Russell Kennedy Lawyers
Russell Kennedy Lawyers is an Australia-based law firm offering a comprehensive range of commercial legal services with a diverse list of clients operating in a range of industries and across many states and countries.
With Ally Law, we advise international clients whose business interests bring them to Australia and Australian clients expanding internationally.
Russell Kennedy has more than 230 personnel. We manage large, complex matters while delivering commercial outcomes and exceptional service. We act for a broad range of clients, including major public and ASX-listed companies, large private companies, foreign corporations, banks, state and federal governments, local governments and statutory authorities, not-for-profits, and private individuals.
We work across several sectors, including aged care and retirement living, all levels of government, business services, healthcare, insurance, real estate and property development. We have advised clients in these sectors for many years, with our lawyers helping shape how the industries appear today.
Our lawyers advise clients from many key practice areas, such as the following:
• Aged care and retirement living
• Commercial leasing
• Corporate and commercial law
• Competition law
• Disability
• Dispute resolution and litigation
• Government and administrative law
• Insolvency and restructuring
• Intellectual property and information technology
• Health law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Not-for-profit
• Planning and environment
• Pro bono
• Property development and transactions
• Waste and resource recovery
• Wills, estates and succession planning
• Workplace relations, employment and safety
Our firm and individual lawyers have been recognized for their work by several awards and directories, for more information click here.
Australia’s Updates to the Fair Work Act Bring Major Changes to the Workplace
The Federal Government’s Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 passed parliament on 2 December 2022, after negotiations in the Senate.
The latest insights from our Health Law team.
On 30 September 2022, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) published its decision to dismiss an application for an order to stop bullying brought by a volunteer of the not-for-profit Down to Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Limited (DTE), an entity which organises and funds the annual lifestyle festival “ConFest”, as well as a related event “ConFab”, festivals focused on education and celebration of the arts.
Offices
Russell Kennedy
Level 12
469 La Trobe Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Tel +61 3 9609 1555
Russell Kennedy Aitken Lawyers
Level 6
75 Elizabeth Street
Sydney
New South Wales 2000
Tel +61 2 8987 0000
Michael Gorton
Principal
Email: mgorton@rk.com.au
Call: +61 3 9609 1505