About

Leading multi-platform media company Fairfax Media is known throughout Australia and New Zealand with its content being consumed by the local population for more than 185 years. Overseeing all legal matters at this prominent institution, in addition to corporate governance, communications and internal audit services, is group general counsel and company secretary Gail Hambly. She is well known throughout the region’s in-house legal market having worked on key projects for the company.

In addition to leading a high-profile litigation, in the last 12 months she has contributed to the company’s merger with Nine Entertainment, its printing agreements with News Corp Australia and the partnership between its Australian Metro Publishing business and Microsoft on digital advertising, technology and product development. Having performed consistently throughout her in-house career, Hambly is rightly recognised among Australia’s top in-house lawyers.