OliviaPoate
Associate
Employment and Industrial Relations Law
opoate@seyfarth.com
Olivia guides employers through high‑stakes workplace issues with clear strategy and commercial judgment.
More About Olivia
Today’s employers face evolving workplace laws, increased regulatory pressure, and a growing number of employment disputes. Olivia works with employers to address these challenges with straightforward advice that aligns legal obligations with business priorities.
Olivia advises on a wide range of employment law matters, spanning both advisory and contentious work. Her experience includes supporting clients with employment contracts, compliance, performance management and disciplinary action, workplace investigations, and employment‑related disputes before the Fair Work Commission and federal courts. She has worked with clients across diverse industries, including retail, financial services, pharmaceutical and technology/software, and tailors her advice to the operational and commercial realities of each sector.
Olivia approaches each matter with a clear understanding of how her clients operate. She takes the time to understand business priorities and risk tolerance, and advises with an eye to how employment issues intersect with commercial objectives, workplace culture, and day‑to‑day operations.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
Olivia advises on a wide range of employment law matters, spanning both advisory and contentious work. Her experience includes supporting clients with employment contracts, compliance, performance management and disciplinary action, workplace investigations, and employment‑related disputes before the Fair Work Commission and federal courts. She has worked with clients across diverse industries, including retail, financial services, pharmaceutical and technology/software, and tailors her advice to the operational and commercial realities of each sector.
Olivia approaches each matter with a clear understanding of how her clients operate. She takes the time to understand business priorities and risk tolerance, and advises with an eye to how employment issues intersect with commercial objectives, workplace culture, and day‑to‑day operations.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
- LLB, University of Wollongong
Distinction
- Australia
Olivia guides employers through high‑stakes workplace issues with clear strategy and commercial judgment.
More About Olivia
Today’s employers face evolving workplace laws, increased regulatory pressure, and a growing number of employment disputes. Olivia works with employers to address these challenges with straightforward advice that aligns legal obligations with business priorities.
Olivia advises on a wide range of employment law matters, spanning both advisory and contentious work. Her experience includes supporting clients with employment contracts, compliance, performance management and disciplinary action, workplace investigations, and employment‑related disputes before the Fair Work Commission and federal courts. She has worked with clients across diverse industries, including retail, financial services, pharmaceutical and technology/software, and tailors her advice to the operational and commercial realities of each sector.
Olivia approaches each matter with a clear understanding of how her clients operate. She takes the time to understand business priorities and risk tolerance, and advises with an eye to how employment issues intersect with commercial objectives, workplace culture, and day‑to‑day operations.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
Olivia advises on a wide range of employment law matters, spanning both advisory and contentious work. Her experience includes supporting clients with employment contracts, compliance, performance management and disciplinary action, workplace investigations, and employment‑related disputes before the Fair Work Commission and federal courts. She has worked with clients across diverse industries, including retail, financial services, pharmaceutical and technology/software, and tailors her advice to the operational and commercial realities of each sector.
Olivia approaches each matter with a clear understanding of how her clients operate. She takes the time to understand business priorities and risk tolerance, and advises with an eye to how employment issues intersect with commercial objectives, workplace culture, and day‑to‑day operations.
Our Australian practice operates as Seyfarth Shaw Australia, an unincorporated legal practice. Legal services provided by Seyfarth Shaw Australia are provided only by the Australian legal practitioner partners and employees of Seyfarth Shaw Australia.
- LLB, University of Wollongong
Distinction
- Australia