Lisa Aguilar
Lisa was admitted to the legal profession in April 2017 and works across all of the firm’s practice areas providing legal and strategic advice to employers of all sizes across various industries as well as individuals. Lisa regularly provides advice on all areas of employment law including unfair dismissal and general protections applications, employment contracts, employee performance management, termination of employment (including redundancy and post-termination restraints), modern award and enterprise agreement compliance, sexual harassment, discrimination and equal opportunity cases and has considerably experience dealing with Fair Work Ombudsman prosecutions and underpayment of wage claims.
Lisa also contributes to the firm’s client alerts and writes articles on employment law topics and notable cases. Lisa has experience in drafting workplace policies, employment contracts and preparing workplace training presentations and has been involved in a number of workplace investigations.
Lisa was shortlisted as a finalist in the Women in Law Awards ‘Rising Star of the Year (SME Law)’ for two consecutive years (2021 and 2020), and was named a finalist for the Australian Law Awards ‘Rising Star of the Year (2020)’. Lisa has also been named in Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” for the category of Labour and Employment Law for 2023 and 2024.
Prior to commencing with the firm, Lisa worked exclusively for the Managing Partner of a leading industrial relations law firm and also gained a wealth of practical legal experience in the areas of criminal law, commonwealth compensation, equity, trusts, conveyancing and commercial law.
