Bird & Bird’s labour and employment team, located in Sydney, assists domestic and multinational clients with a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Its workload includes cases of workplace misconduct and spans from initial investigations through to employment litigation at the appellate level. Practice head Kristy Peacock-Smith specialises in matters relating to unfair dismissal, discrimination and breaches of contract, and is also called upon to deliver training programmes to businesses.
Testimonials
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‘Very responsive, available, prompt and practical. ’
‘Kristy Peacock-Smith is a fantastic lawyer, and I highly value our partnership. We have worked together for many years, and she is always available, takes a common sense approach, is direct and is transparent with respect to fees. ’
‘Kristy and the team have been very supportive over the last few years, guiding us through labour law issues with confidence. Kristy is also great with internal clients because she is engaging and pragmatic in her approach.'
‘Kristy has a level of experience which means that she gets to the heart of the issue quickly and assuredly. ’
Key clients
- Quantcast Technologies Australia
- Menlo Security Australia
- BBC Studios
- Medacta Australia
- Guesty
- Oyster HR
- Remote Technology Inc.
- CBRE
Work highlights
- Defending proceedings brought in the Federal Circuit Court against Quantcast Australia by a former employee.
- Advising TomTom on a global restructure programme.
- Advising a client on an internal investigation after serious allegations of sexual harassment were made.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kristy Peacock-Smith