Source Legal
No unexpected charges. Just outstanding legal support.
Legal services for every business
Contracts
Improve your contracts with customers, suppliers, partners and others. We review, draft and negotiate contracts of all types, including those for supply of goods, provision of services, construction, IT, distribution, agency and consultancy.
Employment law
Build a stronger workplace. Source Legal provides advice across the full spectrum of employment issues, from contracts and enterprise agreements through to dispute resolution and matters arising from transfers and restructuring. We manage termination, adverse action and post-employment-restriction matters.
Dispute resolution
Put yourself in the strongest possible position. Source Legal advises clients on resolving claims and disputes, and facilitates and conducts dispute resolution. We also manage litigation in areas such as contractual disputes, shareholder disputes and debt recovery.
Corporate law
Get the fundamentals right for your business. We draft, review and negotiate all types of corporate agreements and provide advice on incorporation and compliance with the relevant Acts. As your company matures, we advise on mergers and acquisitions and share and option schemes.
Meet Our Legal Team
Stanislav Roth
Founder and managing director
Stanislav is the founder and managing director of Source. An innovative thinker, exceptional commercial lawyer and pioneer in the legal industry, Stanislav leads the Source team and continues to evolve Source into a market leader.
Sean Melbourne
Director and head of employment law
Sean is a director of Source and the head of employment law. Sean has 18 years’ experience advising employers on all aspects of employment law. He is known for his commercially astute advice and much loved down-to-earth style.
Fiona Yiend
Senior commercial lawyer
Fiona is an experienced senior lawyer and company secretary, with expertise spanning contract law, construction law, dispute resolution, corporate law and governance, including compliance with the ASX Listing Rules.
Mark Sarakis
Senior commercial lawyer
Mark has extensive experience as a senior in-house lawyer in the construction and engineering industries. With deep expertise in engineering, contract and procurement law, as well as insurance and intellectual property, Mark supports clients with complex transactions and projects.
Michael Cole
Senior employment lawyer
Michael is an employment and safety law expert with extensive experience advising and representing employers in all areas of employment, industrial relations, and safety law.
Elena Nelyubina
Commercial lawyer
Elena is a commercial lawyer with expertise in contract law and privacy, with a focus on IT and recruitment. A native Russian speaker, Elena also has experience with government procurement tenders and contracts, and tender management.
Gavin Batcheler
Senior lawyer
Gavin has more than 25 years’ experience as a commercial and corporate lawyer, having worked in private practice in Australia, UK, South East Asia and the Middle East and in-house as General Counsel. He has led complex M&A matters and has experience in a variety of industries including construction, infrastructure, resources and energy and technology.
Kelsey Hunter
Senior employment lawyer
Kelsey is a senior employment lawyer who couples her top-tier legal background with experience as a senior HR professional, leading complex multi-year and multi-jurisdictional projects. Clients love her guidance not only on the law, but also on strategy and practical implementation.
Tom Clarke
Commercial Lawyer
Tom is a commercial lawyer with extensive experience as an in-house counsel. He has expertise in commercial contracts, insurance law, dispute resolution and corporate governance, with industry experience in general insurance and sport.
Catherine Tsai
Senior Lawyer
Catherine has more than 15 years of commercial law experience spanning the government and private sectors. With a focus on construction, infrastructure and technology.
Charmaine Smit
Senior Property Lawyer
Charmaine is a senior property lawyer who couples her in-house and private practice background to provide prompt and commercially astute advice to clients with her understanding of commercial objectives.
Kate Young
Lawyer
Kate has 3 years of legal experience in both in-house and private practice with a focus on commercial contracts, competition and consumer law, and corporate governance and compliance. Prior to joining Source, Kate worked as an in-house lawyer at Greencross Limited, and as a paralegal and as an assistant company secretary at Canon Australia.
Jakov Miljak
Employment Lawyer
Jakov is an employment lawyer with broad ranging experience across a variety of industry sectors. Jakov can assist with the full ambit of employment matters in a commercially relevant way.
Carolyn Moffat
Employment Lawyer
Carolyn is an employment lawyer who has practiced in Australia and New Zealand. Carolyn was previously a HR professional for over a decade and enjoys working with clients to come up with pragmatic, commercially focussed solutions.
Erin Wilson
Senior Employment Lawyer
Erin is a senior, commercially focussed employment lawyer. She is a trusted advisor to clients in all workplace matters including in the areas of terminations and employment disputes, contract and policy documentation, strategic industrial relations and major workplace transformation projects.
