BARRISTERS

Commercial

Senior Counsel

Stuart Donaldson SC

A specialist in commercial law, with a particular focus on insurance law, Stuart carries with him over 35 years' experience at the Bar, including over 20 years as Senior Counsel.

Peter Morris SC

A recognised expert in Insurance Law and Professional Indemnity Insurance, Peter has extensive experience advising and representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex liability, professional negligence and personal injury litigation.

Roger Marshall SC

Roger Marshall has over 25 years' experience as a barrister specialising in corporations and insolvency matters.

Bradley Jones SC

A highly experienced and well-regarded barrister, Bradley practices in taxation, administrative, commercial law, equity, family and military law.

Elizabeth Bishop SC

Elizabeth practises in administrative law, equity and trust law, property and general commercial disputes.

Danny Moujalli SC

Danny is a commercial and equity barrister who has been advising and representing clients for almost 20 years across a broad range of areas.

Junior Counsel

John Bartos

With over 25 years' experience as a barrister, John provides expert legal advice and representation to his clients in a broad range of matters at both trial and appellate level.

Grant Carolan

Grant is a commercial litigator practising in a wide variety of NSW courts and tribunals. He appears in general commercial matters in the Federal, Supreme, District and Local Courts.

Peter Bruckner

Peter specialises in tax, tax crime, commercial law and equity.

Justin O’connor

Justin O’Connor was admitted to the NSW Bar in 2004. He has appeared unled in all superior, intermediate and lower courts of New South Wales, the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and has appeared in tenancy and building disputes in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Bettina Arste

With particular expertise in corporate and commercial law and equity and trusts, Bettina has extensive experience across multiple practice areas.

Charles Cassimatis

Charles was called to the bar in 2007. Charles practices in a broad range of areas including media, banking, construction, corporations, employment, insolvency, insurance, fraud, property, trusts, wills and estates.

Anthony Kaufmann

Anthony has advised and appeared for public and private companies, banks and individuals. He has appeared in a wide range of commercial disputes in the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court and other New South Wales courts and tribunals.

Evan Walker

Evan has a diverse commercial litigation and equity practice, specialising in personal and corporate insolvency, company law, trade practices, real property, contracts, and construction law.

Mark Maconachie

Mark is entitled to appear in the courts of all jurisdictions in Australia and New Zealand. Mark regularly appears in the Supreme Court of NSW and the Federal Court of Australia.

Ken Lord

Ken specialises in Australian taxation law. A renowned expert in his field, he was listed in Doyle’s Guide to Leading Tax Barristers 2021, 2022 & 2023.

Henry Durack

Henry practises in the areas of commercial litigation, insolvency and bankruptcy and equity (including real property and wills and estates).

Russ Johnson

Russ specialises in taxation, tax crime, commercial law and equity matters.

Danielle Woods

Danielle specialises in commercial, insolvency, revenue, property and equity matters.

Lucy McGovern

Lucy accepts briefs in a broad range of civil matters, including commercial, construction, equity, contracts, taxation, financial services, intellectual property and trade practices / consumer law.

Nicholas Olson

Nicholas is a commercial barrister specialising in insurance, disciplinary, professional responsibility and equity matters

Thomas Arnold

Thomas is a commercial barrister who specialises in tax law. He is regularly retained by taxpayers, professional advisors, the Commissioner of Taxation and the Tax Practitioner’s Board.

Ermelinda Kovacs

Ermelinda is a specialist in commercial law, with a particular focus on tax and insurance law.

Nathan Li

Nathan accepts briefs in all areas of law. He specialises in commercial disputes, corporations law, equity and trusts, and taxation and revenue law

Dana Levi

Dana accepts briefs in all areas of law. Dana principally specialises in commercial, corporate, and insolvency law matters.

Justen Nixon

Justen accepts briefs in administrative law, commercial, equity and trusts, and taxation and revenue law.

Alexander Schatz

Alexander accepts all briefs in private and public law. His primary areas of interest are taxation, corporations and insolvency law, and family law.

Michael Long

Michael accepts briefs in all areas of law. Prior to coming to the bar, Michael was an experienced litigation solicitor having worked for 12 years at Herbert Smith Freehills.

Readers

Samantha Langan

Samantha has acted in complex commercial disputes with a focus on corporations, insolvency, consumer law and equity. As a solicitor, she regularly represented well-known retailers and franchisors advising on franchising and regulatory compliance.

David Blight

David has provided advice on a wide range of complex tax disputes and transactions, including advising on Part IVA tax avoidance, transfer pricing, capital gains tax, corporate tax issues, taxation of trusts, taxation of intellectual property and other intangibles, international and cross-border tax issues, GST, the consolidation regime, tax treaties, stamp duty and land tax.

Claudio Trovato

Claudio has appeared in both state and federal courts and tribunals in New South Wales for a diverse range of matters. Those include large commercial litigation, complex procedural disputes, remedies involving varieties of equitable relief, the enforcement of judgments and appeals. He has also appeared in private mediations. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation involving professional liability.

Associate Members

David Russell AM KC

David is internationally recognised and lauded as a leading taxation specialist.

Jennifer Davies KC

The Hon Jennifer Davies SC is a retired judge of the Federal Court of Australia and during her time on the bench was the national co-ordinating judge of the Taxation National Practice Area.

Andrew Berger KC

After many years of advising and appearing for clients in some of their most sensitive legal matters, Andrew has developed a reputation as a ‘counsel of choice’ for particularly complex, risky, sensitive or otherwise important matters.

Jane Muir

Jane accepts briefs in all areas of commercial law. Her experience includes acting for clients in banking, bankruptcy, building and construction, commercial contracts, consumer protection, corporate, employment, equity, insolvency, insurance, and trade practices, matters.

Piotr Klank

My practice involves providing advice and appearing in courts and tribunals. I specialise in tax, commercial and corporate matters.