Anna Battams
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Sydney,
Australia
Anna is an experienced commercial litigator who has advised clients across a range of industries on complex commercial disputes, class actions and regulatory matters.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- A telecommunications company in defending ACCC proceedings concerning alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
- A technology group of companies in defending multiple class actions, and proceedings brought by a competitor, in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
- A multinational pharmaceutical company in defending a product liability class action in the Federal Court of Australia.
- A major Australian bank in defending a class action in the Supreme Court of New South Wales relating to business lending products.
- A major Australian life insurance company in defending a class action in the Federal Court of Australia relating to life insurance products.
- A leading global financial services firm in respect of an ASIC investigation.
Background
Anna graduated with honours from her Economics/Law degree at the University of Queensland. Before joining Herbert Smith Freehills, she worked in London for 5 years as a banking & financial disputes lawyer.