Amanda is a senior associate in the commercial litigation group. She has experience in civil litigation and dispute resolution. Her commercial dispute expertise includes insolvency, fraud and asset tracing, proceeds of crime, and cross-border jurisdictional issues.
Amanda has practised law in Australia, in both criminal and civil matters, and worked as a lawyer in England.
Examples of Work
- Canada Trust Company v Stolzenberg - obtaining freezing orders from the High Court in London that were executed in a number of European, Carribean, and Channel Island countries, for the trustees of a North American company's pension fund that had been the victim of serious fraud (the value of the fraud was US$1 billion)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (the auditors of Beneficial Finance Corporation) - litigation arising out of the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia
- Investigating possible breaches of the Corporations Law (Australia) in relation to the acquisition by ANI of ABT (a German environmental firm) from one of its major shareholders
- Various creditors (including financial institutions) - mortgage enforcement over real property and other securities
- The Australian Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - restraining orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act (included the identification and restraint of assets located in Australia and elsewhere)
Other Credentials
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- The Law Society (England and Wales) - Member
- Law Society of New South Wales - Member
