Cassie O’Bryan

Cassie has experience across a broad range of commercial litigation matters with a special focus on Corporations Act and Bankruptcy Act claims. She regularly assists in matters in the Supreme and Federal Courts. Having worked on matters that have set a number of precedents and influential decisions, Cassie is a proactive and determined commercial litigation […]

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Daniel Maroske

Daniel is a contentious regulatory specialist who assists both public sector and corporate clients in navigating regulatory and public law disputes across the financial services, health care and sporting industries and government sectors. Daniel has over 15 years’ experience in both private practice and the public sector, having worked at firms and regulatory bodies in […]

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Chris Dirckze

Chris has over 22 years’ experience in banking and finance both domestically and internationally. Chris brings a unique offering and expertise having worked in-house at Brookfield Multiplex and at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in credit risk, global markets and loan markets. Internationally, Chris has worked in London for four years gaining considerable experience in […]

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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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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. He has a diverse range of legal, commercial, and senior management skills. Matthew has advised on a vast array of commercial, corporate, property, and banking and finance matters across […]

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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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Kate Mills

Kate has broad experience in company mergers, acquisitions, contested takeovers (including Takeovers Panel matters), capital and debt raisings, continuous disclosure, and general corporate advisory work. Kate is a specialist in corporate governance and regulatory matters and investigations, including compliance and regulation of credit, financial markets and services, funds management, prudential and financial services executive accountability […]

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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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Louise Schmid

Louise specialises in litigation and insolvency, practising primarily in the area of dispute resolution including corporate and personal insolvency and commercial litigation in all Victorian and Federal Courts, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the High Court of Australia. Louise works closely with large banking and funds management clients and their customers in relation […]

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