I am a com­mer­cial and cor­po­rate lawyer with exten­sive bank­ing, finance, and secu­ri­ties enforce­ment experience. 

I am com­mit­ted to tak­ing the nec­es­sary time to ful­ly under­stand my clients’ busi­ness­es and their objec­tives to deliv­er time­ly, cost-effec­tive, and com­mer­cial out­comes. I reg­u­lar­ly advise clients on trans­ac­tions that are reg­u­lat­ed by the Cor­po­ra­tions Act and the ASX List­ing Rules.

Exper­tise

  • Com­mer­cial
  • Com­mer­cial Finance
  • Cor­po­rate
  • Insol­ven­cy

Sec­tors

  • Finan­cial Services
  • Health­care & Allied Health
  • Hotels & Hospitality
  • Man­u­fac­tur­ing & Industrials
  • Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Ser­vices Pro­fes­sion­al & Non-professional

Expe­ri­ence

I have prac­ticed as a com­mer­cial trans­ac­tion­al lawyer for over 16 years. I have advised clients in respect of com­plex and sig­nif­i­cant-val­ue acqui­si­tions across a wide range of indus­try sec­tors includ­ing health­care, real estate, infor­ma­tion tech­nol­o­gy and finance.

I act for small to medi­um enter­pris­es, list­ed enti­ties and high net worth indi­vid­u­als in a broad range of trans­ac­tions, includ­ing share­hold­er and joint ven­ture arrange­ments, prop­er­ty devel­op­ments, dis­tri­b­u­tion and man­u­fac­tur­ing and licence arrangements.

I also over­see a busy com­mer­cial lend­ing prac­tice in which I act for banks and non-bank lenders pri­mar­i­ly in trade and receiv­ables finance.

I have par­tic­u­lar exper­tise in respect of the Per­son­al Prop­er­ties Secu­ri­ties Act and I reg­u­lar­ly act for financiers, sup­pli­ers and insol­ven­cy prac­ti­tion­ers on mat­ters con­cern­ing its appli­ca­tion. I have draft­ed amend­ments to the facil­i­ty and secu­ri­ty doc­u­ments and draft­ed PPSA com­pli­ance man­u­al for a major, nation­al invoice financier. Fur­ther­more, I have act­ed in only one of two report­ed deci­sions in the Fed­er­al Court con­cern­ing an appli­ca­tion to re-instate secu­ri­ty inter­ests which had been removed in error from the Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Register.

Roles, mem­ber­ships and edu­ca­tion
 

  • Bach­e­lor of Arts (major in Law)
  • Bach­e­lor of Laws
  • Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma in Infor­ma­tion Technology
  • Speak Greek (lim­it­ed work­ing proficiency).

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Publications

Fail­ing to Reg­is­ter a PPSR Secu­ri­ty Inter­est on Time – Legal Risks and Options

Intro­duc­tionTime­ly reg­is­tra­tion of secu­ri­ty inter­ests under the Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) is essen­tial for secured cred­i­tors to…

Nav­i­gat­ing Pri­or­i­ty Dis­putes under the PPSR: Path­ways and con­sid­er­a­tions for Secured Parties

The Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Reg­is­ter (PPSR) serves as a vital frame­work for estab­lish­ing and pro­tect­ing inter­ests in per­son­al prop­er­ty in Aus­tralia…

In the News

2023 Swaab’s Annu­al Insol­ven­cy, Financier & Com­mer­cial Drinks

Each year Swaab’s Insol­ven­cy, Financier and Com­mer­cial team hosts an indus­try wide net­work­ing func­tion. The event sees insol­ven­cy prac­ti­tion­ers, accoun­tants…

2023 Cor­po­rate World Cup

Last Fri­day 3 March, a team of eager foot­ballers known as the #swaaberoos, rep­re­sent­ed Swaab at the annu­al Foot­ball Devel­op­ment Aus­trali­a’s 202…

Part­ner, Ger­ald Carides and Para­le­gal, Renee Hinkel­bein attend the Bendi­go Cup 2022

Part­ner, Ger­ald Carides and Para­le­gal, Renee Hinkel­bein were invit­ed by Sand­hurst Trustees / Bendi­go and Ade­laide Bank to attend the…

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