About

Sylvia Hands, senior legal counsel at Medibank, is an experienced and motivated corporate counsel. She manages a team of three lawyers, providing support to the marketing, sales, product, digital, and people and culture teams. Hands has a strong client focus and aims to build and maintain strong and lasting relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including using cross-functional relationships to achieve business goals and a great customer outcome. She is passionate about connecting people, mentoring, coaching and supporting wellbeing and continuous professional development within the team. Additionally she manages the legal panel relationships and enjoys investing time in building strong relationships with law firms as well as seeking to create added value for the team. In the words of a nominator, ‘I have worked extensively with Hands on a range of complex matters, particularly in the areas of brand protection and IP disputes. She is not only an excellent operator, but is also a pleasure to work with. She would also be a wonderful mentor for younger members of her in-house team and would no doubt make an excellent general counsel’.