Liam Cox
Head of Growth
Phone:
+61 (02) 8005 3077
Email:
Office
Sydney, Australia
Level 30, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
About Liam
With 25 years of experience in business, media, and professional services, Liam has a distinguished track record of providing pragmatic solutions for high-profile clients across a vast array of sectors.
Prior to joining BlackBay Lawyers, Liam was the Head of Crisis at Wilkinson Butler and was a senior journalist with Channel 7 and Network 10. Liam works closely with the firm’s leadership to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients in sensitive, complex, and demanding environments.
Driven by a sharp commercial mindset and a deep sense of empathy, Liam is passionate about helping clients grow their revenue, reputation, and trust while guiding them through complex and challenging situations with care and insight.
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Liam is a trusted advisor to Australia’s most prominent executives, high-net-worth individuals, celebrities, and athletes, effectively managing business-critical and reputational issues.
“At BlackBay Lawyers, we are relentless in our pursuit of perfection. We combine fierce intellect with unyielding tenacity, genuine care, and empathy. The high calibre of our people is what sets us apart. Our team's experience and strategic mindset ensure we protect our clients, both in the court of law, and public opinion. ”
- Liam Cox, BlackBay Lawyers
Experience
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Litigation Support: Providing strategic advice and tactical public relations assistance to high-profile individuals and companies in Australia’s most complex, sensitive, and high-profile legal cases.
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Crisis PR and Reputation Management: Favourable outcomes for celebrities, athletes and high-net-worth individuals facing intense media scrutiny.                                                                                                           
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Corporate Affairs: Successful outcomes for major corporations and executives across media, entertainment, sport, tourism, aviation, property, construction, government, aged care, financial services, and technology.
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Issues Management: Dealing with investigations from the Fair Work Commission, ASIC, The Office of the NSW Building Commissioner, Safe Work NSW and navigating complex matters involving coronial inquests, insider trading breaches of the Corporations Act, cyber-security attacks, class actions, CEO transitions, executive misconduct, mergers and acquisitions and hostile takeovers.                                                                                        
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Journalism: 19 years as a senior journalist and presenter with Channel 7, Network 10, Triple M and 4BC.
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Media Management: Advised the Australian Olympic team's athletes, coaches, and officials on the ground in Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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