Jane Kupsch

Jane is a partner in the Commercial team based in Melbourne with 21 years’ experience acting for clients including corporate entities, company directors and officers, accountants, and government bodies.

Jane’s practice spans a broad range of commercial disputes and litigation in various courts and tribunals.  She has particular expertise in the defence of litigation arising from large-scale corporate collapses (and associated regulatory investigations and proceedings) and in shareholder disputes.  Jane also provides advice to individuals, companies, and their boards, on a wide range of commercial matters, including pre-litigation advice, regulatory compliance, insurance policy and contract interpretation, board risk and liability, pre-publication and defamation.

Jane has an excellent reputation with her clients and a proven track record in complex and technical matters.  She is one of the few litigators accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as a specialist in commercial litigation and chairs the LIV’s Commercial Litigation Specialist Advisory Committee. Jane is listed in Best Lawyers Australia for Class Action Litigation.

Qualifications and memberships

• Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws | The University of Melbourne | 1997
• Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation | Law Institute of Victoria | 2006
• Chair, Law Institute of Victoria Commercial Litigation Specialist Advisory Committee since 2018
• Member, Australian Professional Indemnity Group