AUSTRALIA Trends and Developments Contributed by: Amanda Banton, Elliott Smith, Melissa Morgan and Paul Smith, Banton Group
Melissa Morgan is a partner at Banton Group who has extensive experience in
Paul Smith is a partner at Banton Group. For more than a decade, Paul has acted in some of the most complex, high-value and high-profile commercial and financial disputes arising out of
commercial, corporate and insolvency litigation matters. Melissa regularly acts in class action proceedings (including shareholder class actions), prosecutes matters on behalf of large national corporates and high net worth individuals in a range of corporation litigation, including breaches of trust, fiduciary duties, directors’ duties and breaches of the Corporations Act, and also acts in a number of trust, equity, banking and finance, insolvency, property and consumer and competition- related disputes. Melissa has in-depth knowledge of the legal system, and her experience includes advising and litigating against the Commonwealth of Australia, major auditors and banking institutions, as well as acting for a major sporting organisation and high net worth individuals.
the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Paul has extensive international experience which he now brings to bear on Australia’s most significant disputes. His matters comprise class actions, major commercial disputes, fraud, asset tracing, distressed funds, insolvencies, contentious security enforcements, regulatory action and other crisis events. Paul has been admitted in Australia, New Zealand and the Cayman Islands.
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