Former contributor to Practical Guidance Commercial. Partner, Bartier Perry
Counsel - Asia Pacific, Fragomen
Robert was formerly the Regional Managing Partner of the firm's extensive Asia Pacific practice, where he was responsible for the strategic direction and the operations of all Fragomen offices in the Asia Pacific region including offices in Auckland, Bangalore, Beijing, Brisbane, Guanhzhou, Hong Kong, Kochi, Melbourne, North Ryde, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Wellington.
As an experienced commercial lawyer, Robert has significant experience in providing immigration and other legal advice and visa services to companies in sectors such as financial services, mining and resources (including off-shore oil and gas), information technology and telecommunications, retail, science and engineering, and health. Robert's clients include Australian and multi-national companies in the sectors listed above and he is responsible for the firm's compliance and litigation practices.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Corporations. Partner, Piper Alderman
Mark is a specialist banking and finance lawyer with over 20 years experience. He advises and acts primarily in corporate and commercial matters involving corporate lending, loan syndication, consumer finance, Corporations Act compliance and commercial contracts. Mark also advises on privacy issues relating to the Privacy Amendment (Privacy Sector) Act 2000.
Mark has extensive experience in public listed company transactions and has provided advice on a wide range of matters to a number of high profile companies and government agencies.
Director
After being admitted to practice in 2018, I joined Tierney Law, where I am now a Director and Leader of our Property Law Practice Area. I also practice in Commercial Law.
I am a current member of the Property & Commercial Law Committee for the Law Society of Tasmania and an author of legal texts and precedent material for the leading international legal publisher, Lexis Nexis.
In 2021 I obtained my Graduate Certificate in Legal Business from the College of Law.
I have a keen interest in finding practical solutions for my clients to assist them to grow their lives and businesses.
Member of the Property & Commercial Committee for the Law Society of Tasmania
Tierney Law
03 6220 2777sebastian@tlaw.com.au
Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Called to the Bar in 2008, Lishan maintains a broad civil practice, with a particular focus on commercial litigation and advice. His principal areas of practice includes all aspects of commercial litigation, equity, real property, insolvency, common law and insurance claims.
Lishan has successfully appeared in a broad range of complex interlocutory matters, hearings and appeals in a wide variety of jurisdictions, including the Federal Circuit Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales and inferior courts, as well as the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Insolvency & Restructuring, Partner, Piper Alderman
Angelina is a Partner in Piper Alderman's national Dispute Resolution team.
Her expertise is in formal insolvency appointments, corporate restructurings, complex commercial litigation and insolvency risk advice. A focus of Angelina’s practice is working for liquidators, voluntary administrators, receivers and secured creditors as well as corporate clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
In addition, Angelina provides advice and representation to commercial clients and individuals in connection with a variety of matters including shareholder disputes, debt recovery and contractual disputes.
Angelina has acted in a number of high profile matters, appearing before both the Supreme and Federal Courts in both New South Wales and Victoria. She has assisted numerous directors of companies facing financial distress to find commercial solutions to complex issues. Angelina prides herself on being pragmatic, solution driven and on her ability to build solid and trusting relationships with her clients, whether those clients are themselves professional services providers or individuals facing a challenging situation.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Corporations. Formerly Partner, Piper Alderman
Craig is a corporate law specialist and has extensive experience in advising on corporate and securities law, as well as general commercial matters. Craig has significant experience in corporate advisory, including advising on directors duties, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions for private, public and ASX listed companies in a variety of industries, including mining and resources, technology and financial services.
In addition, Craig has advised many private and public companies in relation to their capital raising needs, from angel or venture capital funding for early stage entrepreneurs and start-up companies, to IPOs for companies in biotechnology, resources and information technology.
Contributor to Practical Guidance Commercial. Partner, Hamilton Locke
Jo specialises in M&A, joint ventures and capital raisings and works with clients to get “investor-ready” and “deal-ready”. She regularly helps clients with shareholder arrangements, governance arrangements that allow businesses to scale and grow as well as exits and acquisitions.
Jo is well experienced in working on both sides of the spectrum, working with both founders and private capital, and has a pragmatic and commercial approach in finding solutions for her clients. She also has extensive experience helping boards navigate regulatory environments, corporate governance and disclosure obligations for listed companies.
Jo has experience working with clients undertaking Energy M&A, particularly in renewable energy. Jo has extensive expertise working with clients across a range of other industry sectors including financial services, industrials and healthcare. She has previously worked in Hong Kong, where she enhanced her international capability helping clients implement their acquisition and divestment strategies in the Asian market and advised on listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Commercial. Formerly Lawyer, Bartier Perry
Natalie has been accredited by the Law Society as a specialist in property law and has a particular focus on the acquisition and disposal of commercial property including hotels, development sites, commercial buildings and industrial properties. Natalie also acts for landlords in respect of their lease portfolio and for developers in off-the-plan sales.
Senior Finance Counsel, Allens
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.
Senior Associate, formerly at Maddocks
Michael leads the blockchain and digital currency practice group at Maddocks. The group has worked on projects including a user content blockchain project, cryptocurrency exchange operations and cryptocurrency loan agreements. Michael has also contributed to a number of publications on blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation in Australia, including co-author of the Australian regulatory framework chapter in "Understanding Digital Tokens".
Michael also has extensive experience in negotiating bilateral and syndicated loan and security agreements, documenting swap transactions, managing cross-border issues and overseas legal counsel. On the financier side, he has advised each of the big four Australian banks, many other Australian and international banks, property financiers and financial advisers and arrangers. On the borrower side, he has advised publicly listed companies, property developers, private equity funds, infrastructure sponsors and other companies in the health, resources and entertainment sectors.
