Profile

Tamira Stevensen (BA (Hons) Sydney, LLB UNSW) is a senior commercial lawyer and barrister with a passion for small businesses and helping people help themselves. And she believes that there is a better way for lawyers to help – a practical, commonsense way.   

Tamira has been a solicitor since 1991. When assisting small businesses Tamira draws upon her solid corporate and commercial law experience. This includes as a senior litigator at a small CBD-based commercial law firm and as a contracts and transactions lawyer at a large national law firm. Clients appreciate her practical and solutions-oriented approach and her ability to provide efficient and commercially savvy solutions to legal issues impacting upon businesses.

Tamira has more than 5 years experience in commercial law and contracts, with a range of clients including public companies, universities, inventors, private companies, franchisees and small businesses.

Tamira has many years’ experience in resolving large and small business disputes/ litigation in a range of legal areas including:

• Contractual disputes
• Corporations Law
• Trade Practices Law
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Resources Law (agriculture and mining)
• Defamation Law
• Administrative Law.

Tamira has also worked on compliance and regulation issues for large to small sized businesses as well as for government departments such as the NSW Office of Energy, the NSW Department of Mineral Resources, the Victorian Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Agriculture Victoria.

Stevensen Business Lawyers was set up by Tamira Stevensen in 2006.

Mission Statement

“To become the leading provider of high-quality, relevant and accessible legal services to small to medium enterprises in Inner-West and South-West Sydney. To assist each client achieve the best business results, strategically and efficiently, for flat fees wherever possible.”

Tamira is a regular presenter of workshops and seminars on issues of interest to business owners and is a mentor to young business people in the “Young Entrepreneurs Stepping Up Business Mentor Program” overseen by the NSW Department of State and Regional Development.