Stuart Ablethorpe
Director of Legal Recruitment
ph : +61 (0)3 9038 9360 (Melbourne)
ph : +61 (0)2 9011 5244 (Sydney)
m : +61 (0)4 0379 1000
email : stuart@ablethorpe.com
Qualifications
LLB, BCom
Professional Memberships
LIV, ACC
Stuart Ablethorpe is the founder and Managing Director of Ablethorpe Recruitment. He has been involved in Legal Consulting and Recruitment since 2002 as a Senior Legal Recruitment Consultant and as Manager of teams operating within Australia and Internationally.
Practice Specialisation
Stuart’ clients include a mix of Australasia’ largest and highly regarded top tier, mid tier and boutique law firms, major international blue chip corporations and also local privately owned corporations. Stuart has also completed work across the Federal and State Government Sectors, Statutory Authorities and for large international law firms across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Professional Experience
Stuart Ablethorpe graduated with a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University in 1999. He then completed his articles and practiced as a solicitor, gaining wide exposure to the law as a Commercial Litigator with a specialty in Trade Practices and Intellectual Property disputes. Stuart is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, The Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and also retains his Victorian Legal Practicing Certificate.
Recruitment Experience
Stuart has successfully completed a range of consulting and recruitment assignments across a broad spectrum of legal roles both in private practice, in-house and government. A sample includes:
| CLIENT | ROLE |
| Australian Cricketer’ Association | General Counsel |
| Accenture | IT Lawyer and Senior Contract Manager |
| Acciona | Energy Contract Manager |
| AGL | Senior In-House Legal Counsel – Energy |
| Allens – Linklaters | Corporate M&A Lawyer (multiple) |
| Allens – Linklaters | Senior Construction Litigation Lawyers |
| Ashurst | Insolvency Lawyer (multiple) |
| Ashurst | Banking & Finance Senior Associate |
| Australia Post | Property Lawyer |
| Australian Super | Senior IT Lawyer |
| Baker & McKenzie | Partner – Project Finance |
| Bespoke | Principal Lawyer (multiple) |
| Clayton Utz | Project and Construction Lawyer (multiple) |
| Clayton Utz | Equity and Capital Markets Lawyer |
| Clayton Utz | Environment and Planning Senior Associate |
| Commonwealth Games | Legal Team (multiple) |
| Connect East | General Counsel and Company Secretary |
| Connective | General Counsel |
| Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Construction Litigation Special Counsel |
| Cricket World Cup 2015 | General Counsel |
| CSL | IP Lawyer (multiple) |
| Department of Transport | Senior Procurement Lawyer (multiple) |
| Dept of Premier & Cabinet | General Counsel – Baillieu Ministry |
| Downer EDI | General Counsel & Commercial Manager |
| Gilbert + Tobin | Litigation Lawyer |
| Gilbert + Tobin | Banking & Finance Lawyer |
| Hall & Wilcox | Partner – Tax |
| Hall & Wilcox | Commercial Lawyer |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | Senior Associate – Private Equity |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | Property Lawyer – Senior Associate |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | Litigation Lawyer (multiple) |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | Employment Lawyer (multiple) |
| HWL Ebsworth | Senior Associate – Property |
| HWL Ebsworth | Superannuation Lawyer |
| IFM | Senior Investment and Funds Lawyer |
| iSelect | Senior In-House Lawyer |
| Jemena | Senior Legal Counsel |
| Jetstar | Contract Manager |
| K&L Gates | IT Lawyer |
| KHQ | Litigation – Partner |
| Knight Frank | Legal Counsel |
| LaTrobe Finance | General Counsel and Compliance Lawyer |
| Legal Services Board | Senior Lawyer |
| Maddocks | Property Senior Associate (multiple) |
| Maddocks | Employment Lawyer (multiple) |
| Melbourne Airport | In-House Legal Counsel |
| Movember Foundation | Senior In-House Legal Counsel |
| Multiplex | Regional General Counsel (multiple) |
| News Corp | Regional General Counsel |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | Partner – Banking and Finance |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | Project Finance Lawyer |
| Pacific Hydro | Legal Counsel (multiple) |
| PwC | Senior IT Lawyer |
| Quintessential Equity | General Counsel |
| Russell Kennedy | Public Sector Lawyer |
| Siemens | Commercial Manager (multiple) |
| Toyota Australia | Legal Team – In-House Counsel (multiple) |
| Uniqlo Australia | Regional General Counsel |
| White & Case | Environment & Planning Lawyer |
Read what clients and candidates have to say about Stuart here.