Miranda Klibbe
Miranda is a partner in Cooper Grace Ward’s litigation and dispute resolution team. She acts for both large corporate clients and private clients on a wide variety of litigated matters. With a proven track record of delivering commercially focused advice to Australian and multinational businesses, Miranda manages complex, high‑value disputes across a broad range of […]
Clive Nichol
Clive is renowned as a pragmatic lawyer. He has a deep understanding of the retail sector and, through industry experience, has built many long-term ‘trusted advisor’ relationships with clients. Clive has a well-earned reputation as an expert in the field of shopping centre leasing and management. In addition, he is a very experienced capital transactions […]
Chris Ward
Chris Ward has been a litigator for nearly all of his 45+ years of practice, focusing on the areas of family law, insurance law and commercial litigation. His current practice is in family law mediation services which he offers through Chris Ward Mediations. In this specialist area of mediation, Chris draws on his extensive family law […]
Craig Turvey
Craig advises clients in complex property settlement matters involving trusts and corporate entities across multiple jurisdictions. He regularly prepares binding financial agreements and other documents to formalise property settlements for his clients and he has a strong commercial focus. Craig has considerable experience in children’s matters and has represented clients in the Magellan List, which […]
Tony Park
Tony has been workgroup leader of Cooper Grace Ward’s insurance team since 2008 and has been a member of CGW’s Board since 2015. Tony practises in personal injuries litigation, specialising in worker’s compensation claims. He is currently the Supervising Partner for our relationship with WorkCover Queensland and also acts for a number of major self-insured […]
Linda Tapiolas
As a partner in Cooper Grace Ward’s commercial team, Linda specialises in providing tailored advice and support services to accountants, financial planners and other professional advisers. Linda provides technical advice on complex tax, capital gains tax (CGT) and Division 7A issues, and acts on business sales and acquisitions to ensure clients achieve commercial and tax […]
Carly Ashwood
Carly is a special counsel in our corporate and commercial team renowned for her practical approach to legal issues and dedication to her clients. With over 20 years of experience in the legal industry, Carly has established herself as a trusted adviser to businesses of all sizes. She regularly works with in-house counsel and other […]
Rocco Russo
Rocco Russo is an internationally recognised commercial litigator with more than 25 years of experience advising major corporations, boards, significant private enterprises, business founders, government authorities and high-profile individuals in their most complex and strategically important matters. His standing is reflected in 13 consecutive years of recognition by Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global as […]
Greg Thorne
Greg leads the Cooper Grace Ward banking and finance workgroup. His workgroup annually completes several billion dollars in loan transactions across all eight Australian states and territories. He has developed long standing ‘partnering’ relationships with the firm’s banking and finance clients, with many of the appointments enduring for periods of 10 to 30 years.
Annie Smeaton
With many years’ experience as an advocate with a strong background in employment, industrial, safety, education (including pre-enrolment and enrolment) and anti-discrimination law, Annie provides her employer clients with strong representation and practical commercial advice. Annie acts for large corporations and institutions as well as employers in the SMEs market and education and training, resources […]
Justine Woods
Justine Woods is a partner at Cooper Grace Ward and leads the family law team. She has been an accredited family law specialist for nearly three decades. Having practised exclusively in family law for nearly thirty years, Justine has extensive experience in all aspects of family law – children’s arrangements and parenting matters (including surrogacy), […]