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Ben is a partner with almost 20 years as a litigator and dispute resolution lawyer. Ben has acted in complex and sensitive commercial disputes for both government and private sector clients, including class actions, financial services representative proceedings, financial products and technology procurement disputes. Ben also leads the Australia region White Collar & Government Investigations team, acting for clients in all areas of organisational risk including fraud, bribery and corruption, data privacy and corporate wrongdoing. Ben acts for clients in a broad range of disputes relating to property, contracts, corporations law, equity and tortious claims with a particular industry focus on commercial disputes relating to the property, technology and health care sectors. Ben’s experience includes managing complex and reputation-sensitive commercial disputes in the Federal Court and Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. He is also highly skilled in dispute negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, conciliation and mediation. Ben also acts for clients facing regulator investigations of alleged corporate wrongdoing and white collar crime offences, as well as those facing enforcement actions by regulators. Ben regularly advises clients in relation to fraud, data privacy, bribery and corruption and Corporations Act breaches, and assists with policy development (including whistleblowing, cyber breach preparedness, anti-bribery fraud control management and regulator responses). Ben also helps organizations prepare for and conduct internal investigations of corporate wrongdoing and resultant recovery actions, including asset-tracing and asset preservation.

Justin is a partner and seen as one of Australia’s leading restructuring and insolvency lawyers. Over the last 20 years, he has acted predominately for banks and receivers. He has also acted for liquidators and company administrators. He has conducted cases involving questions of banking practice, company law, professional indemnity insurance, misrepresentation, fraud and property law. Very often Justin’s cases are conducted in the Supreme and District Courts of NSW and the Federal Court of Australia.Justin has also been responsible for the conduct of Federal Court class action proceedings and NSW Court of Appeal matters.

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David is a partner with experience acting for a range of ADI’s, finance companies, vendor introducers and equipment lessors.

Robyn is an intellectual property and information technology partner whose practice covers franchising and distribution, commercial contracts and concession agreements, information technology and communications law, e-commerce law, data protection/privacy and all forms of new technology and IP such as artificial intelligence, payment platforms and crypto currencies, augmented reality and virtual reality. Robyn has advised many companies behind the world's leading brands.Robyn has particular expertise in the hotel, leisure, retail, education and healthcare sectors. She is recognised as a leading expert in retail, education, hotel and leisure franchising. She is a member of the firm's franchise group, hotel sector group and the firm’s retail group. Robyn’s clients include multi-national corporations, financial institutions, start-ups such as games developers and public authorities. Robyn works with them on matters such as franchise agreements and master developer agreements (and their related contracts and disclosure documents), strategic outsourcing agreements, major commercial contracts and software licensing, outsourcing and development agreements.Robyn also has a specialty in international licensing, particularly in retail, hospitality and healthcare sectors, and advises on data protection law impacts in respect of international transfers and customer relationship management, and IP driven joint venture agreements. Her practice has included both contentious and non-contentious matters.

As a Consultant in Dentons’ Corporate team, Ian draws on more than 35 years’ experience as a partner advising in the Firm’s Corporate and Finance practices. Seen as an expert on PNG and the Pacific, Ian offers strategic advice to a range of banks, international financial institutions, energy and resource companies, financial intermediaries, sovereign wealth funds, multi-lateral development banks, and governments in the Pacific and Australia. Ian has advised on major commercial transactions including aircraft financing and acquisitions, privatizations, and major energy and resource projects. He has also advised the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and State-owned entities extensively with regards to legislative reform and policy. Through his involvement with the major peak private sector bodies in the Pacific, Ian regularly works with governments in the Pacific and major donor partners, including DFAT, on issues facing the region including more recent efforts to invest in Pacific infrastructure.

Elise is a partner in the Banking & Finance group in Sydney, where she handles regulation and compliance issues. Elise regularly advises major banks, private lenders, mortgage brokers, originators, aggregators and securitized programs on consumer and commercial credit regulation, compliance, distribution and licensing.

