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Daniel is the Chief Executive Partner of Lander & Rogers. He formerly led the firm’s national Workplace Relations & Safety practice for almost a decade, and has practised in all areas of industrial relations and employment law for more than twenty years.
Experience
As Chief Executive Partner, Daniel leads Lander & Rogers' 2030 strategy and champions the firm's initiatives to promote diversity, inclusion and wellbeing; adopt environmentally sustainable practices, and embed technology and innovation into legal practice.
As Practice Group Leader, Daniel built a market-leading Workplace Relations & Safety team which now spans all four of the firm’s nationwide offices.
Daniel has experience as a trusted legal advisor across a wide range of industries in both the public and private sectors. His clients include Healthscope, Australia Post, Medibank Private, Orica, DXC Technology, Reece, Deakin University, The University of Melbourne and government entities.
Daniel's areas of expertise include:
- all aspects of the employment relationship, with a particular focus on business protection matters, including post-employment restraints
- advising listed and non-listed companies on the employment and termination of senior executives, including in relation to termination benefits under the Corporations Act 2001
- discrimination law
- advising on strategic and substantive issues regarding enterprise agreements
- managing all aspects of employment terminations, including claims in all jurisdictions
- conducting sensitive and complex workplace investigations
- providing strategic advice on industrial disputes.
Daniel is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and Harvard Business School. He has been the Chair of Ivanhoe Grammar School since 2018.
Career highlights
- Chief Executive Partner, Lander & Rogers from January 2025
- Board member, Lander & Rogers 2023 - ongoing
- Practice Group Leader, Workplace Relations & Safety, 2016 – 2024
- Partner, Lander & Rogers from July 2011
- Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Finalist in AFR Client Choice Awards 2017
- Finalist in Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2019
- Recognised in Best Lawyers in Australia for Labour and Employment Law since 2014
- Leading Employment Lawyer - Doyle's Guide, from 2017
- Recognised in Chambers Guide to Leading Asia-Pacific Lawyers for Employment.
