Our Team

Marc Bad­dams

Partner
Lit­i­ga­tion, Insol­ven­cy, Stra­ta

I am an expe­ri­enced com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tor, with a track record of suc­cess­ful out­comes in con­test­ed lit­i­ga­tion, as well as out of court dis­pute res­o­lu­tion. I am known for my strate­gic approach to all forms of lit­i­ga­tion and dis­pute res­o­lu­tion and my abil­i­ty to clear­ly iden­ti­fy and address issues to resolve dis­putes in a way that meets client objectives.

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.

Publications

Cor­po­ra­tions and defamation

Sev­er­al high-pro­file Aus­tralians have become embroiled in defama­tion cas­es in recent months.  A pub­li­ca­tion about a per­son com­mu­ni­cat­ed to a third par­ty…
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