Kym has over 30 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer, and developed a solid reputation for achieving the best commercial outcomes for clients. Kym’s practice, while corporate in nature, has a strong emphasis in the energy and resources, projects, and industrial sectors. He has substantial experience in the emerging economies of South East Asia, as well as experience in Africa, the US and South America. Kym regularly advises on capital raisings including IPOs and listings on foreign stock exchanges, takeovers, reconstructions, complex contractual agreements including JVAs, JOAs and alliances, mergers and acquisitions, directors’ duties and corporate governance issues. Kym has also been involved in numerous reverse takeovers and backdoor listings, including those involving multiple jurisdictions.

Peter Luke is a partner with almost thirty years’ experience. Peter acts primarily on structured and project finance matters with a particular emphasis on real estate and professional services financing. He also has an extensive business banking practice.

Louise is partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Sydney. Louise is a skilled commercial litigator who is repeatedly recognised as a leading dispute resolution lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, most recently in the 2018 edition. Many of Australia’s major banks and financial institutions, as well as property, government, insurance professional service, energy and resources businesses, have called on Louise for her detailed input. Louise is a recognised expert in commercial litigation with extensive experience in the District Court of NSW, the Supreme Court of NSW and the Federal Court of Australia. Louise provides advice and develops strategy for her clients that is commercially focussed and aligned with their business needs without losing sight of the legal objectives. To this end, Louise regularly engages in alternative dispute resolution including mediations, arbitrations and settlement conferences.

David is a partner with extensive experience advising banks, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and corporate clients on a wide range of restructuring and insolvency issues. David has represented a number of major Australian and international banks and financial institutions, insolvency officeholders, creditors, shareholders, security trustees, note holders and directors, advising on all aspects of corporate and debt restructuring, as well as local and cross-border insolvency processes and issues. In addition, he has extensive experience advising clients generally on all aspects of loan and security structuring, recovery and enforcement.

Jason is a Senior Finance Counsel with more than 20 years’ experience in banking law and corporate finance. Jason advises both domestic and offshore financiers and has worked with all of Australia’s major commercial banks. He advises borrowers across a wide range of industries, with clients including Tabcorp, Treasury Wine Estates and Australian Unity.

John Stragalinos

John Stragalinos is a partner in our Restructuring & Insolvency and Commercial Litigation team in Melbourne.John has acted for banks, creditors, major corporates, boards of directors, administrators, receivers, and liquidators on a wide range of restructurings and insolvency administrations for more than 23 years. As an expert in restructuring and insolvency, John has been entrusted to act on many of Australia’s largest restructurings or insolvencies including: Slater & Gordon, Ansett Australia, Allco Finance Group, Raptis Group (Southport Central project), Timbercorp, ABC Learning, Westpoint Corporation and ForceCorp.John has also acted for major corporates, banks, financial institutions and government bodies on a range of commercial disputes, litigation and arbitrations. He has extensive experience in property, contractual, banking and shareholder disputes. He has advised on complex corporate and regulatory matters including proceedings commenced by ASIC and APRA.

Anthony is a partner who has had significant experience acting for domestic and foreign lenders on a range of financing matters in London and Sydney. His experience includes in-house work at the London branch of Société Générale.

Amber is a partner with the Banking and Finance team in Sydney, and a member of Dentons’ Public Policy and Regulation global leadership team. Amber provides transactional support for regulated lending, including reverse mortgages and loans to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), and for financial services compliance and regulation advice. She acts for all major Australian banks as well as smaller Australian lenders, foreign banks and corporations operating in the financial services sector.

Lisa is a partner with over 25 years of experience in a broad range of dispute resolution matters, with a focus on corporate and commercial disputes. Lisa's commercial dispute resolution and related advice extends to Corporations Act matters (including corporate crime investigations and prosecutions), commercial/contractual disputes, claims in equity, misleading or deceptive conduct claims and professional negligence claims. She has extensive experience in leading teams to conduct major, complex litigation. She is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, including mediations, arbitrations and expert determinations.