Todd has practiced at the Bar for 30 years and as Senior Counsel since 2003. He is predominantly a trial advocate with extensive experience across all jurisdictions in all Superior Courts of Australia, with emphasis in equity and commercial law. He also appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeal and […]
Banking & Finance
John Halley SC
John was called to the Bar in 1993 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2008. He is an experienced competition, commercial and corporations Silk who has appeared in a diverse range of significant hearings in the Federal Court and the NSW Supreme Court. He has predominately been involved in the preparation and conduct of lengthy and […]
Elizabeth Collins SC
Elizabeth was called to the Bar in 1996 and became Senior Counsel in 2010. She regularly appears in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales, predominantly in the Equity Division. Elizabeth practices in the areas of commercial law and taxation, with a particular emphasis on corporations law and insolvency. […]
Robert Hollo SC
Robert is an experienced commercial Silk. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2011. He regularly appears in the Federal Court, State Supreme Courts and tribunals around the country. He conducts both trials and appeals. Robert has had involvement in significant commercial litigation and class actions. He has appeared for and advised major retail and investment […]
James Hmelnitsky SC
James represents a diverse range of corporate, private and government clients in commercial and revenue disputes. He appears regularly in taxation appeals in the Federal Court of Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and in revenue and commercial matters in other State and Territory courts and tribunals. He has appeared in the High Court in […]
Michael O’Meara
Michael was called to the Bar in 2005. Prior to coming to the Bar he was a Senior Associate at Minter Ellison. Michael graduated from the Australian National University as a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 2000, winning the University Medal in Law and the Supreme Court Judges’ prize. He […]
David Thomas
David appears across Australia in complex commercial, corporate, revenue, trade practices and constitutional matters. He has appeared in High Court appeals in each of these areas. Clients for which David has acted include 20 banks in Australia’s largest commercial dispute (the Bell litigation), NAB in market misconduct proceedings concerning the Bank Bill Swap Rate, Woolworths […]
Donald Mitchell
Donald is an experienced commercial counsel who regularly appears in the superior courts and tribunals of New South Wales and the Commonwealth. His practice encompasses a wide spectrum of commercial law, including insurance, professional negligence, insolvency, corporations and general equity matters. Donald has also been involved in a number of commissions of inquiry (including as […]
James Arnott
James joined the NSW Bar in 2008. James practises in all areas of commercial law, with a focus on large commercial disputes and class actions, competition and consumer law, corporations law, professional negligence and regulatory investigations (including by the ACCC and ASIC). Before coming to the Bar, James was a Senior Associate at Allens. James […]
Imtiaz Ahmed
Imtiaz was called to the Bar in 2010. Prior to that time, he practised for several years as a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution group of Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney and was an Associate to the Honourable Justice Lindgren of the Federal Court of Australia. He holds a Master of Laws from Harvard […]
Patrick Holmes
Patrick was admitted to practice in 2000. Before coming to the bar in 2011 he practised as a solicitor for nearly 11 years (seven as a Senior Associate) in the Commercial Litigation Group at Allens Arthur Robinson (now known as Allens). Both as a barrister and as a solicitor, the focus of Patrick’s practice has been […]
Patrick Meagher
Patrick commenced practice at the Bar in 2014 after spending five years in New York as a commercial litigator at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP. He is briefed in a broad range of commercial matters, and has appeared in the Federal Court, the NSW Supreme Court, and federal and state tribunals. Currently, he is junior […]
Rob Davies
Rob was admitted to practice in 2001 and subsequently called to the Bar in 2014. He is also admitted as an attorney in the State of New York. Rob practices in both commercial law and public law. Prior to being called to the Bar, Rob gained extensive experience as a solicitor for 12 years, having […]
Alicia Lyons
Alicia was admitted to practice in 2012 and called to the Bar in 2017. She accepts briefs in all areas of law. Before coming to the Bar, Alicia was Associate to the Hon. Justice Bell of the High Court of Australia and later an Associate at Allens in the Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution and […]













