I have extensive experience in the review, preparation and negotiation of a wide range of novel, high profile or high value commercial agreements including supply agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, ambassador, sponsorship and marketing agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and other general commercial contracts and terms and conditions.

My technical skills and diverse industry and transaction experience allow me to meticulously identify material issues and craft elegant, holistic, practical and commercially minded solutions to complex and major contractual issues.

I provide many of my clients with a unique outsourced general counsel model involving assistance with on-going legal review work and transaction documents which allows me to work with these clients to build trusted relationships and develop a clear understanding of my clients' businesses from a strategic and operational perspective.

Career highlights

• Kennedy Watches & Jewellery Pty Ltd: advised on several high profile, major or strategically important commercial contracts including ambassador agreements for high profile sporting identities including Christian Petracca, sponsorship and marketing agreements with the Australian Football League and various boutique agreements and authorised dealer agreements with major brands including Rolex, Tudor, JLC, Panerai, IWC Schaffhausen and Cartier.
• Kuraray Group and Plantic Technologies Limited: advised on major and complex commercial contracts including multiple supply of goods agreements with major supermarket retailers and food manufacturers and a collaborative research agreement with the University of Queensland.
• Steritech Pty Ltd: advised on commercial customer agreements including product treatment service agreements.
• Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association: drafted the first ever governing terms and conditions and slot licence agreements for the Phoenix Race.
• Collingwood Football Club: advised in relation to various new projects, joint venture contracts and governing rules.
• Bellamy's Australia Limited: advised on general commercial contracting requirements, including a draft sponsorship agreement.
• Salter Brothers Asset Management: advised on a variety of general commercial matters including a proposed property development, a services agreement for software development, licence agreements and consultancy agreements.
• Toll Group: assisted with numerous acquisitions of logistics businesses and several commercial contracts including the negotiation of an integrated supply chain services agreement involving international freight forwarding and warehousing for a major retail customer.
• 7-Eleven: advised on its acquisition of Mobil's Australian network of 295 retail service station sites.
• Nippon Paper: advised on its $700 million acquisition of PaperlinX's Australian Paper mill and manufacturing business.
• Pacific Brands: advised on the sale of key brands and businesses including preparing and negotiating the business sale agreements, transitional services agreements and supply agreements.