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  1. Justin Ghee

    Justin Ghee

    Senior Associate, Clyde & Co.

    Justin Ghee

    Justin Ghee

    Senior Associate, Clyde & Co.

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    Biography:

    Justin is a Senior Associate in the Corporate & Regulatory team at Clyde & Co. He is experienced in advising clients on a range of complex commercial, regulatory and corporate governance matters, including the operation of Australia's autonomous sanctions regime. In addition, Justin has significant experience acting in large commercial litigation and disputes.

  2. Diccon Loxton

    Diccon Loxton

    Senior Finance Counsel, Allens

    Diccon Loxton

    Diccon Loxton

    Senior Finance Counsel, Allens

    Biography:

    Diccon is recognised internationally for his work on innovative and ground-breaking finance deals, working for borrowers, lenders and arrangers in which he blends creativity with a strategic and commercial approach and rigorous legal analysis.

    He is sought after for his strategic advice, immense knowledge and depth of experience in syndications and corporate financing, project financing, structured financing, takeover financing, tax and asset-based financing and leasing, domestic and overseas capital markets and derivatives. Diccon is recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific 2013 as a 'leading lawyer'. He is a senior and highly respected member of the banking and finance team. A significant part of his work is centred around corporate financing.

  3. Rachel Stanton

    Rachel Stanton

    Associate, White & Case

    Rachel Stanton

    Rachel Stanton

    Associate, White & Case

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    Rachel Stanton is an associate in the White & Case Project Development and Finance practice based in Sydney. 

    Rachel brings extensive experience in front-end major projects and construction matters across both public and private sectors and is well versed dealing with a range of stakeholders and multidisciplinary project teams. She has played a key role in the procurement and delivery of significant infrastructure projects and her diverse portfolio, which includes transport, commercial and residential projects, underscores her versatility and deep understanding of complex project management, and ability to deliver within project budgets and timelines.  

    Rachel also has experience in energy and resources projects and has worked on the project financing of renewable energy projects.

    Awards and Recognition
    University Medal (Faculty of Law)

  4. Dr. Sam Mickan

    Dr. Sam Mickan

    Principal Patent Attorney

    Dr. Sam Mickan

    Dr. Sam Mickan

    Principal Patent Attorney

    Biography:

    Sam has led research teams in Australia and the US, and has completed a Ph.D. in terahertz technology.

    Sam was a senior lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, and an inventor on two US patents. He currently lectures as a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School in the subject "Fundamentals of Patent Drafting".

    Sam’s research in terahertz technology included working on biomolecular diagnostic targets, writing signal and image processing programs, and building ultrafast laser systems, including optical and electronic components. His research was conducted at the University of Adelaide and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York. He has received a number of Australian Research Council Discovery grants for his research. Sam received a University Medal from the University of Adelaide for his Ph.D., a Tall Poppy Award from the Australian Institute of Political Science, and a Fulbright Scholarship from the Australian-American Fulbright Commission to study at RPI.

  5. David Law

    David Law

    Principal, Legal Aid Queensland

    David Law

    David Law

    Principal, Legal Aid Queensland

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    Biography:

    David began his career at Legal Aid Queensland is 1995 as part of the graduate intake of that year. He was admitted to the bar in November 1997. In 2000 he was appointed to the role Principal Lawyer and Mentor of the Graduate team with in the criminal law division of Legal Aid Queensland. In 2010 he was asked to take over the role of Principal Lawyer, Youth Legal Aid, a specialist youth justice team within the criminal division. David presents regularly on youth justice issues throughout Queensland to both lawyers and the general community.

  6. Tatyana Virgara

    Tatyana Virgara

    General Counsel and Company Secretary, QBE Insurance; Practical Guidance In-house Consulting Editorial Board member

    Tatyana Virgara

    Tatyana Virgara

    General Counsel and Company Secretary, QBE Insurance; Practical Guidance In-house Consulting Editorial Board member

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    Biography:

    Tatyana is Australia Pacific General Counsel and Company Secretary at QBE Insurance, based in Sydney. She leads the Legal Department which is responsible for strategic and operational support for each of QBE’s businesses across the Australia Pacific region. Prior to joining QBE, Tatyana was admitted to the NSW Bar and was General Counsel and Company Secretary for the Aussie Home Loans group of companies.

