Disputes and Investigations
How we can help
We help clients navigate complex and contentious issues and bet-the-farm disputes. While litigation should always be a last resort, we understand it can be necessary to protect your reputation and commercial position.
Our disputes and investigations partners act in many of Australia’s most significant disputes and have an unparalleled reputation for providing strategic, pragmatic and commercial advice. They’re supported by highly specialised teams, as well as document review technology designed for the thorough and exacting demands of significant disputes and investigations.
Services
We handle significant, complex, and high-stakes disputes, often involving multiple simultaneous inquiries, investigations and associated litigation.
Class actions
We advise on all types of class actions, including financial services, consumer, product liability, shareholder, securities, antitrust, environmental, cyber and privacy.
Corporate and commercial disputes
We advise on contractual, regulatory, shareholder, transactional, investment, joint ventures, finance, real estate, insurance, ESG, insolvency, tax and employment disputes.
Corporate misconduct and directors’ duties
We advise on alleged violations of the Corporations Act and ASIC Act, AML/CTF, insider trading, cartels, market abuse, fraud and misleading or deceptive conduct.
Commission and inquiries
We advise on royal commissions, parliamentary inquiries, coronial inquiries, commissions of inquiry, public inquiries and special commissions of inquiry.
Regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings
We advise on investigation and enforcement processes with ASIC, APRA, the ACCC, the ATO, the OAIC and AUSTRAC.