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Kimi Nishimura

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Work Department

Class Actions

Position

Principal Lawyer and Executive Director

Career

Kimi is a Principal Lawyer in Maurice Blackburn’s Class Action Division and an Executive Director of Maurice Blackburn Board of Directors.  Kimi has spent her professional career over close to 20 years as a specialist class action litigator taking a stand against all manner of corporate misconduct.

Kimi is presently acting in some of the nation’s largest and most complex class actions, including the Holden Transmission Class Action, the Google AdTech Class Action, the Apple App Store Class Action, the Google Play Store Class Action and the Foreign Exchange Cartel Class Action.

Kimi previously played a pivotal role in the Kilmore and Murrindindi Bushfire Class Actions which delivered in excess of $700 million combined to survivors of the Black Saturday bushfires and in helping stop the Muckaty nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory .

Kimi brings her class action litigation experience and specialist financial, accounting and data analysis skills to bear in her role as a specialist class action litigator and as an Executive Director of Maurice Blackburn.  In addition to holding an Honours degree in Law and an Arts degree (University of Melbourne 2006), Kimi holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School (Dean’s List, 2016) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD 2025).

“It is a privilege to be a leader in our class actions practice. The class actions we bring enable our clients to access compensation and hold wrongdoers to account. I am proud to play a part in making sure that the law works for everyone,” says Kimi.

Awards

• Melbourne Business School Foundation Award of Excellence – 2016
• Doyle’s Guide – Litigation and dispute resolution rising star lawyer in Australia – 2016
• Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Financial Analysis & Valuation – 2016
• Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Marketing Strategy – 2016
• Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Financial Management – 2015
• Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Managing People – 2014
• University of Melbourne, Class Actions Prize – 2010

Education

BA, LLB (Hons), MBA, GAICD