Andrew Gray

Andrew Gray is a Partner in the Mallesons Workplace and Employee Relations Group. Andrew specialises in all aspects of workplace relations and employment law including:

• Negotiating and drafting individual and collective employment agreements (with particular expertise in executive employment arrangements)

• Remuneration and incentive arrangements

• Employee retention arrangements

• Agreements for the protection of confidential information, intellectual property and non-compete provisions and the enforcement of these arrangements

• Managing legal risks associated with the termination of employment

• Strategic industrial relations advice

• Unfair/wrongful termination claims

• Advice and representation concerning strategies to manage and resolve industrial/employment disputes

• Employment and industrial relations issues arising in mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing transactions

• Employment issues arising in insolvency situations

• Compliance with discrimination/equal opportunity laws and defending clients in the resolution of sensitive disputes in this area

• Compliance with occupational health and safety laws, assisting clients with investigations and prosecutions under OHS laws

• Workplace culture and privacy issues.

According to Chambers Global Guide 2009, "Andrew is praised as 'an impressive lawyer who is very accessible, easy to deal with and always meets deadlines'..."

Areas of expertise

• Employment law and industrial relations
• Occupational health and safety
• Executive compensation and employee benefits