Mr James Whittaker > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Offices
Level 6 Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia
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Mr James Whittaker
Work Department
Government / Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Position
Partner.
Career
James Whittaker specialises in litigation that is large, difficult and complicated. He brings practical and strategic thinking to large scale problems, making them manageable and solvable. His 20 year career has been spent in the superior courts and tribunals of Australia – as well as keeping his clients out of them. In representing large national and international corporations, governments and associations, his work is often pioneering in nature and of international importance. In addition to large scale litigation, he has particular expertise in class actions, product liability, white collar crime, corporate governance of government related entities and procedures, for example Royal Commissions. James works in particular with large multinationals, on cross-jurisdictional litigation.
https://www.corrs.com.au/people/james-whittaker
Memberships
Latitude Volunteering – Director Australian Institute of Company Directors – Member University of NSW – Guest lecturer – Indigenous People and the Law (undergraduate), Native Title (post graduate), Litigation (undergraduate) Corrs Chambers Westgarth Litigation, Workplace Relations and IPT&C Division Leader and Executive Leadership Team Member.
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
(Leading individuals)Corrs Chambers Westgarth‘s commercial litigation team is a ‘well-oiled machine‘. Led by ‘standout litigator’ Mark Wilks
in Sydney, it acts for a range of banks, energy and resources companies and government entities, and emphasises its lawyers’ trial advocacy strength. Wilks’ practice focuses on financial services and resources disputes, especially those which are of particularly high value. Also in Sydney, Simon Johnson and senior associate Frieda Chan form a ‘dream team‘ for commercial disputes, with notable strength for both in the technology space, while James Whittaker is adept at corporate and white-collar crime work; the former is also an area of expertise for David Anthony. Perth’s Kirsty Sutherland is noted for her capability in large-scale disputes in the energy and natural resources sector, acting for both Australian and global mining and energy companies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: litigation Australia
- Leading individuals Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition and trade
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Infrastructure projects and construction
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Environment and planning
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
- Tax
- White-collar crime
- Insurance
- Media and entertainment
- Capital markets