    Tatyana has extensive experience in financial services regulation, insurance, banking, finance, litigation, Royal Commissions, communications, government relations. Governance, legal risk management and company secretarial responsibilities across the Australia Pacific region.

    Memberships

    Law Society of NSW
    Women Lawyers
    Australian Insurance Lawyers Association

    Speaking Engagements

    Panellist Deloitte Intangible Value Summit – harnessing intangible assets to evaluate organisational and national performance 15 November 2023.
    Panellist Dentons Future Leaders in Law 7 September 2023.

    Professional Organisation

    QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited

    Professional Contact

    tatyana.virgara@qbe.com

  7. Matthew Latham

    Matthew Latham

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Corporations. Partner, Jones Day Lawyers

    Matthew Latham

    Matthew Latham

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Corporations. Partner, Jones Day Lawyers

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    Matt Latham's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. He has represented Australian and offshore acquirers and targets in a number of acquisitions, divestitures, take-private transactions, buyouts, and joint ventures. He also advises clients on various corporate-related matters including directors' duties, corporate governance, and disclosure.

  8. Arushan Pillay

    Arushan Pillay

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Personal Injury Victoria. Barrister, formerly at Joan Rosanove Chambers

    Arushan Pillay

    Arushan Pillay

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Personal Injury Victoria. Barrister, formerly at Joan Rosanove Chambers

    Biography:

    Since coming to the Bar Arushan has worked mainly in the occupational health and safety, administrative law and personal injuries fields. Within the personal injuries arena he particularly practises in the areas of medical law, dust diseases and general liability.

    Prior to signing the Bar Roll Arushan practised as an employee lawyer for 7 years. He worked primarily in civil litigation dealing with insurance, personal injuries and commercial matters.

    He also worked as the principal solicitor to the public service commission of Vanuatu as part of the Australian Government’s youth ambassadors’ programme. In his role with the commission Arushan provided administrative law advice and assisted with legislative drafting. He returned to Australia in 2001 and represented one of the parties involved in the Cole Royal Commission into the building and construction industry.

    He has represented numerous statutory bodies including the Medical Panels Victoria, Nurses Board of Victoria, the Victims of Crimes Assistance Tribunal and the Legal Aid Commission. He also has an established practice representing people before their professional disciplinary bodies and VCAT.

    Arushan completed the National Institute of Trial Advocates (NITA) Trial Skills Program at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA in 2011.

    He has appeared in his stated practice areas in all jurisdictions.

  9. Kate Perumal

    Kate Perumal

    Partner, White & Case; Advisor to LexisNexis Practical Guidance Construction

    Kate Perumal

    Kate Perumal

    Partner, White & Case; Advisor to LexisNexis Practical Guidance Construction

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    Kate is a Partner in White & Case’s Global Commercial Litigation Practice and is based in Sydney. 

    Kate has a deep expertise across the infrastructure, property and energy sectors, advising clients across a wide range of subject matter issues. She advises on and is responsible for the management and resolution of high-value, complex commercial and project disputes in all dispute forums.  

    Prior to joining White & Case in 2020, Kate was General Counsel at Lendlease Construction Australia. She brings a unique blend of commercial and legal expertise from over 20 years’ of conducting disputes in relation to some of Australia’s largest and most high-profile infrastructure, commercial, property and project developments. 

    Awards
    Kate has been a named individual in the independent legal directories - Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, Doyles Guide 

  10. Craig Wappett

    Craig Wappett

    Partner and Personal Property Securities Advisor, Johnson Winter & Slattery

    Craig Wappett

    Craig Wappett

    Partner and Personal Property Securities Advisor, Johnson Winter & Slattery

    Biography:

    Craig has over 25 years specialist experience in banking and finance, securities, financial product regulation, restructuring and insolvency across a variety of industries including financial services, manufacturing, mining and resources, IT, property development, agriculture, tourism, transport, hospitals and medical facilities.

