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Dispute Resolution - Australia

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What the Team is Known For

Ashurst maintains a deep bench offering leading international corporate and government clients global reach and expertise across key industry sectors, with noted strengths in the handling of construction, energy and resources, and financial services disputes. In addition to having a comprehensive commercial litigation capability, it is active on both domestic and international arbitration, prominent in the class action sphere and in disputes concerning road and rail infrastructure, and sought after to advise on both domestic and international regulatory investigations.

Work Highlights

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  • Ashurst acted for Plus500AU in relation to two class actions alleging a range of contraventions.

Strengths

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Ashurst has a pretty good breadth of knowledge, understands our services and has good relationships with the regulators.

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Ashurst has a deep understanding of our business, great strategic thinking and is easy to work with.

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The firm is very knowledgeable on the law and able to explain its position clearly.

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Carter
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Andrew Carter
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Band 2
Andrew Carter, based in Sydney, acts extensively on investigatory and contentious regulatory mandates, frequently representing leading banks and other prominent financial services providers.

Andrew Carter thinks deeply about his matters, is always across the details and adds very valuable insights.

Andrew is an excellent, very strong black letter lawyer and is obviously very experienced.

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Nicholas Mavrakis
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Nicholas Mavrakis
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Nicholas Mavrakis acts prominently for leading players in the financial services and resources spheres on high-profile investigatory and regulatory mandates. He is based in Ashurst's Sydney office.

Client-focus wise, Nick is just superb. He's so devoted, completely focused and his responsiveness is fantastic.

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Angela Pearsall
3
Angela Pearsall
3
Band 3

Angela Pearsall is based in Sydney and stands out for her handling of large-scale commercial litigation in the Australian market, notably including class actions generated by significant insolvency-related disputes.

Angela is fantastic; she is a force.

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John Pavlakis
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John Pavlakis
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John Pavlakis stands out for the versatility of his class action practice, encompassing the representation of both public and private sector clients across an unusually varied range of issues. He is based in Sydney.
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Rani John
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Rani John
3
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Rani John stands out for combining the regular handling of mandates with investigatory or regulatory aspects with a noted flair for the representation of individual executives. She is based in Sydney.

She is efficient, sensible and understands how to translate complex legalese.

Rani is incredibly easy to work with and gives succinct, quality advice.

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Wen-Ts'ai Lim
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Wen-Ts'ai Lim
4
Band 4
Wen-Ts'ai Lim enjoys widespread market recognition as a highly effective litigator of long standing in the disputes space, where he has practised for over 30 years. He is based in Sydney.
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Ian Bolster
5
Ian Bolster
5
Band 5
Ian Bolster is based in Sydney and represents domestic and international clients from the financial services and retailer sectors in civil penalty proceedings and class action defence, among other matters.

He is very user-friendly, very commercial and works very well as part of a team.

Ian is a fantastic litigator who is good with strategy.

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Andrew Carter
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Andrew Carter
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Band 2
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Nicholas Mavrakis
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Nicholas Mavrakis
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Angela Pearsall
3
Angela Pearsall
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John Pavlakis
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John Pavlakis
3
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Rani John
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Rani John
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Wen-Ts'ai Lim
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Wen-Ts'ai Lim
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Ian Bolster
5
Ian Bolster
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