Bill has over 35 years’ experience managing litigation and resolution of commercial disputes relating to corporate governance and shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, contract enforcement, professional negligence claims as well as complex trust and estate claims.
Bill advises clients in the property, professional services, mining and resources, retail and manufacturing industries.
Bill was selected for inclusion in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2013-2014) for Dispute Resolution. Bill has also been named in Best LawyersTM Australia for Litigation, Commercial law and Corporate Law categories for over a decade.
Expertise
Experience
- Subsidiary of a publicly listed healthcare entity Negotiating resolution of a dispute concerning the acquisition of a group of medical centres.
- Owner of a major marina Advising in two Supreme Court actions upholding lessor’s rights under the marina leases.
- Former managing director Advising former managing director of a mining company on termination, remuneration and alleged breaches of the Corporations Act.
- Director and senior employee Assisting director and senior employee of a major mining company in a 12-week Supreme Court trial concerning allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties and corporations law.
- Trustee and stakeholder Advising in contest as to beneficial interests and conduct of trustee in large commercial family enterprise where the group assets held through complex trust structure.
- Owner of hazardous industry Provided enterprise in defending a claim seek to restrain the company from competing in the industry.
- National wholesaler Assisting a national wholesaler of electrical products in injunction proceedings against the industry regulator.