Effectively managing client expectations and understanding how to nurture internal and external relationships is key to your success.

Presenters

Ms. Shirli Kirschner, Cofounder, Elker
Shirli is the co-founder of Elker a platform for speaking up. Software and Resolve Advisors, a consultancy practice. Her professional expertise includes facilitation (including mediation) and dispute system design.. Prior to founding Resolve Advisors, she worked as a lawyer at Gilbert + Tobin before which she a Senior Associate with Allens-Allen and Hemsley (as it was then). Shirli’s ongoing consultancy roles include Dispute Resolution Advisor for the Wholesales Energy Market (gas and electricity) reporting to the Australian Energy Regulator. She is also the Resolution Facilitator for APRA-AMCOS.


Ms. Cilla Robinson, Partner, Clayton Utz
Cilla Robinson has over 18 years' experience as an employment lawyer, specialising in discrimination and industrial relations, but works with her clients on all aspects of the employee life cycle. She has deep expertise in workforce transformation and industrial strategy, frequently helping clients during volatile and unpredictable times to best leverage growth and opportunities for enacting people and business objectives. Cilla often helps clients navigate the complexity of dealing with ill and injured employees, and in particular the challenges inherent within organisations with low levels of psychosocial safety or high incidents of staff with mental illness or mental health problems is a focus of her practice. Whether they are HR business partners, legal counsel, executives, or company boards, Cilla's clients particularly appreciate her consistently commercial approach and ability to understand their business strategy, navigate complex legal issues and then explain them in an accessible and concise manner. Cilla has broad industry experience and works with both private sector clients and government (Commonwealth and NSW) clients.


Ms. Jacqui Barrett, Partner, Hall & Wilcox
Jacqui Barrett has extensive experience in a wide range of corporate and commercial legal transactions. In the corporate space, Jacqui regularly advises and assists client with mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, corporate compliance and governance, capital raisings and managed investment schemes. In the commercial space, Jacqui assists clients with day to day legal issues affecting their business including supply arrangements, licensing arrangements, protection and commercialisation of intellectual property, manufacturing and distribution arrangements consultancy arrangements, terms and conditions and privacy and confidentiality issues. Jacqui also advises franchisor clients on compliance with the Franchising Code of conduct, preparation and negotiation of Franchise Agreements and Master Franchise Agreements and preparation of all related franchise documents, including all disclosure documents. Jacqui's down to earth and practical, commercial advice is valued by her clients. She is very solution orientated and understands the importance of achieving her clients business and commercial objectives as well as meeting legal requirements. Jacqui is a Fellow of the Australian Governance Institute, a member of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association, the Licensing Executive Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Women in Law: Key Skills to Success

Being a woman in law can have it challenges and knowing the skills to success are key to forwarding your career. Join this line-up of passionate, highly skilled and trained women lawyers as they share their insights on three major areas aimed at boosting your career and practice.