Dominique Hogan-Doran SC conducts an Australia-wide barrister’s practice. She is highly regarded for her commercial acumen and ability to handle sensitive, high-stakes matters for major institutional clients, including State and Federal governments, listed entities and other regulated financial bodies, as well as leaders in business and the professions.

Dominique specialises in strategic advice to the boards of regulated financial entities including Australia’s leading superannuation funds, and appearing in financial services regulatory actions and large scale public inquiries, with a focus on governance and integrity issues. Click for more details of Dominique’s litigation, inquiries, and advisory practice.

Dominique is also an accredited Mediator & Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, the Governance Institute of Australia, and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Professional Member of the Resolution Institute.

Before coming to the Bar, Dominique was Research Director to the NSW Chief Justice the Hon. Murray Gleeson AC KC, and attended Oxford University as the Menzies Scholar, obtaining a Bachelor of Civil Law with First Class Honours. Click for more details of her background and curriculum vitae. She has held numerous academic appointments and often presents on her areas of expertise. Click for access to her papers and presentations.

Having been Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements after the devastating 2019/2020 bushfire season, Dominique is now a Non-Executive Director and sometimes Acting Chair of Natural Hazards Research Australia, a government funded, non-profit entity established to advise government and industry on climate, hazards, and disaster risk reduction. She was a director of industry super fund Club Plus Super (now merged with AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest super fund) and now serves on the boards of the Australian Cricketer’s Retirement fund, established to provide for Australia’s international Test and First Class cricketers, and the new cricket charity and benevolent fund, Players Cordon. Click for more details of her board activities.

Dominique is recognised as a leading lawyer by peer-reviewed international legal guides, including:

‘Dominique Hogan-Doran SC maintains an impressively varied practice within which matters of financial services and superannuation law and involvement in a number of high-profile Royal Commissions and other inquiries feature prominently.’
‘Dominique has an amazing eye for detail. She can get across a huge amount of material and identify the key issues rapidly; her written advice is excellent, being comprehensive without being unnecessarily confusing; and she is even better on her feet. To top it off, she’s a joy to work with - intelligent, hard-working and personable.’
‘Smart and very good.’ ‘Dominique is a standout. She is highly attentive.’

‘Renowned as an expert in superannuation. She has the practical experience and knows the legislation like the back of her hand. She’s a safe pair of hands, commercial and easy to work with.’
‘A preeminent silk in relation to inquiries, investigations and Royal Commissions. Well regarded for her incisive and practical understanding of the financial sector regime.’
‘Dominique displays an exceptional level of technical skill and ability in the vastly complex regulatory arena of financial services law in Australia. Her ability to advise on highly technical issues and provide robust legal solutions tailored to the individual circumstances, needs and commercial objectives of clients is second to none. This is further demonstrated by her considerable rate of success in achieving client outcomes.’
‘Dominique has established an exceptional practice with extensive legal advice and advocacy experience in Australia, particularly in superannuation law.’
‘Dominique maintains a broad national practice across commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, and enforcement matters, and is regularly briefed by government in significant matters as well as handling high-level litigation.’
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC has been ranked for: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Financial Institutions, and Superannuation Law. Named Sydney’s ‘Superannuation Lawyer of the Year’ in 2022 and 2025.