Login
Mills Oakley bolsters Perth practice
National law firm Mills Oakley has expanded its workplace relations, employment and safety (WRES) team in Perth with the addition of a new special counsel.
Lauren Croft
Daniel Hill joins the Perth practice to expand the firm’s workplace relations capability in the state. In his new role as special counsel, Mr Hill will enhance the Perth WRES offering with his specialist expertise in the Work Health and Safety (WHS) space, according to the firm.
To continue reading the rest of this article, please log in.
Create free account to get unlimited news articles and more!
Mr Hill has over 24 years of WHS experience in roles in the energy, EPCM, mining, rail, utilities, construction, and healthcare sectors. This experience includes roles at BHP and Fluor Australia, and Mr Hill was most recently general manager of One Rail Australia.
Having commenced at Mills Oakley on 6 October, Mr Hill provides strategic advice on all WHS matters, including front-end WHS systems review and design, assisting with regulatory investigations and back-end litigation (including provisional improvement notices and prosecution defences), as well as assisting clients with contentious and non-contentious advisory matters. He also advises and represents clients in response to all manner of crisis management events.
Mills Oakley WRES partner Daniel White said that Mr Hill’s appointment came at a particularly opportune time for the firm.
“With the WA version of the harmonised WHS laws due to come into effect in January, it is appropriate that we now have a dedicated senior WHS practitioner to lead the Perth team’s expanding safety function at this critical time,” he said.
Commenting on his decision to join Mills Oakley, Mr Hill added: “The Mills Oakley WRES team has an impressive sense of strategic clarity and an unwavering commitment to servicing clients in the WHS space – both of which were important factors in my decision to join the team.”
