John Emmerig
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Dispute Resolution
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About
Provided by John Emmerig
Career
One of Australia's leading litigators, John Emmerig has more than 30 years’ experience representing the interests of global and major domestic corporations, financial institutions, and government in high-stakes litigation. John’s core areas of practice are class action defense, "bet the company" commercial disputes, and government/regulatory litigation. He is routinely involved in some of the largest and most complex cases conducted in Australian superior courts. John’s international litigation experience spans disputes in the U.S., UK, Europe and Asia. He is the national co-Chair of its Class Actions Committee of the Law Council of Australia, an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Equity, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and the author of over 100 legal articles. John was appointed an Adjunct Professor of Law in 2016 and has served on numerous consultative committees with the Federal Court of Australia and Government regulators (including ASIC) over the last two decades.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
John Emmerig is an experienced handler of high-value, high-profile litigation - including major class actions - for household-name companies and, on regulatory issues, their individual executives.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"John is a lovely man to deal with, and is extremely experienced in his practice area. His advice is thorough, thought through and very appropriately aimed at the audience he is assisting."
"John is a lovely man to deal with, and is extremely experienced in his practice area. His advice is thorough, thought through and very appropriately aimed at the audience he is assisting."