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Jennifer Chambers is a strategic commercial litigator with extensive experience advising multinational and major Australian corporations and boards across a wide variety of commercial matters. Her practice spans both complex domestic and cross-border disputes, as well as high-stakes regulatory investigations and proceedings, particularly in the energy, resources, and financial services sectors. Jennifer is also a trusted adviser to boards and individual company officers in respect of director and officer duties and corporate governance challenges, including climate and sustainability risks such as greenwashing.
Jennifer has significant experience both in private practice and at the commercial bar, representing major corporates and directors in high stakes commercial arbitration and litigation matters throughout the superior courts of Australia (including the High Court). Such matters include multibillion-dollar claims alleging misleading or deceptive conduct, breach of director and trustee duties, complex cross-border insolvency disputes, class actions, and contentious members’ schemes of arrangements.
Additionally, Jennifer advises global energy, resources, and financial services clients with respect to regulatory developments and associated litigation risks. Jennifer handles high-profile regulatory investigations and proceedings on behalf of boards and individual company officers. She also advises clients with respect to corporate and director liability including civil penalties and criminal liability arising out of corporate crises and regulatory investigations, including major workplace incidents and fatalities.
Jennifer is a driver of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion initiatives and, over the course of her career, has provided pro bono legal services to a diverse client base, including asylum seekers and First Nations people.
LL.M., University of New South Wales
B.A./L.L.B., University of Technology Sydney, First Class Honours
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Corporations Law Committee, Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Graduate of the Yale School of Management Executive Education Program
April 11, 2025
King & Spalding Once Again Earns Top Spot on Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 30 Ranking
Commercial litigation and arbitration
Represented the board of a major resources company in defense of multibillion-dollar claims in the Supreme Court of NSW and Court of Appeal alleging breach of director’s duties, trustee duties and oppression of the minority shareholders.
Represented the Western Australian government in Supreme Court of WA proceedings concerning the distribution to creditors of over $1.8 billion in the liquidations of the Bell Group. The matter raised complex issues concerning the rights of bond holders and the proper construction of funding agreements and trust deeds.
Represented a global telecommunications company in connection with significant national security and cybersecurity matters.
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April 11, 2025
King & Spalding Once Again Earns Top Spot on Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 30 Ranking
Commercial litigation and arbitration
Represented the board of a major resources company in defense of multibillion-dollar claims in the Supreme Court of NSW and Court of Appeal alleging breach of director’s duties, trustee duties and oppression of the minority shareholders.
Represented the Western Australian government in Supreme Court of WA proceedings concerning the distribution to creditors of over $1.8 billion in the liquidations of the Bell Group. The matter raised complex issues concerning the rights of bond holders and the proper construction of funding agreements and trust deeds.
Represented a global telecommunications company in connection with significant national security and cybersecurity matters.
See more
April 11, 2025
King & Spalding Once Again Earns Top Spot on Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 30 Ranking
LL.M., University of New South Wales
B.A./L.L.B., University of Technology Sydney, First Class Honours
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Corporations Law Committee, Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Graduate of the Yale School of Management Executive Education Program