Matthew Harvey KC

Practice Areas

Matthew Harvey KC is a leading senior counsel with a broad commercial practice.

Since 1996, he has developed a diverse commercial practice, both in trial and appellate work. He has significant expertise in corporations law and corporate insolvency, insurance, contracts, trusts and equity, transport and trade, and arbitration.

His work for multinational organisations has led him to develop an interest in international taxation, including transfer pricing, thin capitalisation, CFC Rules, and double tax treaties.

Matthew appears regularly in the Supreme Court, Federal Court, Court of Appeal and in international and domestic arbitrations. He is often briefed in proceedings before the superior courts in other States. He has appeared in the High Court of Australia. Matthew also conducts domestic and international arbitrations and has delivered numerous awards.

Matthew also lectures in mergers and acquisitions law in the Juris Doctor program at the RMIT Law School.

Liability limited by a scheme approved by Professional Standards Legislation

Professional Memberships

Commercial Bar Association

Tax Bar Association

Titulary Member of the Comité Maritime International

Law Programs Advisory Board, RMIT University

Victorian Legal Admissions Committee

Victorian Bar Arbitration Committee

Victorian Bar Pro Bono Committee (Chair)

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Fellow/panel arbitrator of: Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission (AMTAC), and Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ)