KHQ Lawyers > Melbourne, Australia > Firm Profile
KHQ Lawyers Offices
Level 4
600 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Australia
KHQ Lawyers > The Legal 500 Rankings
Australia > Labour and employment Tier 3
KHQ Lawyers offers clients a service which combines workplace relations and health and safety. Chris Gianatti steers the group from Melbourne, working with domestic corporates and household names from the transport, education and natural resources sectors, handling a spread of enterprise bargaining and industrial litigation matters. In Melbourne, Claire Brown assists clients with matters of bullying, discrimination and unfair dismissal; she is often sought out to represent clients in the state and federal courts.Practice head(s):
Chris Gianatti
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Approachable, engaging, responsive, pragmatic, practical and methodical advice which demystifies the law.’
‘Fantastic employment law practice – diversity of skill sets across the team.’
‘Exceptional knowledge and technical capability.’
‘The people are what make this practice unique. The legal advice also includes practical application, nuanced to my organisation.’
‘They go the extra mile.’
‘Chris Gianatti and Claire Brown are, to put it simply, two of the best in their field. Nothing is too small for them to lean into.’
‘The KHQ team have provided me with exceptional service. Their subject matter expertise combined with a real willingness to understand the client’s business and people is unmatched in my experience.’
‘Chris Gianatti is outstanding. His availability and understanding of the Construction industry landscape means his legal advice is always ‘spot on’ for our needs. ’
Key clients
Qube Holdings
CSL Limited
John Holland
UGL
Asahi Beverages (including Carlton & United Breweries)
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand
ANZ Banking Group Limited
NTT
Mars
Bunnings
Freight Management Holdings (backed by Singapore Post)
Infrabuild Group
Team Global Express
Chartered Accountants of Australia & New Zealand
Clean Energy Council
Swatch Group
ABB Australia
SGS Australia
Eurofins Australia
Specsavers
Bapcor Group Limited
JC Decaux
HSK Ward Group
TSG Group Australia
Programmed Group
Service Stream
Seqirus
Peninsula Health
ICON Health
Caraniche Health
humm group
Lavazza
BagTrans
ORTEC
Equifax
Blackbird Venture Capital
RMIT University
University of New South Wales
Kaplan Education
Monadelphous Group Limited
NRW Group Limited
Vertech Group Limited
Ventia
CPB Contractors
Corestaff Australia
Aussie Broadband
PayGroup
Rome 2 Rio
Bus Association of Victoria
Commonwealth Cyber Security Research Centre
Fuwa K Hitch
Techtronic Industries Australia
Goulburn Valley Health
Acknowledge Education
Toyota Tsusho Australasia
SECON Freight Logistics
Norman Carriers
Decmil Group
C&S Lightweight
CCL Secure
Secure Electronic Registries Victoria (formerly Victorian Land Registry Services)
BostonAir
Remedy Drinks
United Super Pty Ltd ATF Cbus
360Globalnet
Synertec
Ready Media Group
TeamKids
Hivery
Hotelstaff
Spaceship Financial Services
Logistics Holdings
GKR Transport
efm logistics
TIG Freight Management
NTT Workforce Solutions
Tecan
Autumn Aged Care
Curtis Stone Events
Excell Gray Bruni
FourQuarters
Middendorp Electrical
Gaming Laboratories Australia
Humphris Nurseries
Summer Housing
Work highlights
- Provided strategic and day-to-day employment advice on John Holland’s infrastructure projects.
- Advising Qube on the relocation of its port operation for the Spirit of Tasmania passenger ferries from Melbourne to a new regional port in Geelong.
- Assisted with enterprise bargaining re-negotiation and disputes at a range of Asahi sites across Australia.
Australia > Competition and trade Tier 4
Australia > Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
Australia > Tax
KHQ Lawyers > Firm Profile
KHQ Lawyers is a leading boutique top-tier commercial law firm based in Melbourne. Our practices operate nationally, and include:
– Commercial Property & Development
– Competition Law & Regulatory Compliance
– Construction & Engineering
– Corporate & Commercial
– Family & Relationship Law
– Food & Beverage
– Insolvency & Restructuring
– Intellectual Property
– Litigation & Dispute Resolution
– Private Wealth
– Superannuation & Financial Services
– Tax & Structuring
– Technology
– Wills & Estates, and
– Workplace Relations & Safety.
Our clients include multinational, ASX-listed and statutory corporates in a wide range of industries including resources, construction, maintenance, operations, manufacturing, banking and finance, professional services, education, health, pharmaceutical, transport, logistics, primary industry, food and retail.
The KHQ Way
Many firms say they’re different – at KHQ, we actually are. Our top tier and in-house experience means that we know what it is to walk the path with our clients.
We are uniquely positioned in terms of our flexibility and our culture. ‘The KHQ Way’ isn’t about what we do – it’s about how we do it, the guiding principles by which we define ourselves and our work.
Our overarching value is: passionate about being the best. The following are examples of the execution of that core value.
Dare to be different: be yourself, have fun, learn from the past, be open to change, adopt technology, try new things. Don’t blindly follow, be a slave to precedent or assume a single path.
Live the relationship: build understanding, walk the path, ask questions, listen and invest the time. Don’t abdicate responsibility, watch the clock or apply template solutions.
Deliver results: have a plan, communicate, do what you said you would, exceed expectations, take ownership, use initiative. Don’t cut corners under pressure, settle for “near enough” or over-service.
We pride ourselves on delivering high quality, technically excellent, responsive and cost-effective commercial legal services. We are focused on achieving the best commercial results for our clients in the most efficient way, by seeking a real understanding of the client’s business needs and operational styles and tailoring our services to match. We believe in going the extra mile and delivering results in tight timeframes. We aim to help our clients achieve their goals by employing a risk-based style of issue analysis, promoting solution-based outcomes and providing clear advice.
We invite you to try us to see the difference!
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Corporate & Commercial | Andrew Walker | awalker@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8401 |
Workplace Relations & Safety | Chris Gianatti | cgianatti@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8402 |
Family & Relationship Law | Monica Blizzard | mblizzard@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8415 |
Superannuation & Financial Services | Natalie Cambrell | ncambrell@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8494 |
Food & Beverage | Charles Fisher | cfisher@khq.com.au | 61 3 8681 4007 |
Workplace Relations & Safety | Claire Brown | cbrown@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8414 |
Workplace Relations & Safety | Gina Capasso | gcapasso@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8421 |
Family & Relationship Law | Greg Oliver | goliver@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8482 |
Tax & Structuring | Harry Giannakidis | hgiannakidis@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8406 |
Wills & Estates | Ines Kallweit | ikallweit@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8423 |
Tax & Structuring | Jack Stuk | jstuk@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8424 |
Corporate & Commercial, Technology | Jeremy Snow | jsnow@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8495 |
Workplace Relations & Safety | Michael Cochrane | mcochrane@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8437 |
Insolvency & Restructuring | Nahum Ayliffe | nayliffe@khq.com.au | 61 3 8681 4008 |
Litigation & Dispute Resolution | Paul Welling | pwelling@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8443 |
Wills & Estates | Rachael Hocking | rhocking@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8433 |
Corporate & Commercial | Venn King | vking@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8448 |
Litigation & Dispute Resolution | Yudi New | ynew@khq.com.au | 61 3 9491 8422 |
Solicitor Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Nahum Ayliffe | Principal Solicitor – Insolvency & Restructuring and Litigation & Dispute Resolution | View Profile | |
Monica Blizzard | Director and head of KHQ Lawyers’ Family & Relationship Law team. | View Profile | |
Claire Brown | Principal Solicitor – Employment & Industrial Relations | View Profile | |
Natalie Cambrell | Director and head of the Superannuation & Financial Services team. | View Profile | |
Gina Capasso | Principal Solicitor – Work Health Safety | View Profile | |
Michael Cochrane | Principal Solicitor – Employment & Industrial Relations | View Profile | |
Charles Fisher | Principal Solicitor – Food & Beverage | View Profile | |
Chris Gianatti | Director and head of KHQ Lawyers’ Workplace Relations & Safety team. | View Profile | |
Harry Giannakidis | Principal Solicitor – Tax & Structuring | View Profile | |
Rachael Hocking | Principal Solicitor – Wills & Estates | View Profile | |
Ines Kallweit | Principal Solicitor – Wills & Estates | View Profile | |
Venn King | Principal Solicitor – Corporate & Commercial | View Profile | |
Yudi New | Principal Solicitor – Litigation & Dispute Resolution | View Profile | |
Greg Oliver | Principal Solicitor – Family & Relationship Law | View Profile | |
Jeremy Snow | Principal Solicitor – Commercial & Technology | View Profile | |
Jack Stuk | Principal Solicitor – Tax & Structuring and Private Wealth | View Profile | |
Andrew Walker | Director and head of KHQ Lawyers’ Corporate & Commercial team. | View Profile | |
Paul Welling | Principal Solicitor – Litigation & Dispute Resolution | View Profile |