About

Chris is a partner in the Sydney office of Holman Webb and practices in all areas of civil litigation.

Chris provides legal advice to business and individuals across a wide range of industries including, property, banking/finance, insolvency, trade credit, and media.

Chris draws on experience gained across a range of industries and his clients include real estate investors and developers, financiers, building supply companies and insolvency practitioners.

Acting for both plaintiffs and defendants, Chris has successfully represented a variety of clients to recover millions in judgments and settlements, defended claims and achieved favourable resolutions without trial by using mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Business and Commerce
• Bachelor of Laws
• Advanced Certificate in Insolvency

Areas of Expertise

With over a decade of litigation experience, Chris has a particular focus on:

• Trade credit and financial service / mortgagee recoveries
• Property and lease disputes (including section 66G applications, and disputes involving easements and caveats)
• Bankruptcy, liquidation and insolvency related matters including defending preference claims on behalf of businesses, acting for directors under public examination, and acting for insolvency practitioners in a wide range of actions (including public examinations, voidable transaction claims, section 477(2A) & (2B), 439A, and 480 applications)
• Trade Practices, Competition and Consumer Act, and defamation claims.

Professional Memberships

Law Society of New South Wales
AICM (Australian Institute of Credit Management)