Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Qualifications:
LLB (Hon 1st class); BEcon
Previous Occupation:
Senior Associate, Ashurst
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel Profile:
Bernice practices in commercial, insolvency and public law.
Before coming to the Bar, Bernice was a Senior Associate at Ashurst’s Insolvency team, where she acted on a variety of complex commercial disputes, regulatory and securities matters. In 2022, Bernice was a finalist for the 30 under 30 Awards in Insolvency.
Between 2019-2020, Bernice was Associate to Justice Hargrave at the Victorian Court of Appeal.
Bernice holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the ANU, where she was awarded subject prizes for Commonwealth Constitutional Law and Takeovers and Securities Law. Bernice also has a Bachelor of Economics from the ANU.
Bernice is reading with Tamieka Spencer Bruce and her senior mentor is Stewart Maiden KC.
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