I am an expe­ri­enced com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tor, with a track record of suc­cess­ful out­comes in con­test­ed lit­i­ga­tion, as well as out-of-court dis­pute resolution. 

I am known for my strate­gic approach to all forms of lit­i­ga­tion and dis­pute res­o­lu­tion and my abil­i­ty to clear­ly iden­ti­fy and address issues to resolve dis­putes in a way that meets client objectives.

Exper­tise

  • Cyber
  • Insol­ven­cy
  • Lit­i­ga­tion
  • Stra­ta

Sec­tors

  • Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Ser­vices Pro­fes­sion­al & Non-professional

Expe­ri­ence

My clients include pub­lic and pri­vate Aus­tralian and over­seas cor­po­ra­tions, Local Gov­ern­ment, small to medi­um enter­pris­es and indi­vid­u­als. I have act­ed in pro­ceed­ings involv­ing con­trac­tu­al dis­putes, direc­tor’s civ­il lia­bil­i­ty, cor­po­rate and per­son­al insol­ven­cy, part­ner­ship dis­putes, com­pe­ti­tion and con­sumer law (pre­vi­ous­ly trade prac­tices), prop­er­ty, tax­a­tion, trusts and neg­li­gence in the Supreme Court, Dis­trict Court, fed­er­al courts and var­i­ous tribunals.

I have also act­ed in rep­re­sen­ta­tive pro­ceed­ings (class actions) in the Fed­er­al Court of Aus­tralia. My par­tic­u­lar inter­est is in com­mer­cial dis­putes, direc­tor’s lia­bil­i­ty and insolvency.

  • Gen­er­al com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tion and dis­pute resolution
  • Con­trac­tu­al disputes
  • Prop­er­ty disputes
  • Cor­po­ra­tions law
  • Part­ner­ship disputes
  • Com­pe­ti­tion and con­sumer law
  • Debt recov­ery
  • Cor­po­rate insolvency
  • Bank­rupt­cy

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

  • GAICD, Aus­tralian Insti­tute of Com­pa­ny Direc­tors, 2018
  • LLM, Cor­po­rate & Com­mer­cial Law spe­cial­i­sa­tion, Uni­ver­si­ty of NSW2011
  • LLB, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wol­lon­gong, 2005

Publications

Direc­tors’ Access to Com­pa­ny Books: Nav­i­gat­ing Statu­to­ry & Com­mon Law Require­ments in Australia

To man­age a com­pa­ny and dis­charge their duties, direc­tors need access to com­pa­ny infor­ma­tion. Ten­sion between direc­tors can arise about what…

Update on Statu­to­ry Demands – changes to min­i­mum thresh­old and (for some) time to comply

On 1 July 2021, Sched­ule 1 to the Cor­po­ra­tions Amend­ment (Statu­to­ry Min­i­mum) Reg­u­la­tions 2021 (Cth) (Reg­u­la­tions) came into force, increas­ing the min­i­mum…

UPDATE | Changes to statu­to­ry demands from 1 Jan­u­ary 2021

Marc Bad­dams and Sean Green­wood pro­vide an update fol­low­ing on from the recent arti­cle Changes to statu­to­ry demands from 1 Jan­u­ary…

In the News

Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas presents to Swaab

We are thrilled to be host­ing the 2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Meet­ing! Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas, deliv­ered an engag­ing…

Press Release | Swaab Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the Pre­mier Glob­al Net­work of Inde­pen­dent Law Firms

Syd­ney, NSW (11 July 2024) – Swaab, a Syd­ney-based law firm, today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas…

Mer­i­tas Announces Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board That Wel­comes New Lead­er­ship & Two New Members

David Reid of Brazeau Sell­er Law (Ottawa, Ontario, Cana­da) has begun his term as the new Chair of Mer­i­tas’ Emerg­ing…

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