Headquarters:
Level 6, 111 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
2 partners and 4 team members
Phone:
(02) 8379 1806
Email:
info@advantagelegal.com.au
Website:
advantagelegal.com.au
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/advantagelegal
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
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Leigh Davidson
Principal Solicitor and
Managing Director
Ana Jaglic
Principal Solicitor and
Managing Director
Elizabeth Lawry
Head of Sales
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Leigh Davidson is recognised as one of the most innovative lawyers in NSW personal injury law. His personal and professional focus is on helping seriously injured people in the state to get the compensation they need to put their lives together. He is a strong advocate for bicycle safety and has acted for and achieved outstanding results for cyclists injured in motor accident claims. Leigh has over 15 years of experience in NSW personal injury law, is the current deputy chair of the NSW Law Society Injury Compensation Committee, is a contributor to the state’s CTP scheme regulatory reviews, and previously held the position of decision maker at the NSW Dispute Resolution Service.
Principal Solicitor and Managing Director
Leigh Davidson
Ana Jaglic brings relentless commitment, professionalism and empathy to every case she handles, supported by a pragmatic and proactive manner, legal expertise and negotiation skills. She is dedicated to achieving exceptional outcomes for her clients in a wide range of cases from motor accidents, workplace accidents and fatalities, to general negligence. Ana has a particular passion for assisting people involved in complex and catastrophic personal injury claims. Her professional background otherwise spans from working for large national law firms and ASX-listed insurance companies. She also had appointments as a decision maker with the Dispute Resolution Service and as a claims assessor with the Claims Assessment and Resolution Service.
Principal Solicitor and Managing Director
Ana Jaglic
Elizabeth Lawry has extensive experience in building and leading high-performing sales teams. She has held senior sales and distribution roles across various industries, including retail banking (mortgages) and telecommunications, before accepting a position at Macquarie Pacific Funding in 2016 as the head of sales, Southern region. Her role was focused primarily on raising the profile of the business in the insurance market, particularly on growing the portfolio by strengthening broker relationships. Since she was promoted in August 2019, she has led the Australian and New Zealand sales team and is responsible for broker engagement, sales proposition, and service delivery.
Head of Sales
Elizabeth Lawry
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Tricia Kopka
Head of Operations
Tricia Kopka has over 20 years of experience in leading operations teams across multiple sectors, predominantly banking and financial services. During her 10 years at Macquarie Bank, she predominately worked within business banking, managing multiple and varied teams across Australia. Tricia joined Macquarie Pacific Funding in 2013 as the operations manager for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for approximately 35 staff, in end-to-end operations teams. Tricia has played a role in rebranding the business to IQumulate Premium Funding and, in 2019, she was promoted to operations manager and project specialist. Since then, she has been a member of the IQumulate leadership team, responsible for leading the loan origination teams and working on core strategic projects to enhance processes within the company.
Head of Operations
Tricia Kopka
Jeff Arricale
Chief Financial Officer
Through leadership, approachability and expert knowledge of the finance industry and corresponding consumer trends, Jordan Mutton has led award-winning, high-performing teams, continually exceeding benchmarks. Building relationships is core to Jordan’s values, a skillset that has positioned him as a key leader within the industry.
Head of Inside Sales
Jordan Mutton
Advantage Legal is an award-winning boutique law firm that specialises in personal injury law in NSW. The firm provides legal representation and advice for people pursuing motor accident, workers’ compensation, public liability, TPD, and medical negligence claims. Although its offices are based in Sydney, Advantage Legal provides legal services state-wide due to its technologically advanced approach to legal practice.
Established in 2018, Advantage Legal approaches every client with care, compassion and empathy. The lawyers at the firm spend time getting to know their clients, their personal circumstances, and their rehabilitation needs to ensure the best possible recovery and compensation outcomes. They have a particular passion for assisting injured cyclists and advocating for bicycle safety, which led to the firm partnering with Bicycle NSW, the state’s largest recreational cycling organisation.
Regarded as one of the most innovative upcoming personal injury law firms in NSW, Advantage Legal applies a collaborative approach to personal injury compensation law, which utilises technology to improve the claim process for injured people, treatment providers and insurers. The team advocates strongly for alternative dispute resolution methods to achieve prompt compensation outcomes. Their lawyers are also experienced personal injury litigators who are prepared to advocate fiercely for the rights of their clients.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Over the past 14 years, IQumulate has developed a solid foundation with the mission to “create a simple way of helping businesses and individuals manage their expenses”. This stems from a practiced company philosophy that the most successful firms are those that think ahead and act accordingly. That’s why IQumulate is committed to helping Australian and New Zealand businesses do more with what they have.
To deal with significant economic changes and instability at the local and global levels, IQumulate continues to enhance its service, support, and product development so that it remains agile and adaptable. The company also strives to differentiate its offerings from that of the competition by improving efficiencies in service, delivery, and technology efforts.
Diversity and inclusion of women in leadership positions is further evidence of IQumulate’s commitment to a fair and well-thought-out approach to their professional development beyond traditional roles. IQumulate’s head of sales for AU and NZ, Elizabeth Lawry and head of operations, Tricia Kopka, hold long-standing positions in the company and occupy integral roles in strategic business decision-making, and planning.
Investing in education and people are vital factors for IQumulate in attracting and retaining clients and the right talent to the company. Through the ongoing pandemic challenges IQumulate aspires to cultivate a great work culture with its hybrid office model, which aligns the needs of employees with the needs of the business.
Active engagement and education opportunities for valued broker networks also ensure that IQumulate provides the best finance solutions and accreditation for brokers, whilst supporting clients’ business strategies and growth initiatives, now and in the future.
Advantage Legal is an award-winning boutique law firm that specialises in personal injury law in NSW. The firm provides legal representation and advice for people pursuing motor accident, workers’ compensation, public liability, TPD, and medical negligence claims. Although its offices are based in Sydney, Advantage Legal provides legal services state-wide due to its technologically advanced approach to legal practice.
Established in 2018, Advantage Legal approaches every client with care, compassion and empathy. The lawyers at the firm spend time getting to know their clients, their personal circumstances, and their rehabilitation needs to ensure the best possible recovery and compensation outcomes. They have a particular passion for assisting injured cyclists and advocating for bicycle safety, which led to the firm partnering with Bicycle NSW, the state’s largest recreational cycling organisation.
Regarded as one of the most innovative upcoming personal injury law firms in NSW, Advantage Legal applies a collaborative approach to personal injury compensation law, which utilises technology to improve the claim process for injured people, treatment providers and insurers. The team advocates strongly for alternative dispute resolution methods to achieve prompt compensation outcomes. Their lawyers are also experienced personal injury litigators who are prepared to advocate fiercely for the rights of their clients.