    Craig is one of Australia's leading experts in securities law. He has written numerous publications and presented to many conferences and seminars on this and related topics. He was a member of the Australian Attorney General's Consultative Committee on Personal Property Securities Reform.

    During his career Craig has practised in Sydney, Brisbane and Toronto, Canada.

    Craig's expertise in the field of personal property securities include:

    • Advising a number of banks, finance companies and other businesses (including manufacturers, suppliers and resource companies) on the implementation of the PPSA in Australia, including amendment of documentation, document replacement, process and risk management.
    • Direct working experience with the PPSA legislation in Canada between 1989 and 1992.
    • Direct experience working with clients on the implementation of PPS reforms in New Zealand.
    • Publications such as Wappett, Whittaker & Edwards (eds), Personal Property Securities in Australia (LexisNexis, 2010), Wappett, Essential Personal Property Securities in Australia (LexisNexis, 2012) and Wappett & Allan, Securities over Personal Property (Butterworths, 1999).
    • Authoring numerous journal articles, seminar and conference papers on personal property securities.

    Publications and Editorial Contacts

    Personal Property Securities in Australia, Looseleaf Contact - LN LL Publishing

    Awards & Recognition

    Craig is one of Australia's leading experts in securities law. He has written numerous publications and presented to many conferences and seminars on this and related topics. He was a member of the Australian Attorney General's Consultative Committee on Personal Property Securities Reform.

    Speaking Engagements

    Craig is a part time lecturer at the University of Queensland. He has conducted numerous presentations, seminars and workshops on the PPSA for:

    • Industry representative bodies and associations (including the Australian Bankers Association, the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association and the Australian Institute of Credit Management)
    • Professional education conferences (including the Federal Court Judicial Education Workshop, the Queensland Bar Association and the annual Credit Law Conference)
    • Various financiers and insolvency practitioners

    Professional Organisation

    Johnson Winter & Slattery

    Professional Contact

    Tel: +61 7 3002 2511
    Email: craig.wappett@jws.com.au

  11. Yvette McLaughlin

    Yvette McLaughlin

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Personal Injury Queensland. Partner, Sparke Helmore Lawyers

    Yvette McLaughlin

    Yvette McLaughlin

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Personal Injury Queensland. Partner, Sparke Helmore Lawyers

    Biography:

    Yvette advises clients on complex claims, multiple party actions, indemnity issues, scheme-sensitive matters and complex litigation. She acts in matters under the Queensland WorkCover, PIPA and CTP schemes, and advises clients on claims proceedings and civil liability legislation. She is committed to anticipating legislative change and capturing the benefits of evolving technology.

  12. Eli Fisher

    Eli Fisher

    Senior Legal Counsel

    Eli Fisher

    Eli Fisher

    Senior Legal Counsel

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    Eli is a commercial lawyer and adviser to the media, entertainment and tech industries, particularly in relation to production, content and talent; privacy, cybersecurity and data management; IP/IT; AdTech, advertising and publishing laws; and competition and consumer regulation. Eli edits the Communications Law Bulletin, and sits on the Board of the Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA).  Eli completed his masters of laws degree (graduating with excellence) at UNSW, dual-specialising in Media & Technology Law, and Innovation Law, where he was awarded the “best performing postgraduate student across all postgraduate programs at the law school”. In 2024, Australasian Lawyer named Eli as one of Australia’s most influential lawyers.

  13. Ian Hill

    Ian Hill

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Criminal. Barrister, formerly at Crockett Chambers

    Ian Hill

    Ian Hill

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Criminal. Barrister, formerly at Crockett Chambers

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    Ian practices in criminal law and has appeared in all of the major Australian jurisdictions. Essentially a trial advocate, Ian has also appeared before State Appellate Courts and in the High Court. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997.

