Matthew Bode
Matthew is an experienced lawyer with 30 years spent both in-house and with major law firms in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, London, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Matthew has a diverse range of legal, commercial, and senior management skills. Specialising in financial services regulation, Matthew also advises on a range of general commercial, corporate, property, […]
ReadmoreLiam Chambers
Liam is a property and development specialist, who acts for both public sector and private clients on their major property transactions, development projects and competitive procurements. He acts for State and local government agencies on major property transactions, funding arrangements, infrastructure projects, facilitated transactions and dealings with State land and non-freehold tenures. He also advises […]
ReadmoreLara Cresser
With degrees in law, media communications, and a masters of intellectual property, Lara has highly specialised expertise in online intermediary advice, defamation, competition and consumer law, intellectual property infringement, advertising and elections. She regularly represents and advises multi-national companies and government organisations on compliance with Australian law in these areas, with a focus on advising […]
ReadmoreAndrew Mackenzie
Andrew practices across the full gamut of commercial property, including commercial and industrial leasing, commercial sales and acquisitions, and logistics estate and high-rise developments. He has leading experience in logistics and commercial office leasing, acting for some of Australia’s largest institutional landlords in their Queensland and New South Wales portfolios, including some of Brisbane’s largest […]
ReadmoreSusan Forrest
Susan has more than 20 years’ experience and is one of Queensland’s leading litigation and insolvency lawyers. Her areas of expertise include banking and debt recovery, enforcement of mortgage and other securities, insolvency, secured and unsecured asset recovery and loss minimisation, including farm debt mediation. Using her extensive advisory and legal risk management experience, Susan […]
ReadmoreStafford Hopewell
Stafford is a Special Counsel in the Planning and Environment team in Brisbane. His widespread expertise includes town planning, environment, heritage, coastal, vegetation and contamination matters with a focus on major development and infrastructure projects. These include mixed use developments, master planned residential communities, road and water infrastructure. He acts for a broad range of […]
ReadmoreSharon Christensen
Sharon is a professor at the Queensland University of Technology and consults exclusively for Gadens Lawyers. She is an expert in all facets of property law with a special focus on land contracts, leasing and body corporate law. Sharon is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading property law academics, which is further enhanced by […]
ReadmoreShantal Read
Shantal practises primarily in the areas of banking and finance and property. She acts for major Australian banks, fund managers and private lenders in a broad range of transactions, including the funding of commercial, industrial and residential developments throughout Queensland and New South Wales. She also has a specific focus in the health industry, acting […]
ReadmoreScott Couper
Scott specialises in insolvency, banking and finance litigation and commercial litigation. He acts for receivers, banks and financial institutions throughout Australia on matters ranging from the management and sale of property and assets to proceedings for the recovery of equipment, assignment of debt and security and defending litigious actions. He also acts for insolvency practitioners […]
ReadmoreSarah Toohey
Sarah has more than 25 years’ experience as a commercial lawyer, advising private and public sector clients in a large range of industries. She appreciates the complex and challenging environments in which our clients operate, and enjoys solving problems in a practical and commercial manner. Her recent work has been focussed on employment, workplace health and […]
ReadmoreRussell Ensbey
Russell is a Special Counsel in the Property and Construction Group and assists in leading the Construction team. Russell has over 27 years of experience in acting for and advising government, developers, contractors and consultants on a broad range of domestic and commercial construction projects. Russell has particular expertise in back-end construction litigation. For over […]
ReadmoreMichael Owens
Michael has more than 25 years of experience in corporate litigation, dispute resolution, and intellectual property. He advises rights owners and users on the development, protection and management of their intangible assets including inventions, brands, business secrets, copyrights, contracts, and reputations. He also advises on competition matters, including restrictive trade practices, consumer regulation and non-compete […]
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