Henry Galbraith

Lead lawyer for Australia on three high-profile free trade agreements, including the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, as well as ongoing WTO negotiations on e-commerce and services trade.

• Negotiate with Australia's trading partners on key legal issues, including agreement architecture, legal exceptions and signing.
• Provide timely and pragmatic advice to negotiators on drafting and risk mitigation, including recently for sports trade negotiations.
• Consult widely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure text negotiations align with important Government interests.

Advise Australian Government clients on international trade law obligations and risks.

• Strong technical knowledge of Australia's international trade law obligations.
• Communicate advice effectively in written and oral form; providing clients with accessible solutions to complex trade law issues.
• Carefully manage client expectations and timeframes to ensure advice is delivered on time and as expected.

Led Australia’s involvement in WTO discussions on trade and sport.

• Coordinated, in collaboration with New Zealand, the WTO Secretariat and FIFA, the joint WTO-FIFA 2023 event, “Making Trade Score for Women”.
• Shaped the event's agenda and sourced an internationally renowned speaker on trade and sport.
• Prepared Australia's opening remarks to launch the event alongside the WTO Director-General and FIFA President.

Led Australia’s diplomatic engagement in the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations and Trade and Development Committees.

• Advocated for Australia's interests in bilateral and multilateral meetings at the WTO.
• Prepared detailed negotiating strategies and worked closely with likeminded countries to develop a novel Australian proposal on rules to combat harmful fisheries subsidies.
• Coordinated several senior officials visits and diplomatic events.
• Drafted briefings for Australia's ambassador and reporting cables to senior officials in Canberra.

Managed Australia’s Geneva-based aid and development program.

• Analysed proposals to determine suitability/eligibility for funding.
• Worked closely with applicants to revise proposals and achieve more targeted outcomes.
• Consulted with Australian Government experts to ensure proposals satisfied key Government objectives.
• Administered approved funding to successful applicants.

Drafted legal documents.

• Official correspondence and contracts.
• Letters of advice.
• Court documents.

Managed civil litigation matters before the ACT Supreme Court and Federal Court of Australia.

• Instructed Counsel and appearing at Court hearings.
• Analysed large quantities of documents in Court and Tribunal proceedings to determine their relevance and admissibility.