Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Australia
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Hall & Wilcox
HW Funds is Australia’s leading investment funds advisory team, with one of the largest specialist teams in the country. We partner clients at each stage of their journey from licensing and structuring, to finance, transactions, and tax, to litigation and exit strategies. Our multi-disciplinary expertise offers an integrated view of the broader marketplace, challenges, risks, opportunities and business implications. We establish retail and wholesale funds across a variety of asset classes, including property, agribusiness, securities, fintech, hedge funds, private debt, listed funds, venture capital and private equity, significant investor visa, renewables, and other alternative asset classes. We also establish less common wholesale managed investment vehicles, such as platforms (IDPS), hedge funds with overseas feeder structures, and capital guaranteed products. We advise responsible entities, trustees, and promoters of managed funds throughout Australia as well as investment managers, platform operators, brokers and distributors, custodians, administrators, advisers, and other stakeholders in the financial services sector. We are industry pioneers, registering the first AFS licence in Australia authorising a person to operate a corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV) and the first managed investment scheme. We take an active role in key industry bodies such as the Property Funds Association, Property Council of Australia, and the Financial Services Council.
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Hall & Wilcox is experienced in advising investment fund managers, asset managers and trustees on the establishment and raising of both wholesale and retail funds. The practice boasts a strong offering in the property funds space, with expertise in acting for international and domestic clients on a range of matters, including fund acquisitions and restructures.
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Hall & Wilcox assisted MezFi with the establishment of the MezFi Fund 1, a retail managed investment scheme structured as a unit trust and registered with ASIC.
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Hall & Wilcox offer a very personalised service. The partners are absolutely accessible and always deliver high quality work.
The team at Hall & Wilcox has always shown a commercial approach to resolving matters, without compromising the legal structure and robustness.
I've been very impressed with Hall & Wilcox's quality of service and their ability to work on some of our really complex issues. They get up to speed and drive things forward to a solution.
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Harry has a very client-centric approach in his dealings and he makes himself available. He is also very pragmatic and keen to find solutions.
Harry New knows our business incredibly well. He also has great knowledge of the industry and the whole regulatory environment.
Langton is an excellent and responsive lawyer on complex matters.
Langton is good at seeing the big picture as well as considering smaller operational issues.
Langton Clarke stands out for his knowledge, commercial focus and responsiveness.
Sean McMahon is known for his expertise in advising funds in a variety of sectors, including property, equities and mortgages, both wholesale and retail.
Sean has great commercial awareness and always provides great service.
Sean goes over and above in his service and communication to ensure the transaction is delivered on time and on budget.
Sean McMahon always gives great service. He is commercial in his approach and has terrific market knowledge.
Head of Investment Funds
Investment Funds
Investment Funds
Provided by Hall & Wilcox
Eugene Chen
John Bassilios
Adrian Verdnik
John Hutchinson
Vince Battaglia
James Morvell
Anne MacNamara
Vanessa Murphy
Langton Clarke
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