Experience

Eastern Suburbs Football Association (ESFA)

• Australia
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Merryweather Law

• Sydney

• Managing Director

  • Nov 2015 - Present

  Owner and founder of Merryweather Law, a boutique commercial law firm enabling SME growth through clear legal advice and direction, owning problems and generally making your life easier. Owner and founder of Merryweather Law, a boutique commercial law firm enabling SME growth through clear legal advice and direction, owning problems and generally making your life easier.



Allion Partners

• Australia
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal, Corporate

  • Jul 2014 - Oct 2015

  I led a small team of lawyers helping predominantly small to mid-cap ASX-listed companies with their corporate and commercial legal requirements. Achievements included ◊ helping an ASX-listed company through the legal minefield of a back-door listing and associated equity capital raisings (approximately $1million) - one of the very few back-door listings in recent times to have received the requisite regulatory approvals without substantial regulatory interference and time delay ◊ drafting, negotiating and completing a $3 million business acquisition for an ASX listed company on time and within budget Presented at Governance Institute of Australia on due diligence Presented Negotiation Workshop to 'Little Girl, Big Dream'. Show less



Arnold Bloch Leibler

• Australia
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Partner

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2014

  As a Partner in ABL's corporate and commercial department, I led a small team of lawyers on matters ranging from complex aviation transactions (for Global Aviation Asset Management (GAMM)) to supply and distribution agreements for family-run businesses.My clients included ◊ Nufarm Limited ◊ Visy Packaging ◊ LJCB Investments Group ◊ PBL Media ◊ Carsales ◊ SEEK ◊ TMA Group ◊ Specialty Fashion Group

• Senior Associate

  • Feb 2005 - Jun 2008

  As a Senior Associate in ABL's corporate and commercial department, I acted on matters ranging from company and business acquisitions and exits to shopping centre part-divestments.My clients included ◊ Nufarm Limited ◊ Visy Packaging ◊ LJCB ◊ PBL Media ◊ Carsales ◊ SEEK ◊ TMA Group ◊ River Capital ◊ Besen Family (High-Point Shopping Centre)



Allens

• Australia
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Jul 2002 - Jan 2005

  As a senior associate at Allens I was responsible for: designing and drafting the 360 page scheme booklet for the demerger of WMC Limited into WMC Resources Limited and Alumina Limited, the largest demerger of its kind at that time and the first under demerger tax legislation; ◊ designing and drafting the scheme booklet and providing legal advice in relation to the takeover by scheme of arrangement of United Energy by Alinta and AMP Henderson; managing Amcor's domestic and international employee incentive scheme plans Show less



Allens

• Australia
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lawyer

  • Mar 1997 - Jan 2002

  As a lawyer at Allens I was responsible for: managing the roll-up of local Trading Post operations and the merger of the two largest domestic Trading Post magazines ◊ advising AMMI as an interested party in litigation between its then shareholders ◊ various governance and takeovers advice ◊ the national name change of ICI to Orica in 1997 As a lawyer at Allens I was responsible for: managing the roll-up of local Trading Post operations and the merger of the two largest domestic Trading Post magazines ◊ advising AMMI as an interested party in litigation between its then shareholders ◊ various governance and takeovers advice ◊ the national name change of ICI to Orica in 1997



ASIC

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Lawyer (Secondment)

  • 2001 - 2001