Gavin Douglas

Practice Areas

Corporate Advisory

Career

Gavin has over 20 years of experience advising clients on corporate and commercial law matters.

He advises publicly and privately owned corporate clients on both regulated and unregulated transactions, including fundraising, acquisitions, divestments, investments and restructuring.

Gavin is recognised as a specialist in advising companies on managing risks, liabilities and opportunities in commercial contracts.

Gavin’s career experience includes working as in-house legal counsel for Qantas Airways Limited (an ASX 50 company). From this, he brings a first-hand appreciation of the importance of providing sensible, pragmatic advice that satisfies commercial drivers and achieves desired business outcomes.

Gavin is valued by clients and their advisors for his ability to find practical solutions to legal and commercial problems.

He is the Author and Editor of the LexisNexis Practical Guidance series on private treaty transactions, takeovers and schemes of arrangement.

Before joining Mills Oakley in 2012, Gavin’s career included roles with leading global law firms in Sydney and Perth, in a specialist corporate advisory practice and with Qantas as in-house counsel.