Shana Schreier-Joffe has over 20 years’ experience as a leading employment and industrial lawyer and has acted on some of Australia’s landmark cases.
She began her career as a barrister in South Africa. She has a Masters in Law from Cambridge University, and prior to Keypoint Law, was Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Harmers Workplace Lawyers.
Shana has extensive experience providing legal and strategic advice to employers of all sizes across various industries as well as private clients. Shana is particularly skilled in strategic negotiations, interpreting industrial instruments and contracts, advocacy and litigation. She has been involved in a number of high-profile litigation matters including post-employment restraints, work health and safety prosecutions and prominent discrimination proceedings.
In 2019, Shana was named a finalist in the Women in Law Awards for the category of ‘Partner of the Year – SME’ and has been named a Leading Employment Lawyer in the prestigious Doyles Guide. Her team was also recognised as a finalist in the Australian Law Awards for the category of Workplace Relations and Employment Law Team of the Year in 2020.
Shana is a frequent guest speaker at many industry functions and legal seminars and presents workplace training to clients on all aspects of employment and workplace law.
Established in Australia in 2014 by Keystone Law, a London Stock Exchange-listed law firm of over 400 partners, Keypoint Law is an innovative and award-winning Australian law firm.
We are a team of over 80 partner-level lawyers providing a comprehensive range of legal services across 26 practice areas from our offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth.
We have built the firm’s business model from the ground up to deliver traditional, top-tier service in a non-traditional way. The way clients want it.
Our focus is on providing top quality, efficient, professional and passionate legal service at pricing which delivers genuine value to clients.
Keypoint’s client offering is based on two key elements:
1. Partner-level service: Keypoint provides access to some of Australia’s most qualified and experienced legal minds. Our clients experience direct and personal service by talented partner-level lawyers, averaging over 18 years of experience in the law, with all the efficiency and quality that brings to bear.
2. Tailored pricing: Keypoint’s lawyers are empowered to completely tailor the firm’s offering to clients, including pricing. This is possible because the firm is structured to operate without top-tier overheads, using modern technology to keep our expenses low and avoid unnecessary costs for our clients.
So what do these features combine to deliver? They provide clients with unmatchable value: an ideal union of senior expertise, reduced overhead costs and tailored services.
The breadth of commercial expertise available within Keypoint means that our clients are able to capitalise on the firm’s full-service offering. Clients experience seamless and professional guidance across various areas of law, providing an all-encompassing and long-term solution that is flexible and built on quality.
At Keypoint, it’s about being a law firm that delivers true value.
What makes us different:
Passion that delivers excellent results: Our lawyers are free to focus on what they are most passionate about – providing outstanding legal services to clients that meet their individual needs.
Expertise from highly experienced lawyers:
With an average of 18+ years’ experience from some of Australia’s best law firms or in-house at large institutions, Keypoint lawyers deliver advice which is engrained in expertise and industry knowledge that resolves matters quickly and efficiently.
Technology driven to enhance relationships:
Keypoint’s unique model uses innovative technology to increase efficiency. Not only does this enhance relationships between lawyers and clients, but it also delivers better value.
Client first service:
Keypoint’s highly collaborative and flexible approach supports lawyers to work with clients in a way that suits them. Whatever the requirements, our lawyers provide a personal service, tailored to clients’ needs.