A few minutes with our new special counsel
Maddison Fairthorne
Special Counsel GL, Melbourne
Best kept secret in your city or hometown?
There is a particular area at the beach where dolphins come to swim with people every summer. I think everybody knows about it now so it might actually be the worst kept secret.
Something thought-provoking you have read, watched or listened to recently?
The Tim Ferriss podcast — interview with Sir James Dyson. He spent many years developing his own vacuum cleaner because he was annoyed at how he couldn’t find a vacuum cleaner that actually picked up dust, and that level of frustration is inspiring to me.
Best piece of career advice you have received?
Propose the solution.
Complete this sentence — if I wasn’t a lawyer, I would be…
Possibly a teacher, possibly a journalist.
Diviij Vijayakumar
Special Counsel GL, Perth
Best kept secret in your city or hometown?
If I told you it wouldn’t be a secret anymore…
Something thought-provoking you have read, watched or listened to recently?
The Sopranos. You’ll just have to watch it to understand.
Best piece of career advice you have received?
Don’t reinvent the wheel.
Complete this sentence — if I wasn’t a lawyer, I would be…
My local council’s sanitation logistics coordinator, or the star in my own Netflix comedy special.
Justin Khouri
Special Counsel PE&I, Melbourne
Best kept secret in your city or hometown?
‘Blu’ fish and chips. Coburg and Preston. Quality seafood at a casual eatery.
Something thought-provoking you have read, watched or listened to recently?
I’ve been following Nedd Brockmann on the socials and recently listened to him speak on Dyl Buckley’s podcast. Amazing what the body is capable of.
Best piece of career advice you have received?
We’re all humans.
Complete this sentence — if I wasn’t a lawyer, I would be…
A landscape gardener or horticulturalist. I don’t know a great deal about vegetation, but the more time I spend in front of a computer, the more I appreciate a nice garden.
Ryan Owens
Special Counsel PE&I, Sydney
Best kept secret in your city or hometown?
Mount Ashby Estate winery.
Something thought-provoking you have read, watched or listened to recently?
The Bear.
Best piece of career advice you have received?
Keep it all in perspective.
Complete this sentence — if I wasn’t a lawyer, I would be…
Better at golf.