AGL Energy is an integrated Australian energy company with operating business units involved in both the generation and retailing of electricity for residential and commercial use. The company operates power...

Michael Tropea, general counsel and company secretary, leads the team of nine Australian lawyers and one company secretarial support staff providing service aligned to the strategic objectives of leading insurance...

American International Group, more commonly known as AIG, has been operating in New Zealand since 1970. In December 2011 AIG New Zealand became the first licensed insurer under the Insurance...

Amcor is an Australian multinational packaging company that accrued a revenue figure of $9.5bn through its production of plastic packaging goods that are used in several industries. Amcor is a...

Featuring an abundance of exceptional legal professionals, such as Elizabeth Weaver, Cushla Scholfield and newly appointed general counsel David Bricklebank, ANZ Bank’s legal group in New Zealand has recently won...

Overseeing legal matters pertaining to New Zealand’s largest publically listed company by market cap, the in-house legal function at Auckland International Airport contains five lawyers employed to overlook specific parts...

Transporting over 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities each year, Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 50 Australian Securities Exchange company. Senior vice president and general...

Australia Post is a government owned corporation that delivers postal services in Australia and abroad. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australian Post largely operates in Australia, with offices scattered across the country....

A historic company with an important place in the history of broadcasting in Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is a government-owned entity that is predominantly known for its television...

Led by general counsel and company secretary Alistair Clarkson, the legal team of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) continues a tradition of excellent legal oversight and regulation of the exchange,...

National transportation safety investigation bodies fulfil a highly important role both domestically and internationally. The loss of an airliner, for instance, is likely to have safety implications the world over....

Founded in Australia, Beyond International is an international television and film production company with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and the United States. Having joined the company in...

An organisation that needs little by way of introduction and the fourth largest company in Australia by market capitalisation as of August 2017, BHP Billiton is one of the most...

German multinational engineering and electronics company Bosch has had a presence in Australia since 1907. 110 years later, Bosch Australia currently generates revenues of over $750m AUD per annum in...

Having doubled the size of the team over the past two years, senior vice president legal and general counsel of Brookfield Property Partners Claire Bibby oversees a team of high...

Led by Dan Cootes, head of legal and company secretary at British Telecom (BT) Australasia, the legal, governance and compliance team supporting BT’s businesses in the region is made up...

The global businesses of Carlton & United Breweries’ (CUB) parent company, SABMiller, was acquired by AB InBev in October 2016 to create the world’s largest beer company in a deal...

Earning over $3.5bn AUD annually, the CBH Group is Australia’s largest co-operative and a leader in the Australian grain industry. As general manager of legal and risk, David Woolfe holds...

The legal team of the Australian Securities Exchange listed investment management firm Challenger Limited is part of the combined legal, company secretarial and corporate affairs team and features 19 lawyers....

Representing over 100,000 professional members in Australia, New Zealand and overseas, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) was created in 2013 following the amalgamation of the Institute of...

Established in 1919 and operating primarily in the oil and gas sector, Australian international company Clough has projects in engineering, construction, operations and maintenance services. Headed by group general counsel...

Coca-Cola Amatil, one of the largest bottlers of ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region, has undergone a major reorganisation and rationalisation of its legal function following the resignation of its...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is the country’s leading provider of integrated financial services and one of the most recognised brands in the Australian financial industry. In 2016, Anna...

Formerly known as Leighton Contractors and part of the CIMIC Group, CPB Contractors is one of Australia’s largest construction companies and has a number of projects in its home market...

One of Australia’s largest entertainment groups, Crown Resorts operate as a top 50 ASX listed company with 13,000 employees across its casino entertainment complexes and online gambling businesses in Australia,...

Headquartered in Melbourne and employing over 17,000 people in more than 30 countries, CSL is a global specialty bio therapeutics company that develops products to treat and prevent serious medical...

The legal team for the Australian branch of multinational professional services firm Deloitte is made up of 22 members and is headed by Rachel Besley, the company’s general counsel, board...

Providing engineering and infrastructure management services to a range of public and private sector companies, Downer Group is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and an operating income figure of...

A quartet of lawyers led by Shoshana Shields, director of legal and general counsel for Australia and New Zealand, comprise the legal team for online marketplace eBay in the region....

Janelle Cain acts as the current general counsel of EBOS Group, the largest healthcare distributor in Australia and New Zealand, and is in charge of a legal team that is...

Having successfully supported the country’s farming business for over 175 years, Elders is a leading agribusiness and an iconic Australian brand. The company provides various services to primary producers from...

The EnergyAustralia legal and governance team led by general counsel and corporate secretary Chris Ryan comprises of 31 employees, of which 11 are practicing lawyers. It would not be an...

Active in Australia since 1996, ENGIE Australia (formerly GDF Suez Australia) is now responsible for the generation of approximately 2,000MW of energy via renewable, gas-fired and brown coal power plants....

Founded in 1841, Fairfax Media is today one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest media companies with output and investments in the newspaper, magazines, radio and internet industries. Headed by...

