Andrea Sneddon

Executive Counsel

Sydney

Andrea is an Australian commercial litigator specialising in class actions litigation and regulatory investigations.

Andrea is an experienced commercial litigator, with specialist expertise in defending class actions.

Andrea has acted for many of Australia’s largest corporations in defending high-profile class actions across Australia and has assisted our clients in managing the risks associated with these actions.

Background

Andrea holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New South Wales and is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

defending Australian wealth manager AMP in shareholder class action proceedings arising out of the Financial Services Royal Commission
defending one of Australia’s largest product liability class actions, brought against DePuy and Johnson & Johnson, in relation to the production and supply of metal-on-metal hip implants
advising Bayer in relation to a product liability class action based on the alleged carcinogenicity of glyphosate products
defending civil penalty proceedings brought by Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator, AUSTRAC, against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia