Ellen Leishman

Barrister

About Ellen

Ellen practises in commercial, public and criminal law.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Ellen was a Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie, where she advised entities including the ACCC, AER, VLSB+C and private commercial clients. Ellen practised in a variety of areas including competition and consumer law, white collar crime, regulatory investigations, employment and general commercial litigation.

Ellen was also an Associate to the Honourable Justice Snaden at the Federal Court of Australia and holds a Juris Doctor (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts (History and International Relations) from the University of Melbourne.

Ellen is reading with Tim Farhall and her senior mentor is Ruth Shann SC.

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