Anthony Wood is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and the head of the Melbourne Employment, Pensions and Incentives team. His practice spans strategic advice and advocacy for employers in relation to collective and individual disputes, equal employment opportunity, bullying, termination of employment, enterprise bargaining, transmission of business/privatisation, termination benefits/Corporations Act compliance and whistle-blower issues. Tony has been recognised by Best Lawyers as one of Australia’s premier employment lawyers since 2008, and is noted as a leading practitioner in prestigious guides such as Doyle’s and Asia Pacific Legal 500. He is a member of Herbert Smith Freehills’ Asia-Pacific Diversity and Inclusion steering committee and is an acknowledged leader and advocate for workplace diversity.