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Stephanie Patterson

Senior Associate - Melbourne

Areas of Expertise

Workplace Relations & Safety

Expertise

Stephanie is a Senior Associate in the Workplace Relations and Safety Team. She acts for employers and specialises in supporting them in a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, such as grievances, disciplinary and sickness absence processes, complex investigations, unfair dismissal and discrimination claims, and alternative dispute resolution.

She has experience working with various types of organisations in the public sector, such as fire and ambulance services, hospitals, police forces, public transport and national regulatory bodies. She also works with clients in the private sector, including manufacturing, finance and aged care.

Stephanie is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe and has experience leading data protection and privacy work with the employment sphere.

Experience

Stephanie’s experience includes:

Litigation: assisting employers in defending claims from inception to remedy, advising on litigation risks, prospects and strategy, and assisting with out-of-court resolutions

Advisory: advising on grievance and disciplinary processes, complex workplace investigations, contracts and policies, transfers of employment, employee exits, and strategy and risk in relation to national regulations and limitations

Transactional: assisting with large-scale transactions and undertaking employment due-diligence.