Trent Wallace

Trent joined the firm in 2020 and is the Head of First Nations Strategy, a first for a global law firm. Trent is a Wongaibon person raised on Darkinjung Country, and has a background working in the community legal sector, government and education.

Combining both legal and First Nations lived experience, Trent drives First Nations initiatives across the firm and provides thought leadership and education around cultural safety and awareness. Working across the social justice sector and corporate Australia, Trent seeks to embed key cultural considerations to create meaningful change for First Nations Peoples. In this work, Trent collaborates with a wide variety of clients to develop and execute First Nations initiatives.

Trent offers cultural awareness education and advice on how to work effectively with clients and also collaborates with People & Culture on programmes of attraction and retention to First Nations employees. As a lawyer, Trent is able to identify and mitigate risks to reputation through building a strong foundation of strategies to support cultural awareness.

Trent is an Editorial Board Member for LexisNexis (First Nations Law Bulletin), Co-Chair of the Legal Profession Reconciliation Network, University of Technology Sydney Advisory Council Member – Centre for Indigenous People and Work, Member of the First Nations Leadership Group for the Business Council of Australia, Director of the Australian Pro Bono Centre, Advisor to the Starlight Children's Foundation, Advisor to the Board of ActionAid Australia and is a lecturer in Law and First Nations Peoples.