Cooper Grace Ward’s litigation group operates from Queensland and specialises in complex, high-value disputes, covering corporate, property, insolvency and professional negligence cases, among others, and acting for national and multinational clients. Rocco Russo is described as ‘a very effective operator’. The team is praised as ’very well organised and operating as a unit’, able to deliver ‘very focussed and well-structured briefs’. Miranda Klibbe is active in large-scale commercial and property litigation and is highly regarded by clients.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘The team was very well organized and operated as a unit. We mostly dealt with 2 people but they had others come in and out as required. Every time we spoke to any of them, they all understood the case very well.’
- ‘I dealt mainly with Rocco Russo who was both extremely helpful and very clear on what we were doing and why. But also, Rocco had a very good handle on the technical aspects of the job and a clear understanding of the technical issues in question.’
Key clients
- Horizon SolSolutions Pty Ltd, trading as Cocoon SDA Homes
- Gordon Merchant
Work highlights
Acted for Robert Huston, administrator of an estate owning one of the largest undeveloped land blocks on the Gold Coast (valued at approximately $250 million).
Practice head
Rocco Russo
Other key lawyers
Miranda Klibbe