Presenters

Shivchand Jhinku, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Shiv has over two decades of experience across a wide range of courts and tribunals in some of the most high-profile employment litigation in the last decade. Drawing on this experience, Shiv helps clients, primarily in the financial services, energy and resources and construction sectors to manage their relationships with employees to avoid common pitfalls. If a matter does become litigious, Shiv works with clients to put them in the best position to obtain a positive outcome. Shiv provides advice and guidance to clients throughout the employment lifecycle, from pre-employment, contractual negotiations, to performance management, termination and enforcement of post-employment obligations. Shiv is sought out for his expertise and thought leadership in Whistleblowing. He has helped numerous clients to establish Whistleblowing policy frameworks, as well as providing practical ways for Boards and management teams to meet their legal and commercial obligations.


Lisa Soo, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Lisa provides commercial and strategic legal advice to private, ASX-listed and non-profit clients in a range of sectors, including financial services, health and technology. Lisa advises on both contentious and non-contentious employment law issues across all stages of the employment relationship, including employment aspects of corporate transactions, unfair dismissal, general protections, breach of contract, post-employment restraints and equal opportunity matters. Lisa has extensive experience in whistleblowing matters, including conducting investigations into complex and multijurisdictional whistleblowing complaints, development of whistleblowing processes and supporting materials, policy reviews and Eligible Recipient training.

Chris McArdle, Principal, McArdle Legal
Chris McArdle is one of approximately forty lawyers in New South Wales accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales as a specialist in Employment and Industrial Law. Chris has been in legal practice since 1988 and prior to that, served as a Commissioner of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales. Chris acts for corporate and individual clients with a philosophy of preventing problems and increasing corporate efficiency. Chris has achieved a number of breakthroughs in the anti-discrimination, employment contracts and Registration of Agreements Jurisdictions. Chris is a regular presenter of seminar papers and has published several articles in both mainstream press and specialist journals.