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Clifford Chance Offices
LEVEL 24, BROOKFIELD PLACE
10 CARRINGTON STREET
SYDNEY NSW 2000
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Angela Pearsall
Position
Angela Pearsall has extensive experience in dispute resolution. She specialises in large-scale commercial litigation and class actions, as well as contentious regulatory litigation and investigations.
Angela regularly handles complex financial reporting litigation, having acted for global accounting and auditing firms for more than a decade. She has led litigation including class actions arising out of major corporate collapses, IPOs, capital raisings, complex financial instruments and financial services’ obligations including AML/CTF. She regularly represents banks, large corporates, preeminent global accounting and auditing firms and directors.
Career
Australian National University (Bachelor of Laws) 1994
Admitted as a solicitor in Australian Capital Territory 1994
Admitted in the High Court of Australia 1994
Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia 1996
Admitted as a solicitor in Western Australia 2005
Joined Clifford Chance as Partner 2016
ARITA Advanced Certification Course with distinction 2017 (University of Technology Sydney in conjunction with ARITA (Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association)
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
(Leading individuals)Clifford Chance‘s litigation and dispute resolution team is ‘very commercial and practical’ in its advice, with particular strength acting for financial investors. Angela Pearsall in Sydney heads the team with Perth-based Sam Luttrell. Pearsall specialises in contentious regulatory investigations and large-scale commercial litigation, the latter is also an area of expertise for Grave. In Perth, Spencer Flay is a major projects and contentious construction specialist, advising clients across the natural resources, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors. Naomi Griffin in Sydney is also recommended.
Australia > White-collar crime
Primarily based in Sydney, the practice group at Clifford Chance handles mandates involving enforcement agencies, displaying broad expertise in advising on post-settlement remedial actions, crisis management and proceeds of crime matters. Angela Pearsall is particularly adept at acting for accounting firms in financial reporting litigation. Dividing her time between Hong Kong and Sydney, Donna Wacker frequently handles investigations into cryptocurrency trading platforms and rate-fixing. Since publication, former practice co-head Tim Grave departed in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation
- Dispute resolution: litigation Australia
- White-collar crime Australia