Rohan Doyle

Described as ‘pre-eminent’ in his field by Doyle’s Guide, Rohan has a broad national practice spanning all aspects of employment law, with a particular passion for industrial relations – helping employers develop and implement strategies to achieve workplace change, navigate complex industrial and employment disputes, and resolve challenging enterprise bargaining rounds. 

Rohan is known for developing tailored solutions that meet broader commercial objectives while managing risk, and for bringing creative, practical “outside the box” thinking to challenging workplace issues.

Recent feedback to Chambers & Partners has described Rohan as “a national leader in the field of industrial relations”, with a “personable, methodical and technically excellent” approach and an ability to cut through complex problems, develop strategy aligned to commercial objectives, and deliver clear and concise advice. He also has a tremendous ability to build lasting relationships with clients which has resulted in a highly successful practice. During client reviews, clients have commented that Rohan is highly approachable and responsive. Feedback has included that Rohan is “exceptional for skills and his knowledge base… unique in his skillset and talent”, “can grasp complex issues and do this quickly”, and is “exceptional across the board”. Rohan is highly respected, by his peers and clients, for the depth of his legal knowledge and understanding of his clients’ businesses.

Rohan is a trusted advisor to some of Australia’s largest organisations and there is no question Rohan is one of the country’s leading industrial relations practitioners. He has extensive enterprise bargaining credentials having assisted many of Australia's largest organisations in their negotiations and acted in many of the most significant industrial relations disputes in the market over the last 17 years. He has also been at the forefront of the most recent industrial relations reforms, having acted on the first test cases on the new multi-enterprise bargaining laws and same job same pay laws.

Rohan is also the creator and anchor of the industrial relations vlog and podcast series InsideIR (available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast sources) and co-creator and co-facilitator of the joint HSF Kramer and Melbourne Business School inaugural industrial relations negotiation program for senior executives, HR leaders and industrial relations practitioners.