SharissaThirukumar
Counsel
Employment and Industrial Relations Law
sthirukumar@seyfarth.com

Sharissa guides employers through high-risk industrial disputes and complex employment litigation.
More About Sharissa
Sharissa advises on all employment, industrial, and discrimination matters for employers across major industries, including transport and logistics, mining, energy, media, financial services, and hospitality. Her practice is focused on litigious matters, industrial disputes, enterprise bargaining, regulator prosecutions, and sensitive workplace investigations.
Throughout her career, Sharissa has acted for a broad range of employers, from large global corporations to government agencies, the national employment regulator, as well as employees. This diverse experience brings a unique perspective to her advice when resolving challenging disputes, which have significant financial and reputational impacts for employers.
Sharissa’s technical focus with a direct approach, combined with her unwavering dedication to achieving her clients’ strategic goals, has created trusting relationships with employers globally.
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.
Throughout her career, Sharissa has acted for a broad range of employers, from large global corporations to government agencies, the national employment regulator, as well as employees. This diverse experience brings a unique perspective to her advice when resolving challenging disputes, which have significant financial and reputational impacts for employers.
Sharissa’s technical focus with a direct approach, combined with her unwavering dedication to achieving her clients’ strategic goals, has created trusting relationships with employers globally.
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, Macquarie University
- BA (Hons), Macquarie University
- An Australian legal practitioner admitted in New South Wales
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Legal Practitioner of the Federal and High Courts of Australia
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Sharissa guides employers through high-risk industrial disputes and complex employment litigation.
More About Sharissa
Sharissa advises on all employment, industrial, and discrimination matters for employers across major industries, including transport and logistics, mining, energy, media, financial services, and hospitality. Her practice is focused on litigious matters, industrial disputes, enterprise bargaining, regulator prosecutions, and sensitive workplace investigations.
Throughout her career, Sharissa has acted for a broad range of employers, from large global corporations to government agencies, the national employment regulator, as well as employees. This diverse experience brings a unique perspective to her advice when resolving challenging disputes, which have significant financial and reputational impacts for employers.
Sharissa’s technical focus with a direct approach, combined with her unwavering dedication to achieving her clients’ strategic goals, has created trusting relationships with employers globally.
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.
Throughout her career, Sharissa has acted for a broad range of employers, from large global corporations to government agencies, the national employment regulator, as well as employees. This diverse experience brings a unique perspective to her advice when resolving challenging disputes, which have significant financial and reputational impacts for employers.
Sharissa’s technical focus with a direct approach, combined with her unwavering dedication to achieving her clients’ strategic goals, has created trusting relationships with employers globally.
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, Macquarie University
- BA (Hons), Macquarie University
- An Australian legal practitioner admitted in New South Wales
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Legal Practitioner of the Federal and High Courts of Australia