About Barnaby
He works with corporate clients, executives and HR leaders to navigate sensitive and strategically significant workforce issues, delivering clear, commercially focused advice that supports effective decision-making. He has experience advising large and complex organisations, including those operating in highly regulated and unionised environments.
Barnaby is frequently engaged on matters involving reputational risk, senior employees and regulatory exposure, where a pragmatic and measured approach is critical. He regularly advises senior executives and decision makers on business-critical workforce issues.
Barnaby’s practice combines advisory, disputes and investigations work. He assists clients to proactively manage risk, respond to issues as they arise, and resolve disputes efficiently and with minimal disruption to business operations.
His experience includes advising employers on complex, high-risk workplace matters, acting in employment and discrimination litigation, advising on work health and safety obligations and prosecutions, managing large-scale workplace investigations, supporting workforce restructures, and advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions.
Clients value Barnaby’s responsiveness, sound judgment and ability to distil complex legal issues into clear, practical guidance. He is known for building strong working relationships and providing advice that is not only legally robust, but aligned with commercial objectives and operational realities.
Barnaby is admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW and the High Court of Australia.
