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Kimi Nishimura

Principal Lawyer and Executive Director
Kimi Nishimura

Kimi is a Principal Lawyer in Maurice Blackburn’s Class Action Division and an Executive Director of Maurice Blackburn Board of Directors.  Since 2008, Kimi has worked as a specialist class action litigator taking a stand against all manner of corporate misconduct.

Kimi is presently acting in some of the nation’s largest and most complex class actions, including the Holden Transmission Class Action (consumer law class action), the Google AdTech Class Action (competition law class action), the Apple App Store Class Action (competition law class action), the Google Play Store Class Action (competition law class action) and the Foreign Exchange Cartel Class Action (competition law class action). 

Kimi previously played pivotal roles in each of the Kilmore and Murrindindi Bushfire Class Actions (mass tort negligence class actions) which delivered in excess of $700 million combined to survivors of the Black Saturday bushfires and in the legal challenge which stopped the Commonwealth Government from putting a nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal Land at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory.

Kimi brings her class action litigation experience and specialist financial, accounting and data analysis skills to bear in her role as a specialist class action litigator and as an Executive Director of Maurice Blackburn.   In addition to holding an Honours degree in Law and an Arts degree (University of Melbourne 2006), Kimi holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School (Dean’s List, 2016) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD 2025).

Practice Area

Class actions

Qualification(s)

BA, LLB (Hons), MBA, GAICD

“It is a privilege to be a leader in our class actions practice. The class actions we bring enable our clients to access compensation and hold wrongdoers to account. I am proud to play a part in making sure that the law works for everyone,” says Kimi.

Tertiary & Graduate Education

AICD:                                                          Graduate of Company Directors’ Course (2025)
Melbourne Business School:          Master of Business Administration (Dean’s List, 2016)
The University of Melbourne:          Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Law (Hons) (2006)

Awards

  • Melbourne Business School Foundation Award of Excellence - 2016
  • Doyle’s Guide - Litigation and dispute resolution rising star lawyer in Australia - 2016
  • Melbourne Business School Commendation Award - Financial Analysis & Valuation - 2016
  • Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Marketing Strategy - 2016
  • Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Financial Management - 2015 
  • Melbourne Business School Commendation Award – Managing People - 2014
  • University of Melbourne, Class Actions Prize - 2010
Top Tier Firm & Class Actions Team of the Year
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Top Tier Firm & Class Actions Team of the Year

Maurice Blackburn is proud to be recognised as:

  • The only Band 1 Dispute Resolution plaintiff class action firm (Asia-Pacific) through Chambers and Partners in 2025,
  • Top Tier firm in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Dispute Resolution in Class Actions 2024 to 2025,
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2024.
Top Tier Firm & Class Actions Team of the Year
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Top Tier Firm & Class Actions Team of the Year

Maurice Blackburn is proud to be recognised as:

  • The only Band 1 Dispute Resolution plaintiff class action firm (Asia-Pacific) through Chambers and Partners in 2025,
  • Top Tier firm in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Dispute Resolution in Class Actions 2024 to 2025,
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2024.

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