Clifford Chance

With over 20 years' experience in her legal career, Naomi has acted for clients across a range of sectors and industries on complex commercial litigation, class actions and regulatory investigations. She has experience litigating in the Federal Court and Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria as well as in the Queens Bench division in the UK (being admitted as a solicitor in NSW and the High Court of Australia and in England and Wales). She has advised clients in parliamentary inquiries and follow-on litigation to such inquiries. Naomi is Co-Chair of the firm's global Class Actions and Group Litigation Group, Co-Chair of the Innovation & Best Delivery Committee for APAC and a member of the global ESG Risk working group.

Naomi previously worked for a top tier Australian firm, in-house at a global bank and in-house at a wealth manager. She has training and experience as a legal project manager and regularly integrates technology into her team's project delivery.

Naomi is highly regarded by clients for her technical skills and trial experience. She earned her Masters of Business Administration from Warwick Business School, Warwick University, her Masters of Law from the University of New South Wales and her Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Science from the University of Newcastle (with an emphasis on chemistry).

Naomi is a passionate supporter of the firm's Accelerate network promoting greater diversity and inclusion.

University of Newcastle (B Science/LLB (Hons)) 2001 Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales 2002 Admitted to the High Court Registry of Practitioners 2003 Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales 2007 Certified Legal Project Manager University of New South Wales (M Laws) 2011 Senior associate and associate, Ashurst (Sydney) 2002 – 2016 Senior legal project manager, HSBC (London) 2016-2017 University of Warwick (MBA) (with Merit) 2019 Senior legal project manager, Clifford Chance (London) 2018-2019 Joined Clifford Chance 2019 Partner since May 2022