As part of the cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial team at Swaab, I assist clients with cor­po­rate struc­tur­ing and restruc­tur­ing, com­mer­cial con­tract draft­ing, reviews and nego­ti­a­tions, busi­ness sales and pur­chas­es, fran­chis­ing, IT and cyber secu­ri­ty advice, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty appli­ca­tions and infringe­ments, and oth­er trans­ac­tion­al works. I am pas­sion­ate about being part of my clien­t’s busi­ness and becom­ing their trust­ed advisor.

Hav­ing worked in Aus­tralia and over­seas, I have a com­bined legal expe­ri­ence of near­ly 20 years work­ing in-house and at pri­vate prac­tices includ­ing Pra­da SpA (HKG1913), Has­bro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS), Shen­wan Hongyuan Group (SHE000166), Kennedys (UK law firm), Apple­by (Bermu­da law firm), Shear­man & Ster­ling (renamed as A&O Shear­man, US law firm), and a few Syd­ney CBD law firms such as Kof­fels, Sajen Legal and Lawpath.

Apart from my legal admis­sion to the Supreme Court of NSW, I am also a prac­tis­ing Pub­lic Notary in NSW, a retired char­tered sec­re­tary in the UK and Hong Kong, and a non-prac­tis­ing solic­i­tor in New Zealand.

Exper­tise

  • Com­mer­cial
  • Cor­po­rate
  • Cyber
  • Fran­chis­ing
  • Intel­lec­tu­al Property

Sec­tors

  • Hotels & Hospitality
  • Man­u­fac­tur­ing and Industrials
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Ser­vices Pro­fes­sion­al & Non-professional

Expe­ri­ences

I have exten­sive expe­ri­ence advis­ing clients of their cor­po­rate struc­tures and assist­ing with legal struc­ture set-ups (includ­ing trust set-ups) and restruc­tur­ings. I also assist busi­ness­es in draft­ing, review­ing and nego­ti­at­ing all sorts of com­mer­cial doc­u­ments and advis­ing on legal com­pli­ances and cor­po­rate gov­er­nance. In the past, I duly assist­ed busi­ness­es in putting in place legal com­pli­ant doc­u­men­ta­tion that best pro­tects their inter­ests and defends them in dis­putes, claims or court proceedings.

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

  • Appoint­ed as a Pub­lic Notary NSW (2024)
  • Legal Admis­sion in New Zealand (2014) (non-prac­tis­ing solicitor)
  • Legal Admis­sion in NSW Aus­tralia (2013)
  • Asso­ciate Mem­ber of the Insti­tute of Char­tered Sec­re­taries and Admin­is­tra­tors (ICSA) in the UK and the Hong Kong Insti­tute of Char­tered Sec­re­taries (HKICS) in Hong Kong (mem­ber­ship since 2007 but retired in 2018)
  • Mas­ter of Laws in Legal Prac­tice (LLM) (Aus­tralia)
  • Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma in Legal Stud­ies (Aus­tralia)
  • Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma in Legal Prac­tice (Aus­tralia)
  • Bach­e­lor of Laws (LLB) (UK)
  • Mas­ter of Sci­ence in Pro­fes­sion­al Account­ing and Cor­po­rate Gov­er­nance (MSc) (Hong Kong)
  • Bach­e­lor of Arts in Eng­lish Stud­ies (BA) (Hong Kong)

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Publications

Aus­tralian Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing AML/CTF Tranche 2 laws are coming

Australia’s Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing and Counter-Ter­ror­ism Financ­ing (AML/CTF) Act is designed to stop ille­gal funds from enter­ing the finan­cial sys­tem. It…

Reform­ing Retail Leas­es? Retail Leas­es Amend­ment (Review) Bill 2025 (NSW)

What does the Retail Leas­es Amend­ment (Review) Bill 2025 mean for land­lords and ten­ants in NSW?On 14 Octo­ber 2025, the Min­is­ter…

Copy­right and Gen­er­a­tive AI: what Aus­tralia can learn from the Meta and Anthrop­ic Rulings

In 2025, two U.S. court deci­sions, Kadrey v. Meta and Bartz v. Anthrop­ic, have pro­vid­ed the first real judi­cial answers…

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