Managing Partner, Australia and New Zealand, Fragomen
Teresa is a Solicitor and has practiced exclusively in the field of immigration law since 1998. She is the Co-Managing Partner of Fragomen’s Australia and New Zealand Practices.
Teresa has particular experience in advising international and national companies across a range of industries on immigration and visa program usage, obligations and management, compliance and international mobility. She has assisted clients with audits and compliance issues with the Department of Immigration and sits on Fragomen's Global Compliance Committee. She has provided specific advice and advice on immigration work agreements, including with respect to the recruitment of overseas workers for large scale projects.
Teresa is a member of the Migration Advice Industry Advisory Group, a government-formed and -nominated group that provides strategic advice to the Australian government regarding the migration industry and potential reforms to the legislative framework governing the industry.
Teresa has significant experience in assisting business people and high net worth individuals in visa options to enable them to settle in Australia for the purposes of establishing a business or investing in Australia.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Succession. Former Principal, WillWorks
Brian Hor is the Principal and Legal Practitioner Director of WillWorks Pty Ltd, a boutique law practice specialising in providing sophisticated estate planning services.
Before establishing WillWorks Pty Ltd, Brian was a Partner with a "top tier" global professional services organisation and was a founder of its Private Clients Estate Planning practice in Australia.
Brian was also Chairman of the Financial Planning Association's Tax Committee and member of the FPA Public Policy Committee continuously from 1997 to 2004, and helped negotiate ATO concessions to assist financial planners' transition to the FSR regime, amend the PSI laws for the special circumstances of financial planners, and promote tax deductibility for tax advice given by financial planners. More recently Brian was an industry representative on the ATO's Alienation and Part IVA Working Group Review into the Alienation of Personal Services Income Rules in 2009.
Brian has published numerous professional articles, and regularly presents at professional training and legal education seminars on taxation, trusts, estate planning, asset protection and business structuring for organisations including The Taxation Institute, Television Education Network, LexisNexis, the Financial Planning Association, IBC Conferences, The Law Society of NSW, The CLE Centre, NSW State Legal Conferences, and The College of Law.
Principal, Wills & Probate Victoria
Ken is the Founder and principal of Wills & Probate Victoria. Ken was admitted to practice as a legal practitioner in 1982. Since admission, Ken has always practiced in the areas of wills and estates.
Ken has been accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as a wills and estate specialist since 1993 - the first year that accreditation commenced. He is the co-author of the Wills, Probate and Administration Service, Victoria, a two-volume publication which is a leading loose-leaf services dealing with wills and estates for legal practitioners in Victoria.
Ken is also the co-author of Succession Law for LexisNexis. He founded the Wills & Probate Bulletin in 1996 and was the editor of that publication from 1996 to 2008. He was also co-convenor of the Wills & Probate Conference from 1995 to 2008.
Since 1997, Ken has conducted regular workshops for law graduates in the areas of wills and estates for Leo Cussen.
Solicitor, King & Wood Mallesons
Wilson is a lawyer specialising in competition and consumer law investigations and litigation. As a Senior Investigator at the ACCC for approximately two years, he has lead and contributed to a number of litigious and investigative matters, including in relation to cartel conduct and contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law. Wilson now acts for a range of corporate clients in responding to investigations and proceedings brought by the ACCC and has also advised generally on the competition and consumer law aspects of commercial operations. Wilson has also assisted not-for-profit clients in pro bono matters.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Criminal. Barrister, formerly at Coldrey Chambers
Paul J. Smallwood is a barrister at the Victorian Bar who practises in public law, in particular criminal law and administrative law. He has appeared in a number of cases before the Supreme Court of Victoria, in both the Trial Division and Court of Appeal. Those cases include:
Another case - R v Creamer [2011] VSC 196 - was reviewed in K Toole, ‘Self Defence and the Reasonable Woman: Equality before the New Victorian Law’ (2012) 36 Melbourne University Law Review 250.
Paul is the Secretary of Liberty Victoria. He holds a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Commercial. Principal Lawyer, Aitken Partners
Christopher's initial experience was as a prosecutor for the Department of Transport in London but he subsequently became a partner in a North London firm and was a founder member of Camillins Solicitors in London and subsequently in Melbourne. He has worked on a number of interesting company and commercial and commercial property matters including the acquisition and break up of the former USAF Bentwaters air force base in the UK and various transactions involving the establishment and sale of Non-Fossil Fuel obligations and the sites for building Green power stations. Since coming to Victoria in 2002, Christopher has worked on a number of major property focussed matters including some significant residential development projects for clients.
Former contributor to Practical Guidance Work Health & Safety. Executive Counsel and Team Leader, Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Greg was admitted as a solicitor in 1975. He worked in a variety of litigation roles in private practice before joining the New South Wales Department of Industrial Relations as a legal officer in 1979. That year he also gained a Master of Laws degree (honours) from the University of Sydney.
Greg served as Deputy Industrial Registrar from 1983 to 1991 and as Industrial Registrar from 1991 to 1999.
As a consequence, Greg has extensive experience of the New South Wales Industrial Relations system.
Greg joined the firm in 2000 and has since been involved in all areas of the firm's practice. He has been involved in major litigation in the Industrial Court of New South Wales, and has extensively advised on issues relating to the contract of employment and employment law generally.
Greg has advised registered organisations (both employee and employer associations) on rules and registration issues, and has been involved in litigation at all levels (State and Federal Industrial Tribunals, the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and the High Court) on a variety of matters, including industrial relations issues, employment, restraints of trade and discrimination matters.