Marc Bad­dams

Expe­ri­ence

My clients include pub­lic and pri­vate Aus­tralian and over­seas cor­po­ra­tions, Local Gov­ern­ment, small to medi­um enter­pris­es and indi­vid­u­als. I have act­ed in pro­ceed­ings involv­ing con­trac­tu­al dis­putes, direc­tor’s civ­il lia­bil­i­ty, cor­po­rate and per­son­al insol­ven­cy, part­ner­ship dis­putes, com­pe­ti­tion and con­sumer law (pre­vi­ous­ly trade prac­tices), prop­er­ty, tax­a­tion, trusts and neg­li­gence in the Supreme Court, Dis­trict Court, fed­er­al courts and var­i­ous tribunals. 

I have also act­ed in rep­re­sen­ta­tive pro­ceed­ings (class actions) in the Fed­er­al Court of Aus­tralia. My par­tic­u­lar inter­est is in com­mer­cial dis­putes, direc­tor’s lia­bil­i­ty and insolvency.

Exper­tise

• Gen­er­al com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tion and dis­pute resolution
• Con­trac­tu­al disputes
• Prop­er­ty disputes
• Cor­po­ra­tions law
• Part­ner­ship disputes
• Com­pe­ti­tion and con­sumer law
• Debt recov­ery
• Cor­po­rate insolvency
• Bank­rupt­cy

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

• GAICD, Aus­tralian Insti­tute of Com­pa­ny Direc­tors, 2018
  
• LLM, Cor­po­rate & Com­mer­cial Law spe­cial­i­sa­tion, Uni­ver­si­ty of NSW, 2011
• LLB, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wol­lon­gong, 2005