Rohan Nanthakumar

Barrister

About Rohan

Rohan mainly practises in public, commercial and international law.

Before joining the Bar, Rohan was Associate to the Hon Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC at the High Court of Australia; Counsel Assisting the Solicitor-General for Victoria (then Kristen Walker KC and Rowena Orr KC); counsel at the Australian Government Solicitor; and a commercial litigator at Allens. He also worked with human rights and environmental law organisations in Australia.   

Rohan has extensive international law experience. He has advised governments, international organisations and communities across Asia and the Pacific, including through his work at Blue Ocean Law. Amongst numerous cases, he was notably on Vanuatu’s counsel team in the Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change before the International Court of Justice.

Rohan has a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Economics and Laws (Hons) from the University of Tasmania. He teaches in the Masters program at Melbourne Law School and previously lectured in public and constitutional law in the JD program.

Rohan is reading with Timothy Goodwin. His senior mentors are Fiona Forsyth KC and Chris Carr SC. 

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Qualifications

Bachelor of Economics and Laws (Hons), University of Tasmania

Master of Law (LLM), University of Cambridge

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