    Ian has appeared in many major criminal trials including lengthy and complex "white-collar" fraud trials. Such appearances have been before the Supreme Courts of Victoria, NSW, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

    He also practices in Sports Law having been formerly a member of the AFL Tribunal and the Chairman of several AOC Appeals Boards.

    Ian also teaches advocacy workshops in PNG, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Nauru.

  14. Jen Tan

    Jen Tan

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance General Counsel. Special Counsel, formerly at Piper Alderman

    Jen Tan

    Jen Tan

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance General Counsel. Special Counsel, formerly at Piper Alderman

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    Biography:

    Jen has experience in providing advice to large corporate clients, partnerships, directors and high net worth individuals and drafting relevant documents in respect of corporate and commercial issues including corporate governance, compliance with the Corporations Act and ASIC requirements, risk management, corporate restructure, board restructure, directors' duties and ongoing day-today advice on strategic commercial board level decisions.

    Jen also has experience in running complex legal disputes arising from commercial developments, dissolution of companies and partnerships, directors' duties, consumer protection, allegations relating to breaches of contracts, technology and intellectual property, joint venture mining, property law, building and construction and general debt recovery.

  15. Tamara Hunter

    Tamara Hunter

    Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

    Tamara Hunter

    Tamara Hunter

    Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

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    Tamara specialises in regulatory investigations, litigation, and commercial advice in relation to Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act and the Australian Consumer Law. She regularly helps clients navigate major litigation, advises on commercial strategy, and supports clients through complex regulatory investigations by the ACCC and other regulators in the Asia Pacific region. Tamara has acted in cartel and consumer law matters involving regulators and class action litigants, balancing clients’ commercial objectives against the technical legal landscape and risk matrix.

  16. Anthony Forsyth

    Anthony Forsyth

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Employment. Consultant, formerly at Corrs Chambers Westgarth

    Anthony Forsyth

    Anthony Forsyth

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Employment. Consultant, formerly at Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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    Anthony has been a Consultant in the Melbourne Workplace Relations Group at Corrs since 2005. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Law & Taxation at Monash University. Anthony's past legal experience includes working as in-house counsel at the Transport Workers' Union, as a policy adviser to a federal politician, and as a lecturer in the law schools at the University of Melbourne and Australian National University. He has published widely on Australian employment and labour law, particularly in the areas of collective bargaining, workplace dispute resolution and comparative labour relations.

  17. Chris Spentzaris

    Chris Spentzaris

    Partner, Fragomen

    Chris Spentzaris

    Chris Spentzaris

    Partner, Fragomen

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    Chris is a Partner of the Australian Practice of Fragomen. Chris is an Accredited Immigration Law Specialist and has practiced immigration law since 1995.

    Chris has extensive experience in providing immigration advice and assistance to Australian and global corporations in industry sectors such as construction and engineering, education, electricity and gas, mining, financial and insurance, retail, information technology and telecommunications. His extensive experience extends to representing individuals, as well as local and multinational corporations seeking to establish and/or operate in Australia.

    Chris is a committee member of the Migration Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia and Chris also Chairs the Migration Law Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria.

  18. Vera Visevic

    Vera Visevic

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Governance. Partner, Mills Oakley

    Vera Visevic

    Vera Visevic

    Former contributor to Practical Guidance Governance. Partner, Mills Oakley

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    Vera heads up the Not-for-profit team at Mills Oakley and also practises in the areas of property and commercial law. Vera sits on numerous charity boards, associations and committees.

    Vera acts for clients on the purchase and sale of businesses, corporate and general contract issues, as well as in purchasing, developing and selling residential, retail and commercial high density developments. She advises on easements, covenants, community title, strata leasehold, aged accommodation law and trusts.

    Vera has more than 20 years’ experience acting for numerous charities, religious and not-for-profit organisations, as well as several property trusts and developers in the industrial, commercial and domestic fields. Vera focuses on governance and fundraising issues and regularly advises on ATO endorsements and constitutions.

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