John Connolly & Partners
Senior counsel,
from the first conversation.
Every engagement is led by a partner or senior advisor — not delegated down. The people you meet at the outset are the people who do the work.
Senior-Led, Always
Every engagement is led by a partner. No exceptions.
At John Connolly & Partners, our clients work directly with our most senior advisors from day one. We do not delegate critical work to junior staff. Every engagement is personally led by a partner with decades of experience at the highest levels of corporate and government life.
Our team is deliberately small and deliberately exceptional. We bring together backgrounds spanning journalism, government, law, finance and corporate affairs — giving our clients a breadth of perspective that no single-discipline firm can match.
Client Voices
What our clients say.
“The most trusted advisor I have had in 25 years as a chief executive. John Connolly & Partners bring a clarity and calm to the most difficult situations that I have never found anywhere else.”
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Partners & Senior Advisors
The people behind the counsel.
Who They Advise
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Led global comms for two of the world's largest mining mergers; only non-US citizen on the NYSE corporate branding committee.
Designed and launched the first IR program for Westfield Trust; managed Westfield's global investment community relationships.
VP Communication at BHP through the BHP–Billiton merger; founding Chair of the International Alliance for Water Stewardship.
Former Advisor to NSW and Federal Government Ministers; leads JCP's First 100 Days CEO program and stakeholder mapping.
Visiting scholar at Oxford, Stockholm School of Economics and Cranfield; consulted to Westpac, Telstra, Reserve Bank of Australia and AstraZeneca.
Director of Business Content Strategy at The Australian, leading 40+ journalists; London Editor covering Brexit, Greece debt crisis and Scottish independence.
Work With Us
Speak directly with a partner from day one.
When you contact John Connolly & Partners, you speak with a partner — not an account manager, not a junior associate. We believe the quality of counsel depends entirely on the quality of the person delivering it.