Marianne Marchesi

Marianne is the Principal Lawyer of Legalite. Marianne founded the firm in early 2017 in response towanting to do things differently and to challenge the status quo.In less than two years, she has proudly led Legalitein becoming a recognised market-leading lawfirm in the business and franchising space. In 2018, Marianne was awarded Sole Practitioner of theYear at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, and in 2019, she was named Partner of the Year(SME) in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards. For two years in a row, Legalite was namedAustralia’s Best Law Firm (Business Clients) in the NAB Professional Services Awards–an awardjudged entirely by clients.As one of Australia’s leading franchising experts, sheis highly sought after as a leading authority onall issues affecting the sector, and advisor to some of the most prominent brands. Not only a well-known specialist, Marianne is also a recognised NewLaw pioneer and a true disruptor of the legalindustry.She is at the forefront of change–flipping traditional ideologies on their head and initiatingnew best practices around transparent pricing, female leadership and wellbeing in law.