Wayne has a high level of experience in corporate litigation, regulatory compliance, asset recovery and dispute resolution.
Examples of Wayne's work include:
- Assisting Citigroup in the recovery of large margin loans from directors and officers of MFS Ltd;
- Assisting the voluntary administrators of the Octaviar Group in relation to claims exceeding $100m;
- Advising Gordian Runoff Ltd (formerly GIO Insurance Ltd) in Emanuel Group litigation (claims exceeding $300 million);
- Assisting directors of Preston Resources Ltd with capital raising and due diligence in respect of $800 million nickel mining venture in central Queensland;
- Resisting ASIC and ACCC litigation against public companies, their officers as well as operators of managed investment schemes;
- Representing the interests of a Singaporean based listed entity in a dispute concerning marina infrastructure issues in Fiji.
General Experience:
- Major litigation undertakings in all superior court jurisdictions concerning contractual, intellectual property, construction, banking and finance claims;
- Representing and advising litigation financiers/underwriters, banking institutions, mortgage originators and managed investment schemes in developing and pursuing asset recovery and litigation strategies;
- Representing key service providers to the mining and civil contracting industries in regulatory disputes with ACCC;
- ASX Listing Rules advice and recommendations;
- Advice on fundraising under Chapter 6D of Corporations Act 2001;
- Acting for insolvency practitioners in the coordination and prosecution of public examinations, property/asset recovery, preference litigation, injunctions, declarations and court directions;
- Trade practices and fair trading litigation involving damages claims for consequential loss, misleading and deceptive conduct and anti-competitive practices;
- Resolution of disputes between incorporated partnerships, joint venture parties and shareholders in dead-lock;
- Advice on insured parties rights, subrogation and claims; representing parties in response to formal ASIC investigations and examinations conducted as a prelude to ASIC litigation;
- Defamation claims;
- Fraud in the Banking & Finance sector.