Managing Director and Accredited Specialist – WilliamsonBarwick, Sydney

Brian graduated as a solicitor in 1981 and received his Master of Commerce Degree from Deakin University, Victoria, in 1992. Since then, he has qualified as an Accredited Specialist in Industrial Relations and Employment Law (1994) and received an Advanced Diploma (Mastering the Boardroom) from the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2009. Before founding WilliamsonLegal in 2010 (now called WilliamsonBarwick from 1 July 2016 to celebrate Adrian Barwick coming into equity), Brian was the Managing Director of another specialist workplace relations law firm, which he founded in 2003. Prior to that Brian was the Founding Chairperson for the National Workplace Relations Practice Group of a major Australian legal practice. Brian’s long standing Accredited Specialist standing has been acknowledged in 2014 by the NSW Law Society with its 20 year anniversary award.