The legal team of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has the opposite relationship to regulations than other in-house lawyers in the financial sector, being on the drafting...

The New Zealand multinational dairy co-operative owned by approximately 10,000 farmers, Fonterra Group is the largest exporter of dairy products in the world and a global leader in dairy science...

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has recently achieved some notable successes towards its aim of nurturing and growing the sports of soccer, futsal and beach soccer throughout Australia. In December 2016,...

A key component in Australia’s large scale materials and mining industry, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is a major player in the sector, pulling in $7.1bn USD in revenue for 2016,...

Owned by News Corp Australia, Fox Sports Australia is the country’s leading producer of sports television coverage and is also its number one general sports website. Competing directly with ESPN...

The Future Fund Management Agency (FFMA) was established by the Australian Commonwealth Government in 2006 to invest and administer a series of investment funds, including the Future Fund. The Future...

Goodman Group is an Australian integrated commercial and industrial business that owns and develops real estate including warehouses, large scale logistic facilities, business and office parks globally. The legal team...

Goodman is an integrated commercial and industrial property group that owns, develops and manages real estate space for business and commerce. The company has a substantial property offering that is...

Founded in 1982, Australia’s Harvey Norman brand – which retails several categories of electric goods and appliances – extends to approximately 280 company-owned and franchised stores in Australia, New Zealand,...

Australia government-owned power company Horizon Power has been involved in a number of significant deals over recent years, supported all the way by the expertise of its legal team. General...

IAG (Insurance Australia Group) is Australia and New Zealand’s largest general insurance company. Operating in both countries as well as in Asia, IAG is the name behind some of the...

Nominators spoke highly of general counsel Blair Williams, general counsel of insurance company IAG New Zealand and the legal department he leads, one source stating that Williams ‘oversees a very...

Chris Walsh is the general manager – commercial at petroleum company Idemitsu, and leads a team of six professionals that has grown exponentially since its creation two years ago. As...

Incitec Pivot is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial explosives, chemicals and fertilisers. With operations on five continents, including seven ammonia plants and seven initiating systems plants it is the...

Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, IRESS is a supplier of share market and wealth management systems in Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It...

JB Hi-Fi is one of Australia’s most successful companies in the retail sector. Specialising in the sale of video games, Blu-rays, DVDs, CDs, home appliances, electronics and hardware, the company...

Headquartered in the United States, Yum! Restaurants International operates some of the best-known fast food outlets globally, including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Encompassing locations in both Australia and...

Founded in 1993, New Zealand’s Kiwi Property Group is one of the most respected property developers in the country, boasting a market capitalisation of almost $2bn NZD and a total...

The legal team of Kiwibank’s Wealth division advises internal clients at Kiwibank and sister companies at Kiwi Wealth by working across four offices in Australia. It is made up of...

Created in 2002, Kiwibank is a New Zealand financial services enterprise that is “100% New Zealand owned”, being a subsidiary of New Zealand Post Limited, the country’s state owned postal...

L’Oréal’s sprawling global beauty empire maintains a significant presence in both Australia and New Zealand, with a portfolio of 29 and 19 brands under management in the two countries respectively....

Lion is one of Australasia’s largest food and beverage companies employing around 6,700 people across Australia and New Zealand. Lion’s history extends back to 1840, marketing premium brands in the...

A global market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of fashion, luxury, sports and performance eyewear Luxottica employs a diverse legal team in the Australia and New Zealand region...

Sydney headquartered Macquarie Group is an international financial services provider that employs almost 14,000 staff in over 27 countries around the world across its various business units. Macquarie’s group legal...

McDonald’s Australia operates a vast network of both directly-owned and franchised fast-food restaurants. Australia is something of a test-bed for new products for the fast-food giant, and recently meal innovations...

Generating the largest proportion of New Zealand’s electricity, Meridian Energy is one of the country’s leading electricity retailers and operates from its headquarters in Wellington. Heading Meridian Energy’s legal function...

Described as Australia’s leading wholesale distribution and marketing company with a speciality in the areas of groceries, fresh produce, liquor, hardware and other consumer goods, Metcash has a long history,...

Metlifecare is one of New Zealand’s largest retirement village providers owning and operating 24 retirement villages throughout the North Island of New Zealand with a legal team of four lawyers...

Following a merger of various government departments in 2012, New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) was established as the New Zealand government’s lead business-facing agency tasked with...

Principally located in Australia’s four key cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth), Mirvac Group is a leading Australian property group that owns and manages assets across the office, retail and...

Mitre 10 is a major New Zealand retail chain of home improvement stores which has been in operation for approximately 44 years, today, the company records an annual turnover of...

United States multinational Mondelēz International is one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand with five manufacturing plants in the region that house a portfolio of brands...

Founded in 1991, MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) is a multinational accountancy, tax and related services company, initially created on the back of their unique accounting software. Since then, the...

