Denise O'Reilly Email and Phone Number

Yes, I’m an employment lawyer, but I’m happiest when my clients don’t need to focus on employment issues.I now have over 20 years’ experience advising businesses about workplace issues – ranging from large corporates during my time with Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills), to large and mid-sized businesses after first relocating to the Gold Coast, and now with a broad range of clients in my own practice - from start-ups to national employers and listed companies.I believe this experience has helped both me and my team hone our communication skills irrespective of whether we are speaking with people from big or small organisations. I enjoy being able to offer the premium opportunities and solutions often only utilised by larger corporates with big wallets.Whilst my practice offers services in all areas of employment law, I have specific experience and expertise in industrial relations and dispute work, including general protection claims. I devour articles relating to developments in IR law and use that to constantly keep my clients up to sped with what’s happening out there.I love working collaboratively with my clients and our work is very much relationship-driven rather than transactional. There is a strong focus on educating our clients as we go through the process of working together. This means that as they learn through the process they need us less and become more confident and comfortable dealing with employment issues because of that increased knowledge.Originally from country Tasmania, I grew up in a big family on a small farm in the Tamar Valley (you can see the scar on my neck if you look closely). I’m now a Mum to two rowdy young boys, so I like to think I know something about equality, unfairness, disputes, ridiculous accusations and unreasonable behaviour.Once I’ve sorted all that out, I occasionally enjoy a glass of wine.