Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Previous Occupation:
Investment Banker, Solicitor
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel Profile:
John comes to the Bar with a great breadth of experience both in and outside the law. Admitted to practice in Victoria in 1985, he became a partner in the firm of Gadens Ridgeway (as it then was) in 1989. At Gadens Ridgeway, he practised initially in commercial litigation in all jurisdictions, then subsequently in commercial and residential property development, and general commercial work. When a partner in that firm, he spent a year and a half in the firm's Port Moresby office acting for financial institutions and trading companies, and heading the real property division in that office. In 1993 John established his own law firm in Kooyong which practised in Real Property, Private Business Support (including Sales & Acquisitions, Commercial Agreements and International Trade), Estate Planning & Trusts, and commercial dispute resolution. In 1997 John moved to London and remained in the United Kingdom for nine years. For most of that period he worked at Deutsche Bank in the City of London, initially in Equity Capital Markets in a convertible bond/equity-linked origination team, then for some years in Structured Capital Markets. In the latter role he was principally involved in executing large, multi-jurisdictional, principally tax-driven financing & investment transactions. Before leaving the UK, John spent a year living in the Scottish Highlands during which time he consulted to a ‘start-up' venture in virtual/home-based outsourcing. He has many interests outside the law, a number of which lead him to the Scottish Highlands!
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