Jane Kupsch

Jane is a partner in the Commercial team based in Melbourne with 23 years’ experience acting for clients including corporate entities, company directors and officers, professionals across various industries 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 multi-party and large scale litigation and class actions, including matters 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, 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 is the immediate past chair of the LIV’s Commercial Litigation Specialist Advisory Committee. Jane is listed in Best Lawyers Australia for Class Action Litigation and in 2022 was listed in Thomson Reuters' Stand-out Lawyers List.

Qualifications and memberships

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