I have acted in some of Australia's most significant class actions, including billion-dollar securities and continuous-disclosure claims, superannuation and trustee class actions brought on behalf of fund members, and investor and financial-products claims arising from the Royal Commission into banking, the global financial crisis and the collapse of major financial institutions.

A particular focus of my practice is acting for clients across Asia in disputes with an Australian nexus. This includes the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and judgments and cross-border disputes for offshore corporates and state-owned enterprises.

I also have extensive experience in technology and IT disputes, including complex SaaS and platform-services claims, and I advise companies on their exposure to AI-related legal risk.

Class Actions

• Northern Territory Government: Acting for Chief Executive Officer (Housing) in a Federal Court class action brought on behalf of tenants of around 5,300 remote community housing premises.
• Zurich Australia Limited: Acted for OnePath Life (now Zurich Australia Ltd) in a class action seeking damages for superannuation members alleging trustee breaches.
• Forge: Acted for the managing director of the Forge Group in concurrent Federal Court proceedings, including a securities class action and an action by the company's liquidator concerning market disclosures and alleged failures arising out of the acquisition of an energy and power construction company and the subsequent management of two gas fired power stations in WA and QLD.
• Kagara Limited: Acted for non-executive directors in a shareholder class action alleging breaches of market disclosure and financial reporting obligations.
• Standard & Poor’s, ABN Amro and LGFS: Acted for various local government councils and nonprofit groups against the arranger and ratings agency in relation assigning top-tier ratings to risky financial products that caused significant losses in the Global Financial Crisis.
• Lehman Brothers: Acted for various local government councils in a high-profile class action against Lehman Brothers Australia Limited alleging inter alia breach of trust and misleading & deceptive conduct.
• Arasor: Acted for shareholders of Arasor International Limited in Federal Court class-action against the company, its directors and its auditors.

Asia and cross-border disputes

• Orient Zirconic Resources: Acting for OZR in NSW Supreme Court proceedings against its joint venture partner over the sale of a Victorian mining tenement.
• Cazorla v VT Markets Pty Ltd: Acting for VT Markets and Vantage Global Prime in Federal Court proceedings alleging misleading conduct concerning contract-for-difference trading accounts.
• Yang v Sheng: Acting for the plaintiff in Supreme Court of Victoria Commercial Court proceedings to recover a multi-million-dollar arising from a disputed handwritten settlement agreement between the parties.
• Guoao Holding Group Co Ltd v Xue: Acted for a Chinese developer in Federal Court proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award of over RMB 200 million. Successfully obtained freezing orders and subsequently prosecuted the respondent for criminal and civil contempt of court for breaching the freezing orders, resulting in a conviction and a suspended sentence of imprisonment. The matter ultimately resolved with payment of the full judgment debt and costs.
• Chinatex Corporation: Acted for a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise in relation to the voluntary administration of its Australian subsidiary and the protection of its substantial domestic and international assets, including NSW Supreme Court proceedings brought by Bindaree Beef Pty limited in relation to an alleged alienation of property with intent to defraud creditors within the meaning of section 37A of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW).

Corporate and commercial disputes

• Heartland Motor Group: Acted in heavily litigated shareholder dispute (including shareholder oppression proceedings) across multiple jurisdictions including Supreme Court, Federal Court and the Fair Work Commission for control of Heartland Motors.
• Hungry Jacks: Acted for Hungry Jacks in dispute against Peregrine in relation to enforcing restraint of trade provisions in franchising agreements.
• Helloworld Travel: Acted for Helloworld Travel in Supreme Court of NSW proceedings and subsequent appeal court proceedings in relation to construction of share sale agreement, claim for unconscionable conduct and breach of contract.
• AMP: Acted for AMP in proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court against DST Bluedoor, alleging various performance failures and breaches of a supply and maintenance contract.
• Chameleon Mining NL: Acted for Chameleon Mining in suit against mining giant Murchison Metals Limited over the billion-dollar Jack Hills iron ore project in WA.
• Equititrust: Acted for the liquidators of the responsible entity of a failed managed investment scheme, the Equititrust Income Fund, in proceedings against the company, its directors and the scheme’s auditors for contraventions of the MIS provisions of the Corporations Act 2001(Cth) as well as claims in negligence, breach of contract and misleading and deceptive conduct.

Investigations and disputes

• MLC Nominees Pty Limited v McNally: successfully represented MLC Nominees and NULIS in an appeal in the Federal Court of Australia regarding a Tribunal determination concerning superannuation contribution fees.
• Advised confidential financial institutions regarding responding to ASIC notices issued pursuant to section 912C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and section 30 of the ASIC Act 2001 (Cth).
• Represented numerous senior individuals at one of Australia's largest superannuation funds in ASIC examinations conducted under section 19 of the ASIC Act 2001 (Cth).
• Re Russell-Smith Pty Limited (in liquidation): Acted for a director in a public examination under s 596A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.