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Partner
Head of Employment
Restructuring & Turnaround
Current practice
Mark’s practice encompasses both litigious and non litigious application of employment and industrial relations law. He is skilled in dealing with matters involving:
- providing advice on the effect of legislative change on businesses, particularly the impact of the introduction of Fair Work Australia;
- award interpretation and ramifications;
- industrial disputes and their implications;
- drafting and advising on certified agreements;
- providing advice and acting in litigious matters regarding terminations, employee discipline, unfair dismissals, equal opportunity, discrimination and sexual harassment claims;
- drafting and advising on employment contracts, independent contractor agreements and other employment related instruments;
- industrial disputes and their implications;
- redundancy disputes;
- remuneration; and
- employment audits and employment related areas of due diligence.
Clients and recent experience
Mark acts predominantly in the financial and tertiary education sectors. His practice is expanding to include large corporate entities. He also has active experience in the telecommunications, manufacturing and computing industries.
Mark regularly appears in the Industrial Relations Commission on behalf of clients and provides in-house training for larger corporations and industry groups.
Recent matters that Mark has provided advice on include:
- acting for a national manufacturing client up to the Full Bench of the Australian Industrial Relation Commission (AIRC) in relation to redundancy entitlements arising from a relocation;
- acting for a national retailer in preparing contracts for executive and senior staff;
- acting for a national manufacturer in drafting and rolling out collective agreements across all Australian States;
- acting for a retail chain with around 50 stores in Victoria and Tasmania in drafting and rolling out collective agreements to all stores; and
- advising many listed and private companies on how to minimise exposure in the termination of senior employees.
Qualifications and personal affiliations
Mark has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania. He has also completed the requirements of a Graduate Diploma in Labour Law from the University of Melbourne. He became partner in 2000.
Mark is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association.
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