Thomsons

Dispute Resolution; Insolvency

Consultant

Neil acts for leading financial institutions, accounting firms and corporate entities operating in both local and international markets. His clients include major banks and insolvency practitioners. He is based in Melbourne.

He advises on commercial litigation, insolvency, banking and finance disputes, directors and officers claims, insurance disputes, competition and consumer law claims and matters under the Corporations Act. He appears regularly in the Supreme and Federal Courts and represents clients during ASIC examinations. His cross-border insolvency practice draws on specialist expertise in the UNCITRAL Model Law.

Neil has more than 25 years of experience in commercial dispute resolution. His matters span complex shareholder disputes involving multiple entities holding substantial mining tenements, class actions in the building sector, recovery proceedings for insolvency practitioners acting in respect of unregistered managed investment schemes, and advice to financial institutions on security enforcement where standard enforcement mechanisms are not available.

Neil holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Western Australia and is the author of Cross-Border Insolvency: The Enactment and Interpretation of the UNCITRAL Model Law. He is a CPA, a Public Notary and a member of the Law Council’s Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee.

CPA Australia

Insol International

Law Council of Australia, Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee

Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA)

Society of Notaries of Victoria

Australia and New Zealand College of Notaries

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Laws, Monash University

Bachelor of Economics, Monash University

Diploma of Securities, Securities Institute of Australia

Graduate Diploma in Notarial Practice from Victoria University

Admitted to the Supreme Courts of Victoria and Western Australia

CPA Qualified

Public Notary