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BAR ADMISSION

2021

SENIOR COUNSEL

Stephen has a broad practice, with a focus on commercial and regulatory disputes, class actions and corporate crime. Stephen also regularly advises on regulatory investigations and search warrants.

Before coming to the Bar, Stephen was a Senior Associate at Ashurst and practised as an attorney at a leading law firm in New York. Before that, he was Tipstaff to the Honourable Ian G Harrison of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Stephen is a co-author of the textbook, Corporate Misconduct & White-Collar Crime in Australia: Regulation, Investigation & Enforcement (Thomson Reuters, 2022). He is also a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Melbourne and UNSW.

Stephen holds law degrees from Sydney University and Columbia University in New York, and a Bachelor of Advanced Arts (Hons 1) from Sydney University. He was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 2013.