Karen Keogh

Karen leads the National Pro Bono Practice Group at HWL Ebsworth. She acts for a wide variety of individual and not for profit clients on a pro bono basis.

Her specific area of expertise is as a Health Industry lawyer. She has over 25 years’ experience in Australia and England, being qualified in both jurisdictions, and having acted for a diverse range of clients including professional health bodies, health charities, medical defence organisations, royal colleges, web based digital health companies, hospitals, government bodies, individual doctors and other health care professionals.

Karen specialises in corporate and commercial work including corporate governance, privacy, regulatory matters, professional conduct, commercial contracts, industrial and workplace matters, risk management and coronial inquiries.

Karen is named in Best Lawyers™ Australia 2023 edition for Health & Aged Care Law and Medical Negligence and has been since 2014. She is a member of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Consultation Panel, the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the NSW Law Society Privacy and Data Law Committee.