Australia’s Thomson Geer has hired Jane Hall as a partner in Melbourne to strengthen its national workplace and employment capability across the country.

“Jane [Hall’s] combination of front-end advisory experience, litigation expertise and regulator-side insight strengthens our ability to provide commercially focused safety advice to clients across key sectors of the Australian economy, including construction, manufacturing, transport, government, healthcare and resources,” Adrian Tembel, chief executive partner at Thomson Geer, told Asia Business Law Journal.

He noted that the mentioned industries were most exposed to WHS (work, health and safety) risk and compliance complexity.

Hall was previously a partner at Holding Redlich in Melbourne for one year. Prior to that, she served as a principal lawyer at Loupe Legal for four years. She was a full-time member of Australia’s Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (SRCC), the government body regulating the Commonwealth workers’ compensation and rehabilitation scheme, for seven years, and has served as a part-time member since July 2024.

With more than 25 years of experience, Hall’s expertise spans litigation, criminal prosecutions, safety systems, and WHS governance frameworks. Her practice is built around two key pillars, including incident prevention and incident response. She also provides end-to-end support to clients through critical risk management, compliance frameworks, executive briefings and litigation....

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