Graeme Watson > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Melbourne, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Offices
Level 25
567 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
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Graeme Watson
Work Department
Employment & Labour
Position
Partner
Career
With over 40 years’ experience in workplace and industrial relations, Graeme is a leading expert in employment and labour law and a standout adviser on industrial relations and collective labour issues. He has been involved in most of the major industrial relations disputes and cases over that period, either as legal adviser, advocate, tribunal member or ministerial adviser.
Graeme has served as Vice President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and the Fair Work Commission and been the Senior Ministerial Industrial Relations Adviser to the Federal Government.
In private legal practice, Graeme has been involved in change management and the development of high performance workplace cultures, and has detailed knowledge of Australia’s leading corporations and most important industry sectors.
https://www.corrs.com.au/people/graeme-watson
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Labour and employment
With key practitioners based across Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane, Corrs Chambers Westgarth is able to provide a broad service to its clients – which are often blue-chips, multinational corporations, financial institutions and government bodies – covering contentious and non-contentious matters. The Melbourne office is home to practice head John Tuck, who advises on investigations and infrastructure projects, and revered ‘expert’ Paul Burns, who is backed by 30 years working in employment law. Graeme Watson also practices from Melbourne, advising on industrial relations issues, while Jack de Flamingh, in the Sydney office, is sought after for advice on strategy development and dispute resolution. In Perth, Anthony Longland is a key point of contact for those looking for representation in courts and tribunals.
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- Competition and trade
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- Infrastructure projects and construction
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- Labour and employment
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- Project finance
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- Banking and finance
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- Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
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