AUSTRALIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Amanda Banton, Elliott Smith, Melissa Morgan and Paul Smith, Banton Group
Banton Group was established in 2020 by powerhouse lawyer Amanda Banton. She is renowned for her pioneering litigation in rela- tion to complex financial products, particularly involving collateralised debt obligations or syn- thetic collateralised debt obligations, including industry-leading claims against global ratings agencies and global and Australian financial institutions. Banton Group specialises in large commercial dispute resolution, class actions, restructuring and insolvency litigation and ad- visory matters. Banton Group is synonymous
with some of the most complex and high-profile litigation matters in Australia. The firm’s lawyers have experience acting in some of Australia’s largest class actions and insolvencies and are experts in assisting clients with high-value and reputationally significant disputes and inves- tigative matters. Banton Group’s lawyers are regarded for their impeccable judgement and strategic thinking. Banton Group acts in MDBA, and ran two major Supreme Court trials, Light Rail and HPL.
Authors
Amanda Banton is the managing partner of Banton Group, established in February 2020. Banton Group is a pre- eminent litigation firm and one of the largest private litigation/
Elliott Smith joined Banton Group as a founding partner in February 2020, having worked at top-tier and global law firms in Australia and abroad. He is currently the firm’s deputy
insolvency practices in Australia. Its work encompasses some of Australia’s biggest insolvencies and class actions, along with corporate and commercial litigation and advisory work. Amanda brings close to 20 years of experience in the legal profession. She was formerly at Squire Patton Boggs and Piper Alderman, where she ran substantial litigation practices and has consulting experience from KPMG and federal government expertise. Amanda’s practice encompasses a broad range of complex insolvency, regulatory, corporate, and commercial disputes and litigation, including class actions. Those disputes include a wide range of issues, including contract, corporations and ASIC legislation (including securities litigation), competition and consumer law, and breaches of trust and fiduciary duties.
managing partner. For more than 16 years, Elliott has gained significant experience and expertise running complex class actions and large-scale commercial, restructuring and insolvency disputes in Australia and the Asia Pacific while also having practised in the Middle East and Europe. His matters primarily consist of both plaintiff and defendant litigation work with a focus on plaintiff class action proceedings and commercial and corporate disputes in respect of misleading and deceptive conduct claims, breaches of the Corporations Act, multi-jurisdictional international arbitration and cross-border trade disputes.
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