Alexandra is a Special Counsel in the Litigation team in Adelaide. Alexandra predominately practises in the areas of regulatory and governance investigations and enforcement actions, competition and consumer protection law, defamation & media law, contractual disputes, privacy, intellectual property law, administrative, and government.
She has experience advising on regulatory issues, including responding to investigations and prosecutions by various Federal and state-based regulators (including ACCC, ASIC, AUSTRAC, TGA and ACMA). She has a strong interest in competition and consumer law, regularly advising on alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law and competition issues such as cartel conduct, price fixing, authorisations, notifications, and merger clearances. Alexandra also advises on defamation and reputational risk matters, and acts for media organisations in relation to pre- and post-publication issues, suppression applications, and advertising and broadcasting matters. She has been involved in numerous defamation proceedings, including high-profile cases for a major media network. Her broader commercial litigation practice includes intellectual property disputes involving trade marks, passing off and copyright, general contractual disputes (including misuse of confidential information and restraint of trade matters), and administrative law proceedings at both State and Federal levels.
Alexandra is also the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Adelaide Office.
Alexandra was recognised in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia™ in Litigation (2025 and 2026 editions). She was also previously awarded the Professional Staff award for HWL Ebsworth (2022) and the Media & Telecommunications prize in the LawyersWeekly™ 30 Under 30 Awards (2021).
Expertise
Experience
- Commonwealth regulatory authority Providing advice in respect of its investigations into potential breaches of financial regulatory legislation and competition and consumer legislation by former company directors.
- State casino Providing advice in respect of a regulatory investigation into its suitability to hold a casino licence.
- Higher education institute Advising on competition issues concerning the proposed merger of two institutions.
- National sporting club Providing advice responding to notices issued under the Competition and Consumer Act (CCA) in respect of potential breaches of various competition provisions, including price fixing and cartel conduct.
- International car manufacturer Advising on alleged breaches of consumer law provisions under the CCA.
- Various clients Advising higher education institutions, local councils and national media networks in various administrative law proceedings (including Freedom of Information) with respect to determinations of question of laws before the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Supreme Court of SA.
- National media networks Advising national media networks including News Corp and Seven Network in relation to defamation proceedings, pre- and post-publication matters and suppression applications in the Supreme and District Court of SA.
- National and international businesses Providing advice in relation to in trade mark and copyright proceedings.
