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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Testimonials
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- ‘Value for money, in that many of their lawyers have the skills and experience of many top tier firms but their fees are more competitive. The partners and senior lawyers are approachable and hands on.’
- ‘Rocco Russo and his team have very strong individual skills and the right level of depth to be cost effective and scalable and the firm has a sufficiently strong set of allied practice areas to be commercial full-service. My experience is that the firm is genuinely competitive against the larger national firms particularly in terms of quality output.’
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