Stephen maintains a broad practice, with a particular focus on commercial litigation, regulatory and civil penalty proceedings (appearing for companies and individuals), class actions, banking and financial services law, and corporate crime.
Before coming to the Bar, Stephen was a Senior Associate at Ashurst and practised as an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York. Before that, he was Tipstaff to the Honourable Ian G Harrison of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
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 has been recognised in the 2024 and 2025 editions of Doyles Guide as a Leading Junior Counsel in Regulatory and White-Collar Crime.
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.
