Robert routinely advises on commercial disputes, arbitrations, regulatory investigations and class actions. The disputes typically involve competition and consumer law, corporations law/ASIC Act, intellectual property, IT, financial services, insolvency, professional negligence, property, reinsurance and taxation law. He has extensive experience working on complex multi-party disputes and large regulatory investigations and routinely assists clients responding to compulsory notices for documents/information and at compulsory examinations. Robert acts for a variety of clients across a broad range of industries including financial services, IT, manufacturing, energy, mining, property and transport.
Robert has expertise in all forms of dispute resolution including arbitration, expert determination and mediation.
Robert has been named in Best Lawyers™ Australia for Litigation.
Expertise
Experience
- Defendants Acting in various proceedings brought by the ACCC for unconscionable and misleading conduct including relating to the VET Help Scheme and the provision of consumer products.
- Defendants Advising in alleged cartel proceedings.
- Defendants Advising in the ASIC investigations involving the BBSW and FX investigations and investigations following the Banking Royal Commission.
- Various clients Providing advice in regards to obtaining and defending freezing orders.
- Defendants Advising in a class action involving allegations of breach of contract and misleading conduct.
- Defendants Advising in a class action involving allegations of unjust enrichment and misleading conduct.
- Various clients Acting in complex Corporations Act matters including disputes involving breach of directors duties, oppression of minority proceedings.
- Various clients Providing advice in numerous property disputes including relating to property sale disputes and lease disputes.
- Various clients Advising in numerous significant software disputes involving allegations of fundamental breach and misleading conduct.