The fourth largest Australian financial institution in terms of customers and market capitalisation, National Australia Bank, has been in existence for over 150 years and today employs more than 35,000...

nbn is an Australian GBE – a government business enterprise – tasked with designing, building and operating the national broadband network, one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australian history....

Responsible for protecting the country of New Zealand in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) play a vital role in managing national security interests...

In terms of sport, rugby union is almost synonymous with New Zealand, whose national team boasts an almost unbelievable record in international competition. The All Blacks – as they are...

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is a global investment fund established by the New Zealand Government to partly pre-fund the future cost of New Zealand superannuation payments. The Fund is...

With 36 highly capable lawyers based in locations across Australia, the legal department at Optus – one of the country’s largest telecommunications operators – is proud of its ‘strong cultural...

Comprised of 25 lawyers and five support staff, the legal team at Australian energy company Origin Energy is led by general counsel Andre Clarke. Internally the team recently designed, built...

Part of the global PepsiCo Group, PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand employs over 2,500 staff and operates through four business units: The Smith’s Snackfood Company, The Quaker Oats Company, PepsiCo...

Adapting to and assisting with Precinct’s repositioning from a purely property investment and management company to its new ventures in the field of property development, the lawyers within the legal...

Whilst working collaboratively with the internal product team, QBE’s legal department has recently been responsible for developing and embedding the legal framework necessary for the acquisition and integration of the...

Supporting one of the world’s top 20 insurers with operations in 37 countries and a workforce of over 15,000 employees, QBE’s global commercial, operations and technology legal team has lawyers...

Reporting to group general counsel Philip Richards in London, the Australian contingent of the dual-headquartered Rio Tinto legal team is well stocked with top legal talent. The company is vast,...

Created in June 2014 in the aftermath of the renowned Westfield Group separating its businesses from its operations in the United States and its Australia and New Zealand regions, Scentre...

New Zealand fishing company Sealord is one of the country’s best known seafood brands and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The scope that the two-man legal team...

Shell Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell and has operated in Australia since 1901, initially delivering bulk fuel into Australia, then later establishing storage and distribution terminals,...

SKYCITY Entertainment was established in 1996 as the owner of the SKYCITY Auckland complex and in 1998, the company took over regional operations from the gaming operator Harrah’s Entertainment. Today...

Boasting 2015 revenues of over $3.5bn NZD, Spark New Zealand is a major telecoms company that provides fixed and mobile phone services, internet services and IT services. The company is...

Stanwell Corporation is a Queensland government-owned corporation and is the state’s largest electricity generator. For the last 15 years Philip Ware has been the general counsel of Stanwell corporation and...

The United States multinational office supply retailing company Staples has been established in the region since 2004, and the Australia and New Zealand subsidiaries currently account for over $1bn USD...

Headed by Sean Hughes, a distinguished legal and regulatory compliance leader with deep experience in both specialties, Tabcorp’s legal and regulatory team comprises of 52 employees, of whom 29 are...

Telstra’s 200-strong legal team headed by Carmel Mulhern has supported some of the biggest strategic transactions in the Australian telecommunications and media sector. These have included the business’ $9bn AUD...

A logistics powerhouse, Toll Group employs around 40,000 people and posted $8.8bn AUD in revenue for 2014, the final annual report published prior to the group’s acquisition by Japan Post...

Led by general counsel Richard McIntosh, the five-strong Tower Insurance legal team has been particularly busy lately, as McIntosh explains: ‘The ongoing impacts of the Canterbury Earthquakes of 2010 and...

Overseeing and executing important transactions is a hallmark of the legal team at TPG Telecom, an Australian telecommunications and IT company which is the country’s second largest internet service provider...

Despite only being established since 1996, Transurban is a top 20 company on the Australian Securities Exchange. It manages and develops urban toll road networks in both Australia and the...

Vector Limited is New Zealand’s largest energy infrastructure company, with over 600,000 customers nationwide. Vector owns over 400 residential battery and solar systems that have been installed and deployed across...

Auckland-based Vend is a high-growth, cloud-based point-of-sale software company that integrates with established online payment methods. An important corporate partner of the company is technology behemoth Apple, who named Vend...

The largest airline by fleet size to use the iconic Virgin brand, the aviation firm and key part of the Virgin group of companies worldwide, Virgin Australia is served by...

Having been founded in 2008, Sydney headquartered Vocus Group is one of Australia’s fastest growing companies and provides diversified telecommunication services to customers on a domestic and international basis. During...

‘The ultimate goal of the Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) legal team is to provide excellent and pragmatic advice and support, to ensure that Vodafone meets its objectives with acceptable levels...

A major Australian retail conglomerate that delivered a revenue figure of $65.98bn AUD in 2016 and is Australia’s largest private employer, Wesfarmers has a diverse array of business operations including...

Australian Securities Exchange listed engineering company WorleyParsons is serviced by a legal team consisting of lawyers, contracts administrators and two administrative staff reporting to the general counsel in its operations...