Robert Pietriche
Called 2019

Telephone

02 8039 7212

Practice Areas

Administrative, public & constitutional

Appellate

Banking & financial services

Class actions

Commercial & contract law

Competition & consumer

Corporations & insolvency

Crime (including white collar)

Employment & industrial relations

Human rights & anti-discrimination

Insurance

International law & arbitration

Professional & product liability & negligence

Professional discipline

Property & equity

Regulatory proceedings & investigations

Royal commissions, inquiries & inquests

Robert accepts briefs in all areas of law, but practises principally in commercial law, competition and consumer law, regulatory proceedings, class actions, corporations and insolvency and public and administrative law. Robert regularly appears in all NSW and Federal courts and tribunals, and has appeared unled in interlocutory and substantive hearings in the NSW Supreme Court, the Federal Court of Australia, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia and the NSW Court of Appeal.

Robert has been recognised as a leading junior counsel in commercial litigation and class actions in several national barrister rankings, including the Doyle’s Guide’s List of Leading Class Actions Barristers in Australia (2022), the Legal500 Asia Pacific Guide’s List of Leading Junior Counsel in Commercial Disputes in Australia (Band 3 in 2025, Band 2 in 2026), the Lexology Index Client Choice Report in Commercial Litigation (2026), and the Best Lawyers in Australia, Ones to Watch Guide for Commercial Law and Class Action Litigation (2027).

Prior to coming to the Bar, Robert was tipstaff to the Honourable Justice PLG Brereton AM RFD and practised as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills, where he worked primarily in commercial and competition law litigation. Robert has also been an Adjunct Lecturer, Tutor and Examiner in a number of subjects at the University of Sydney.

Robert holds a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Hons I) from the University of Sydney. Robert received a number of academic prizes and scholarships during his law studies, including for graduating first in his class.

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