Antonia Ordon
Associate Director - Legal Services and Recruitment
Qualifications
LLB (with Hons), BA
Antonia is Ablethorpe Recruitment’ Associate Director – Legal Services, Consulting and Recruitment and has worked in Legal Recruitment since 2004. She has over fifteen years experience focussing exclusively on the recruitment of legal professionals across Australia and also internationally.
Antonia’ clients include large international as well as boutique law firms, major financial institutions, public companies and professional associations across Australia.
In addition, Antonia has worked with state government departments, government-owned corporations, statutory bodies and run large recruitment projects for federal government agencies. As well as undertaking local legal consulting and recruitment, Antonia specialises in assisting Australian lawyers relocate within Australia, and internationally. Antonia also assists foreign lawyers seeking opportunities in Australia.
Experience
Antonia graduated with a Bachelor of Law (with Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide in 1999. She then completed her articles at Fisher Jeffries in Adelaide and undertook an Associateship with Justice Mullighan of the Supreme Court of South Australia. After relocating interstate and practising as a commercial litigation solicitor in a leading Australian firm, she moved into legal recruitment and over the past 15 years has established an impressive legal network across Australia and internationally.
Selected Roles
ACNC
Assistant Commissioner (GC)
ACNC
Director of Legal
Allens – Linklaters
Taxation Advisor
Allens – Linklaters
IT Lawyer
Allens – Linklaters
Senior Associate – Superannuation
ASIC
Special Counsel
Ashurst
Native Title Lawyer
Ashurst
Employment Lawyer
Ashurst
Banking and Finance Lawyer
Australia Post
Corporate Lawyer
Australia Post
Senior Legal Counsel
AXA
Senior Legal Counsel
Clayton Utz
Senior Lawyer – Planning and Environment
Coliban Water
Company Secretary
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Senior Associate – Projects
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Property Lawyer
CSIRO
Legal Counsel
Deloitte
Commercial Lawyer
EPS Australia
Legal and Commercial Manager
Federal Court of Australia
District Registrar
Gilbert + Tobin
Solicitor – Competition
Herbert Smith Freehills
Property Lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Dispute Resolution Lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety Lawyer
Holding Redlich
Commercial Litigator
Holding Redlich
Migration Lawyer
Holman Fenwick & Willan
Associate – Corporate
HWL Ebsworth
Senior Associate – Litigation
IAG
Legal and Claims Manager
IFM
Commercial Manager
iSelect
Head of Legal and Compliance
Jemena
Group Legal Counsel
King & Wood Mallesons
Senior Associate – IT
King & Wood Mallesons
Special Counsel – Dispute Resolution
King & Wood Mallesons
Environment Lawyer
King & Wood Mallesons
Workplace Relations Lawyer
Law Institute of Victoria
Policy Lawyer
KPMG
Risk Manager
Maddocks
Associate – Employment
Medibank Private
Legal Counsel
Mills Oakley
Special Counsel
Mills Oakley
Property Lawyer
Minter Ellison
Senior Associate – Real Estate
Norton Rose Fulbright
Senior Associate – Dispute Resolution
Norton Rose Fulbright
In House Legal Counsel
National Competition Council
Legal Counsel (Analyst)
Parks Victoria
Solicitor
Pinsent Masons
Associate Construction
Port of Melbourne
Senior Legal Counsel
Rigby Cooke
Senior Associate – Corporate
SEITA
Assistant Director – Legal
TAC
Senior Solicitor Prosecutions
Unisuper
Legal Counsel
VGSO
Property Lawyer
Worksafe Victoria
Director of Dispute Management
Worksafe Victoria
Manager, Privacy