of law on the Australian Government (Commonwealth) legal services panel and advising more than 60 local councils nationwide.
Elizabeth Carroll is an award-winning lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, specialising in public and administrative law.
She regularly advises on statutory interpretation, freedom of information, litigation, legislative drafting, compliance and regulatory issues. She brings particular expertise relating to data sharing and privacy matters.
Andrew Klein is a highly skilled workplace relations lawyer, bringing more than 15 years of experience representing and providing strategic workplace relations advice to large Commonwealth departments and agencies.
This includes leading complex litigation on unfair dismissal, adverse action, discrimination and bullying, sexual harassment claims, workers’ compensation claims and employee entitlement disputes.
Mr Klein added, “We also have a long-standing commitment to working pro bono to support access to justice for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable, covering a number of law areas and people, including refugees and asylum seekers, First Nations peoples, women and youth at risk, elder abuse, the arts, the environment, and charities and not-for-profits.
“We also provide legal services to many community organisations working for social justice and human rights, and partner with pro bono legal referral services and community legal centres.”
The firm’s national art sponsorship initiatives include the Salon des Refusés exhibition in Sydney, the Flying Arts Alliance in Brisbane and regional Queensland, and the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair.
“We partnered with Canberra Youth Theatre to support young playwrights by sponsoring their Emerging Playwright Commission for three years,” they said.
“We sponsored the ACT Law Society’s Law Week Quiz Night on May 12 that saw lawyers, barristers, clerks, associates, assistants, family and friends come together for some trivia fun.”
Funds raised on the night will go to Rainbow Paws, a Canberra-based charity that supports pets and their owners.
See their website for information on their services.