Farid Assaf

Farid Assaf

BA (Hons), LLB

Areas of expertise:

Corporations, Equity and Trusts, Commercial, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Banking and finance, Superannuation, Administrative law, Real Property, Building, Construction and technology, ASIC, ACCC and APRA investigations, Appellate, Financial services law

Academic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (UNSW)
  • Bachelor of Laws (UNSW)

Biography:

Farid Assaf SC is a barrister at Banco Chambers, Sydney. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1998 while employed as a lawyer with the then Australian Securities Commission and commenced at the Bar in 2000.  Farid has a diverse national practice with a particular emphasis on corporations and insolvency law matters and is ranked in Chambers and Partners Australia Directory, Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide.  Farid is also a Fellow of INSOL International and the author of a number of leading texts in insolvency law all published by LexisNexis®.

Publications and Editorial Contacts

  • Assaf’s Winding Up in Insolvency (2021)
  • Voidable Transactions in Company Insolvency (2015)
  • Australian Corporation Law Principles and Practice, Looseleaf - contact: LN LL Publishing

Speaking Engagements

  • "Resisting a Winding Up Application", presented to the College of Law in March 2012.
  • "The Brave New World of the Personal Property Securities Act", presented to the Eastern Suburbs Law Society in October 2011 and Newcastle Law Society in November 2011.
  • "Recent Developments in Corporations Law — CLERP 9 and the Whistleblower Protection Reforms", paper prepared and presented to the College of Law on 23 March 2005.
  • "Illegal Fundraising — Recent Developments", paper delivered and presented to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on 25 October 2006.

Memberships

  • Fellow, INSOL International (with honours, first in class)
  • Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA), professional member
  • Fellow Commercial Law Association (CLA)

Professional Organisation

Banco Chambers, Sydney

Authored by

'Statutory Demands and Winding Up in Insolvency - 2nd Edition'

Professional Contact

Tel: +61 2 9376 0650
Email: farid.assaf@banco.net.au