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Alicia Hill
- Melbourne, Australia
- +61 0484313865
- ahill@sladen.com.au
Alicia heads Sladen Legal’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation team. She is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation with the Law Institute of Victoria, a Nationally Accredited Mediator with the Resolution Institute and an Advanced Mediator with AMDRAS. Alicia also is a graded Arbitrator through the Resolution Institute and an Expert Determiner working to use the correct dispute resolution process to resolve commercial disputes for clients.
Alicia heads Sladen Legal’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation team. She is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation with the Law Institute of Victoria, a Nationally Accredited Mediator with the Resolution Institute and an Advanced Mediator with AMDRAS. Alicia also is a graded Arbitrator through the Resolution Institute and an Expert Determiner working to use the correct dispute resolution process to resolve commercial disputes for clients.
Awards
Recognised in Best Lawyers for Litigation since 2017
Recognised by Who\\\'s Who Lawyers (now Lexology) for Franchising since 2021
Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Small Business and Franchising Consultative Committee, ARITA, Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist Board, Franchise Council of Australia, Women in Restructuring Victoria.
Background and Education
Bachelor of Arts (Modern Asian Studies) / Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Griffith University.
Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investments (then Securities Institute, later FINSIA) CISI
Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation, Queensland Law Society and then Law Institute of Victoria
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