Jermia Burton
Jermia is a senior associate in the insurance team at Cooper Grace Ward. She acts for a variety of insurers in the areas of workers’ compensation, public liability and motor vehicle accident claims. Jermia has extensive experience in personal injury claims management and advisory work under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld), Motor […]
Tom Jury
His expertise extends to mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and technology, privacy, commercial contracting, corporate governance, competition and consumer law, and compliance. Tom has assisted a broad range of clients, from individuals to listed entities, through his experience gained at Cooper Grace Ward and through his prior work in a multinational top tier law firm.
Andrew Vella
Before joining Cooper Grace Ward, Andrew worked for over 17 years in large national firms representing a wide selection of public sector, institutional, corporate and private sector clients, including boards and executives in large scale and complex commercial litigation, regulatory investigations and in some of Australia’s largest corporate insolvencies. Andrew acts across a spectrum of sensitive […]
Hannah Flanderka
As a senior associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s family law team, Hannah advises on all aspects of family law, including divorce, parenting, financial and child support matters, as well as domestic and family violence issues. Hannah is passionate about helping clients to navigate the options and resolutions available to them at law during what is […]
Melissa Mourilyan
With 20 years’ experience in the banking industry, Melissa supports her clients across both commercial and retail lending operations. Melissa is a partner in Cooper Grace Ward’s banking and finance team and has 20 years’ experience in the banking industry. She specialises in both commercial and retail lending and has an in-depth knowledge of settlement […]
Cameron Lack
Cameron is a special counsel in our property, planning and environment team. He provides specialist legal advice on property development, major projects, and property acquisitions and disposals. Cameron advises medium to large scale property owners and developers, providing practical advice to assist them with the management and continuous development of their portfolios. Prior to joining […]
Sophia Ousager
As a senior associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s corporate advisory team, Sophia provides legal support to domestic and international clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial issues. Sophia advises on matters including the Foreign Investment Review Board regime, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, structuring and corporate financing. She undertakes a wide range of […]
Sarah Camm
As a senior associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s private client team, Sarah advises beneficiaries, executors and trustees on all aspects of estate, superannuation and trust disputes, as well as complex administration issues. She draws on her extensive experience in estate disputes to provide clear and practical guidance to clients preparing Wills and estate planning documents, […]
Catherine Dugdell
Catherine is an insurance claims adviser in Cooper Grace Ward’s insurance team and brings 20 years’ experience in personal injury litigation. Catherine manages and advises on a wide range of workers’ compensation claims. Her experience includes acting in primary mental injury claims, multi-party claims and claims involving interstate issues. Catherine also has considerable litigation and […]
Keeghan Silcock
As a senior associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s commercial team, Keeghan assists clients with a broad range of commercial matters including acquisitions and sales, stakeholder agreements, tax and structuring issues, self-managed superannuation, trusts and asset protection. Keeghan also regularly assists clients with their estate planning, business succession and exit strategies. Her focus in on providing […]
Chris Murphy
As a special counsel in Cooper Grace Ward’s insurance team, Chris brings over 15 years’ experience in handling insurance and workers’ compensation matters. Chris is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law and a member of the QLS Accident Compensation / Tort Law committee, which keeps him at the cutting edge of changes in accident […]
Sheanda Wijetunge
Sheanda is an associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s corporate and commercial team. Sheanda is overseas qualified and brings over 5 years’ professional experience working as an Attorney-at-Law in Sri Lanka, specialising in investment, corporate law and project finance. While working in Sri Lanka, Sheanda was engaged in advising foreign investors seeking to invest in Sri […]