Diana Diaz

Diana is a senior employment and industrial relations lawyer focused on assisting businesses achieve their people-related goals. Diana has extensive experience advising corporate clients on a broad range of matters including enterprise agreement making, managing workplace change and restructuring, terminations, disputes, workplace investigations, training and HR policies, remuneration and benefits, and business protection issues. Diana […]

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Martin Nguyen

Martin specialises in structured debt funding, commercial property and corporate banking transactions and providing regulatory advice around National Credit Code compliance, unfair contract terms and general banking law. He undertakes work for a variety of lenders including all major banks, several challenger banks and private debt funders. Martin is a key client contact with many […]

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George Haros

George specialises in employment, industrial relations, litigation and dispute resolution. He is highly acclaimed in advising and acting in both complex and high profile litigation and is often called upon where the protection of reputation is a key focus. George practices in employment, industrial relations, commercial and property law particularly with respect to disputes arising […]

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Andrea Towson

Andrea specialises in planning and environment matters, and has extensive experience in running large and complex planning and environment litigation relating to development and regulatory approvals, the rezoning of land and compulsory acquisition claims. She is particularly skilled at managing large teams of expert witnesses. Andrea’s advisory experience includes planning and environment due diligence in connection […]

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Adrian Clifford

Adrian specialises in construction and development law, and has extensive experience in a variety of dispute resolution work, which has included working for contractors, owners, developers, financiers and other building professionals. Adrian’s dispute resolution work covers all relevant Courts, tribunals, adjudications, arbitration, expert determination and mediation. The majority of dispute resolution work relates to termination […]

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Kelly Griffiths

Kelly specialises in commercial disputes and investigations, with particular expertise in regulatory and law enforcement investigations. Prior to joining Gadens, Kelly worked at two top-tier Australian law firms, in the enforcement team at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and as Chief Legal Counsel and Head of Government Affairs and Policy for one of […]

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Natalie McCabe

Natalie offers a breadth of experience in many aspects of commercial litigation, with particular experience advising in relation to general commercial and contractual disputes, shareholder and director disputes, the Court approval of schemes of arrangement, insolvency and banking and finance. Natalie regularly acts for private clients, SMEs, ASX listed companies and insolvency practitioners and has […]

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Melissa Phillips

Melissa acts for a broad range of corporate, government and not-for-profit clients with a particular focus on unregulated and regulated mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets. Melissa has extensive experience in relation to large scale acquisitions and disposals, equity capital raisings (including initial public offerings and secondary offers), joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, corporate […]

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Deivina Peethamparam

As an Accredited Workplace Relations Specialist, and experienced senior legal practitioner, Deivina uses a combination of commercial acumen, technical knowledge and a client centric approach to drive positive outcomes. Deivina most recently held the position of Group General Counsel for a privately owned Australian building services specialist. In this role she practiced across all areas […]

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Vaughan Petherbridge

Vaughan has over 20 years of experience at top-tier law firms and in-house in Australia and the United States. Specialising in corporate and commercial law, Vaughan’s work focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), early stage investing, joint ventures, complex business separations and transitional arrangements, and general corporate advisory work. Vaughan has successfully led and closed […]

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Matthew Trinca

Matthew acts for banks, financial institutions and borrowers in financing and lending transactions. His areas of expertise include property and construction finance, corporate and acquisition finance, aged care and retirement village financing, gaming and hospitality financing and the Personal Property Securities Act. Matthew has a broad range of experience including advising clients in relation to […]

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Anna Koumides

Anna is experienced in banking and finance litigation and regularly acts for financial institutions and specialises in security enforcement proceedings, property disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct, sale at undervalue, fraud, forgeries, subrogation and restitution. Anna also regularly advises clients as to the implications, interpretation and applicability of the National Credit Code and the Banking Code […]

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