Dispute Resolution
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 3
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Provided by Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team is highly regarded, with extensive specialist experience advising on some of the most complex, high profile and often sensitive matters for global and local household names across a broad range of industry sectors, as well as high profile and high net worth individuals. We provide clients with first-class strategic advice to meet their legal and commercial business needs, offering a seamless service across multiple jurisdictions. We have breadth and depth of experience across every major industry and in particular healthcare and life sciences, IT, telecommunications, financial services and consumer goods and retail.
In the class action space, our team acted in numerous class actions over the past year, on both the plaintiff and defendant side in a variety of industry sectors.
Key areas of specialist work in the group include class and funded actions, regulator investigations, data protection and cybersecurity, IT and telco disputes, shareholder disputes, product liability, healthcare litigation, insolvency disputes and arbitration. We act on high value and complex commercial claims and cross-border disputes.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie maintains a well-resourced, highly experienced dispute resolution group, acknowledged for its financial services, restructuring and insolvency, and technology-related expertise. The team attracts attention for its involvement in prominent class actions and for the representation of individuals or companies facing regulatory inquiry or prosecution, bringing to the latter work valuable experience of having acted both for and against regulatory bodies. It is also active on behalf of both customers and suppliers engaged in disputes arising in the IT and telecommunications sectors and for healthcare and consumer goods sector clients. The firm is well placed to handle cross-border litigation, particularly in the construction and resources spheres.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie acted for CMC Markets Asia Pacific in its defence of a class action in the Federal Court of Australia brought on behalf of retail customers who entered into or acquired an interest in contracts for difference and binary options issued by CMC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Baker McKenzie is always focused on the best commercial outcome for its clients."
"I like the way the lawyers can cut through complexity and provide concise advice quicky and efficiently."
"Baker McKenzie is always focused on the best commercial outcome for its clients."
"I like the way the lawyers can cut through complexity and provide concise advice quicky and efficiently."
Notable Practitioners
Alex Wolff is based in Melbourne and maintains a broad practice which extends across such varied sectors such as energy, health, forestry and logistics. Wolff is extremely adept at handling regulatory matters - particularly those which fall within the ambit of the ACCC.
"Alex is incredibly hands-on and communicative with clients."
Mark Chapple acts chiefly on disputes arising out of commercial arrangements such as joint ventures, complex contracts, and investor and shareholder agreements. He is based in Sydney.
"Mark Chapple is a very accomplished and streetwise lawyer. He is very intellectual and able to communicate really well."
Andrew Salgo is based in Sydney and operates a varied and versatile practice, often focused on matters of high reputational significance to the clients concerned.
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