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Clifford Chance Offices
LEVEL 24, BROOKFIELD PLACE
10 CARRINGTON STREET
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia
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Naomi Griffin
Position
With over 20 years’ experience in her legal career, Naomi has acted for clients across a range of sectors and industries on complex commercial litigation, class actions and regulatory investigations. She has experience litigating in the Federal Court and Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria as well as in the Queens Bench division in the UK (being admitted as a solicitor in NSW and the High Court of Australia and in England and Wales). She has advised clients in parliamentary inquiries and follow-on litigation to such inquiries. Naomi is Co-Chair of the firm’s global Class Actions and Group Litigation Group, Co-Chair of the Innovation & Best Delivery Committee for APAC and a member of the global ESG Risk working group.
Naomi previously worked for a top tier Australian firm, in-house at a global bank and in-house at a wealth manager. She has training and experience as a legal project manager and regularly integrates technology into her team’s project delivery.
Naomi is highly regarded by clients for her technical skills and trial experience. She earned her Masters of Business Administration from Warwick Business School, Warwick University, her Masters of Law from the University of New South Wales and her Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Science from the University of Newcastle (with an emphasis on chemistry).
Naomi is a passionate supporter of the firm’s Accelerate network promoting greater diversity and inclusion.
Career
University of Newcastle (B Science/LLB (Hons)) 2001
Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales 2002
Admitted to the High Court Registry of Practitioners 2003
Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales 2007
Certified Legal Project Manager
University of New South Wales (M Laws) 2011
Senior associate and associate, Ashurst (Sydney) 2002 – 2016
Senior legal project manager, HSBC (London) 2016-2017
University of Warwick (MBA) (with Merit) 2019
Senior legal project manager, Clifford Chance (London) 2018-2019
Joined Clifford Chance 2019
Partner since May 2022
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
(Next Generation Partners)Clifford Chance‘s litigation and dispute resolution team is ‘very commercial and practical’ in its advice, with particular strength acting for financial investors. Angela Pearsall in Sydney heads the team with Perth-based Sam Luttrell. Pearsall specialises in contentious regulatory investigations and large-scale commercial litigation, the latter is also an area of expertise for Grave. In Perth, Spencer Flay is a major projects and contentious construction specialist, advising clients across the natural resources, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors. Naomi Griffin in Sydney is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
- Dispute resolution: litigation Australia