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Executive Director
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Anne Pan
Kylie Zih

Keenan Smith

Lawyer

Keenan is a lawyer in the Workplace and Employment team with extensive experience in regulatory investigations. Keenan takes a considered and commercial approach to all matters and enjoys finding innovative solutions to complex challenges.

Keenan combines a strong understanding of the law with close attention to commercial, economic and legislative developments to provide clients with practical and timely advice. He closely follows the development of public policy and market movements, with a particular interest in industrial relations and the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) space.

Keenan has extensive experience working with a broad range of national and international clients in sectors including logistics, technology, construction, commercial real estate, mining, transport, healthcare, sports, academia, and telecommunications. He also has experience working with major federal government organisations and departments. He has worked with these clients in a broad array of workplace and industrial relations matters. This has included complex workplace disputes involving whistleblower protection regimes, criminal prosecutions, conducting privileged investigations into complex workplace incidents and advising on duties and obligations under legislation. He has also been involved in enterprise bargaining for the establishment of a Greenfields Agreement.

Prior to joining Hamilton Locke, Keenan worked in the Regulatory & Investigations team at Clyde & Co, working on a range of significant matters involving both criminal prosecutions and governance considerations.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Investigations; Enforceable undertakings; Enterprise bargaining; Prosecutions; Legislative Interpretation; Public Policy

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons) – Macquarie University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Public Policy and Governance)  – Macquarie University

 

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS
  • Acting on behalf of a major construction company in negotiating a landmark enforceable undertaking with the NSW workplace safety regulator involving over $1.6M in expenditure and the application of artificial intelligence.
  • Advising an international resources company in relation to the establishment of a Greenfields Agreement.
  • Advising a foreign policy think-tank on the application of public safety legislation in Australia.
  • Preparing executive-level training on officer due diligence for companies in the telecommunications, construction and logistics sectors, along with major federal government organisations.
  • Advising a national logistics company on how to effectively capture safety considerations in their short-term incentive program.
  • Undertaking analysis of legislative reform in relation to key workplace health and safety legislation.
  • Conducting legal compliance safety audits for international companies in the telecommunications and logistics industries.
  • Acting in criminal prosecutions alleging offences under work health and safety laws, including a defended hearing in the Magistrates’ Court.
  • Acting in relation to a claim brought in the Federal Court alleging copyright infringement and a cross-claim alleging copyright infringement and misleading and deceptive conduct.
  • Developing a discussion paper on the future of safety, focusing on key trends including Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence.

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