Stephanie Blancquart

Stephanie brings together deep technical proficiency in employment and industrial relations with calm, practical leadership under pressure. Her experience advising major Australian organisations—including on critical employee-related projects and supporting complex transactions—enables her to quickly understand commercial drivers and deliver clear, strategic solutions. She builds trust through empathy, collaboration and consistent performance. Her ability to lead teams, manage complexity and guide clients through sensitive, high‑stakes issues allows her to create meaningful and lasting value.

Stephanie brings a combination of technical excellence, strategic insight and human‑centred leadership. She has broad experience across litigation, advisory work, industrial relations strategy, payroll compliance, workplace change and transactional support, acting for major clients in mining, healthcare, banking, insurance, government and TMT. Stephanie quickly becomes a trusted advisor to her clients, and senior stakeholders, by providing clear, commercial guidance on matters of significant legal and reputational sensitivity. She thrives in complex regulatory environments, and time‑critical environments, maintaining focus, empathy and collaboration to deliver practical outcomes.

Stephanie also enjoys working seamlessly across practice areas —particularly on corporate transactions. Stephanie has acted on a number of landmark transactions and advised on employment-related matters within them, including acting for Suncorp on the sale of its banking business to ANZ, and advising GemLife and Ventia in relation to IPOs.

By combining commerciality, technical rigour and people‑centred approach, Stephanie delivers advice that supports clients’ long‑term objectives.