P: 02 9930 7965
E: rubagotti@nigelbowen.com.au
Clerk: Alistair Coyne
E: a.coyne@nigelbowen.com.au
Admitted as solicitor in 2003 and called to the Bar in 2010, Gabriella practises in all areas of intellectual property (patents, trade marks, copyright and plant breeders rights), media, competition, consumer and contract law, intentional torts, breaches of confidence and privacy law, the latter including data breaches. She also has extensive experience in inquiries.
Gabriella appears regularly in the High Court of Australia, including in some of the most notable intellectual property, defamation and implied freedom of political communication cases of the past 15 years. She has appeared in appeals, she has appeared in applications for special leave and she has appeared in removal applications under s 40 of the Judiciary Act.
Gabriella has a deep interest in health, medicine, biology, physiology and related matters, and expertise in the human health and animal health fields. In those fields she has appeared in patent cases, in cases involving regulatory infringements, in cases involving misleading or deceptive claims, and in inquiries. Most notably, Gabriella has more than 20 years’ experience in patent litigation, especially in the human health fields, and she has appeared as counsel assisting significant Commonwealth and State human health inquiries.
Gabriella also has extensive experience in breach of confidence claims, be they substantive proceedings or search order or preliminary discovery applications. She is called to advise upon privacy laws pertaining to information privacy, including health data, and the new statutory tort for the invasion of privacy.
Gabriella is recognised in Chambers Asia and Pacific, in Doyle’s Guide as a leading intellectual property junior counsel in NSW and Australia, in Australia’s Best lawyers for Intellectual Property and Defamation & Media, in the Legal 500 Asia & Pacific for TMT & IP, and the World Trademark Review.
Gabriella is fluent in Italian. She has acted in cases involving Italian entities and has drafted affidavits, translated commercial documents, and communicated with clients and witnesses in Italian. She has a particular interest in and knowledge of Italian geographical indications.
Gabriella holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from the University of New South Wales
