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Rachel Amamoo

Bar Roll: 2019 Admitted: 2007 (VIC), 1998 (SA)
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61 3 9225 8132 61 431 569 539
Room 2201 Owen Dixon Chambers West

Rachel practises in public law and commercial law.  Since joining the Bar, she has appeared led and unled in the Federal Court, the Supreme Court and the County Court.  Rachel has also appeared in the High Court.

Before coming to the Bar, Rachel was at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office for several years, most recently as a Special Counsel.  Prior to that, Rachel worked in commercial litigation, as a Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London; at Fried Frank in New York; and at Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) in Sydney.  Rachel was an Associate to Justice O’Loughlin in the Federal Court of Australia.

Rachel has experience advising in various contexts including commissions, inquiries and regulatory investigations and has advised across a range of issues (eg constitutional law, intergovernmental agreements, statutory interpretation and water resources).

Rachel has been admitted to practice in South Australia, NSW, Victoria, New York and, as a solicitor, in England and Wales.

Rachel read with Emrys Nekvapil S.C.  Her senior mentor is Rowena Orr KC.

 

 

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

Areas of Practice

CommercialCompetitionConstitutional LawCorporate & CommercialDiscrimination/Equal OpportunityElectoral LawFOI/PrivacyHuman RightsInquestsJudicial ReviewMerits ReviewMigrationPublic LawPublic LawRegulatoryRoyal Commissions/Government InquiriesTrade Practices/Consumer Protection

Cases

QUALIFICATIONS

BEc(Adel), Hons Politics(Adel), LLB(Hons)(Adel), LLM (Columbia University), MPub&IntLaw(Melb)

Rachel holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University in New York, where she was named a Kent Scholar in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Rachel also holds a Master of Public and International Law from Melbourne Law School, where she graduated with a first class honours average mark.

Rachel holds first class honours degrees in politics and in law from the University of Adelaide, where she received various academic prizes in law. She also holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Australian Association of Constitutional Law.

Rachel Amamoo

Bar Roll: 2019 Admitted: 2007 (VIC), 1998 (SA)
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Profile

61 3 9225 8132 61 431 569 539
Room 2201 Owen Dixon Chambers West

Rachel practises in public law and commercial law.  Since joining the Bar, she has appeared led and unled in the Federal Court, the Supreme Court and the County Court.  Rachel has also appeared in the High Court.

Before coming to the Bar, Rachel was at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office for several years, most recently as a Special Counsel.  Prior to that, Rachel worked in commercial litigation, as a Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London; at Fried Frank in New York; and at Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) in Sydney.  Rachel was an Associate to Justice O’Loughlin in the Federal Court of Australia.

Rachel has experience advising in various contexts including commissions, inquiries and regulatory investigations and has advised across a range of issues (eg constitutional law, intergovernmental agreements, statutory interpretation and water resources).

Rachel has been admitted to practice in South Australia, NSW, Victoria, New York and, as a solicitor, in England and Wales.

Rachel read with Emrys Nekvapil S.C.  Her senior mentor is Rowena Orr KC.

 

 

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

Areas of Practice

CommercialCompetitionConstitutional LawCorporate & CommercialDiscrimination/Equal OpportunityElectoral LawFOI/PrivacyHuman RightsInquestsJudicial ReviewMerits ReviewMigrationPublic LawPublic LawRegulatoryRoyal Commissions/Government InquiriesTrade Practices/Consumer Protection

Cases

Qualifications & Memberships

QUALIFICATIONS

BEc(Adel), Hons Politics(Adel), LLB(Hons)(Adel), LLM (Columbia University), MPub&IntLaw(Melb)

Rachel holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University in New York, where she was named a Kent Scholar in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Rachel also holds a Master of Public and International Law from Melbourne Law School, where she graduated with a first class honours average mark.

Rachel holds first class honours degrees in politics and in law from the University of Adelaide, where she received various academic prizes in law. She also holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Australian Association of Constitutional Law.