ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Victoria, Australia
High Court of Australia
NOTARY PUBLIC
ACCREDITATION
Accredited Commercial Law Specialist Law Institute of Victoria
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Zeal Consulting Pty Ltd
General Counsel & Strategist Melbourne, Victoria
Home Wilkinson & Lowry (now HWL Ebsworth)
Melbourne, Victoria(Head of Business Law Group)
Former director
Melbourne Football Club Ltd
Former honorary Secretary and Committee member
Commonwealth Golf Club Inc
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Law Institute of Victoria
Member, Law Council of Victoria
Vice President, Society of Notaries Victoria
Member, The Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries
Philip provides business law advice across a wide variety of industry sectors including manufacturing, wholesale & retail sales, personnel, agency, agriculture, food production, construction contracts, securities, transport and logistics, commercial property, technology and computer technology.
Philip acts in a general counsel role for many of our clients as well as being typically involved in matters such as:
Strategy, negotiation, advice and drafting contracts for a diverse range of commercial situations including for the acquisition, sale and/or restructure of businesses and assets, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, partnerships, licensing, manufacturing, distribution and export arrangements, confidentiality deeds, construction contracts, finance documentation and commercial trading terms and conditions.
Supervising and coordinating complex due diligence reviews and advice for business acquisitions or sales.
Commercial leasing.
Property acquisition & sale, subdivision and real property securities.
Advice and documentation as a consequence of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009.
Advice on and creation of corporate and trust structures.
Employment law including preparation of contracts of employment and independent contractor agreements, dismissals and redundancies, equal opportunity, OH&S, and restraints of trade.
Finance & Insurance (Insurance and Mortgage Brokers);
Intellectual Property.
Australian Consumer Law.
Philip is also an experienced Notary Public having been appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1990. He is frequently called upon to assist our clients with a variety of international documentation, the preparation of Certificates of Good Standing, verifications of documents and identity, legalisation of documents and obtaining Apostilles from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
