Child & Child

Corporate

Consultant

I qualified as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia in 1996, and in England in 2000, and I have been a consultant solicitor with Child & Child since May 2021.

I have extensive experience in finance, corporate, and restructuring matters. I regularly advise on acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and special situations including distressed lending, structured finance, funds and private equity.

Prior to joining Child & Child, I was General Counsel of Scipion Capital, an asset manager focussed on commodity trade finance across Africa, and, before that, Group General Counsel of global trade merchant Gerald Metals and the private mining group Zamin. I also spent several years as a partner of Australian law firm, Chambers & Company, operating out of Melbourne, Perth and Beijing where I negotiated and documented many of the recent major mining and resources projects in Australia.  I also worked as a finance lawyer with law firms Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance in London, Hong Kong and Amsterdam.

I am co-founder of a green metals merchant, recycler and investor based in Zug, Switzerland and a partner of a specialist commodities law firm (Mercatis).

I am commercial and pro-active.

2021 - current   Consultant, Child & Child

2020 - current   Partner, Mercatis Law Europe LLP

2018 - current    Owner, Isle Forty One Advisors

2018 - 2020        General Counsel, Scipion Capital

2016 - 2018        General Counsel, Gerald Metals

2010 - 2016         General Counsel, Zamin Advisors

2004 - 2010        Partner, Chambers & Company (Melbourne, Perth &    Beijing)

2001 - 2004        Solicitor, Mayer Brown (London & Hong Kong)

1999 - 2001        Solicitor, Clifford Chance (London & Amsterdam)

1997 - 1999        Solicitor, Norton Rose (Melbourne)

1995 - 1997        Articled Clerk & Solicitor, Hanlons (Melbourne)

English

The Law Society

BPP Law School, London, 2000

Monash University, Melbourne (Arts & Law, 1990-1995)

Family, cycling, tennis, all-year-round sea swimming, sailing (Portsmouth  Sailing Club), photography and art.