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Baker McKenzie Offices

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181 WILLIAM STREET
MELBOURNE, VIC 3000
Australia
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Ian Innes

Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Ian is a partner in the Brisbane office. He is a highly experienced insolvency, litigation and dispute resolution lawyer, having acted for a broad range of organisations in both the private and public sectors within Australia and internationally. Ian also has extensive experience gained across a range of industries in an insolvency context for financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and creditors.
Ian acts for unsecured and secured creditors, insolvency appointees and debtors, in contentious and non-contentious insolvency work, including complex administrations and receiverships in a number of industries. He has wide experience in dispute resolution and litigation across a broad range of organisations in both the public and private sectors within Australia and overseas. Ian has acted in courts in jurisdictions in Australia, and has instructed on various matters outside the country. His recent experience includes acting in energy and resources disputes, administrative law litigation including challenges to major project approvals, and asset recovery work in international jurisdictions.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Restructuring and insolvency
(Next Generation Partners)With particularly strong international capabilities, the restructuring and insolvency team at Baker McKenzie represents a diverse range of international and domestic clients in major voluntary administration, recapitalisation, and product liability class actions. With particular expertise in dispute resolution, Peter Lucarelli leads the team, while Gavin Rakoczy leads on distressed refinancing and debt related matters. Ian Innes is another key contact with experience in representing clients before Australian Supreme Courts. Maria O’Brien departed the firm in May 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Australia > Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency Australia
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Firm Rankings
- Competition and trade
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Infrastructure projects and construction
- IT and telecoms
- Media and entertainment
- Real estate
- Tax
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Labour and employment
- Project finance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- White-collar crime
- Capital markets