I've built a career as one of Australia's leading experts in litigation.

Over the past 40 years, I have worked with clients across the full range of complex local and cross-border insolvencies and commercial disputes.

I am proud of my roles as a former director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and an Associate Member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia. I frequently lecture and write on commercial law topics and am a Teaching Fellow at the University of New South Wales.

Career highlights

• Channel 10: Acting for PPB in their capacity as receivers and mangers of Channel 10
• Ramsay Health Care: Member of the team advising Ramsay Health Care on its appeal to the High Court from the decision of the Full Federal Court in Compton v Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Limited [2016] FCAFC 106.
• Lloyds Banking Group: Adviser to Lloyds Banking Group in connection with the disposal of its A$3.25 billion portfolio of distressed commercial property loans in Australia.
• American Express: Adviser to American Express Australia Limited in connection with the collapse of Investment Intelligence Corporation Pty Limited, a multi-jurisdictional insolvency.
• CSR Limited: Acting for CSR Limited in litigation in the Supreme Court of New South Wales concerning the compulsory acquisition of Hornsby Quarry.
• Rabobank Australia: Acting for Rabobank Australia in connection with the restructuring of a large agricultural loan and the disposal of security properties.
• Adviser to numerous corporate clients (including Mirvac Limited, SingTel Optus and Ramsay Health Group) on the implementation of the Personal Property Securities Act.
• Adviser to a number of entities in connection with their responsibilities under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act.

Independent recognition 

• Litigation - Best Lawyers: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 
• Alternative Dispute Resolution - Best Lawyers: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Insolvency and Reorganisation - Best Lawyers: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 
• Leading Individual, Insolvency and Reconstruction - Chambers Asia Pacific/Global: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 
• Recommended, Insolvency and Reconstruction - PLC Which Lawyer: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016
• Leading Individual, Insolvency and Reconstruction - Who's Who Legal: 2009, 2012, 2015

Education
BA, LLB, LLM

• Who is an officer of a corporation? 
  Case Note: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v King [2020] HCA 4
  
  The decision provides some clarity around the meaning of 'officer' as defined in s9 of the Corporations Act.