Chad Bochan
Chad Bochan advises on energy and infrastructure financings in Asia Pacific. He also works on IBOR transition mandates for domestic and international clients, and leads Clifford Chance's Australian financial markets regulatory practice.
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Donna Wacker
Donna Wacker is the Head of contentious regulatory and contentious insolvency in Hong Kong, and a core partner in the Asia Regulatory Group. Admitted in Hong Kong, Australia and England & Wales, Donna has more than 20 years experience in Asia, advising on contentious and advisory regulatory matters and complex litigation with an emphasis on the financial services industry.
Donna's experience extends across advising banks, alternative investment funds, brokerages and listed companies in a wide range of regulatory matters and investigations by regulators across Asia, including investigations into insider dealing and market manipulation, short selling and position reporting.
Mark Grime
Mark Grime advises on complex and high-stakes antitrust / competition law matters and investigations, including in relation to merger control, cartels and unilateral conduct. His practice focuses particularly on advising clients in respect of antitrust issues and obtaining regulatory approvals for large (and contentious) transactions. Prior to joining Clifford Chance Mark worked in the Enforcement and Mergers divisions of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. He is dual qualified in Australia and New York.
Nadia Kalic
Nadia Kalic specialises in M&A and Projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. She has worked on domestic and cross-border transactions across Europe, MENA, APAC and Australia.
Nadia previously worked in Dubai and is a member of Clifford Chance’s Worldwide Projects Group. She is also a member of the Global ESG Board and Global Responsible Business Board.
Naomi Griffin
With over 20 years' experience in her legal career, Naomi has acted for clients across a range of sectors and industries on complex commercial litigation, class actions and regulatory investigations. She has experience litigating in the Federal Court and Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria as well as in the Queens Bench division in the UK (being admitted as a solicitor in NSW and the High Court of Australia and in England and Wales). She has advised clients in parliamentary inquiries and follow-on litigation to such inquiries. Naomi is Co-Chair of the firm's global Class Actions and Group Litigation Group, Co-Chair of the Innovation & Best Delivery Committee for APAC and a member of the global ESG Risk working group.
Naomi previously worked for a top tier Australian firm, in-house at a global bank and in-house at a wealth manager. She has training and experience as a legal project manager and regularly integrates technology into her team's project delivery.
Naomi is highly regarded by clients for her technical skills and trial experience. She earned her Masters of Business Administration from Warwick Business School, Warwick University, her Masters of Law from the University of New South Wales and her Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Science from the University of Newcastle (with an emphasis on chemistry).
Naomi is a passionate supporter of the firm's Accelerate network promoting greater diversity and inclusion.
Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon specialises in financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, project and infrastructure transactions, corporate lending and restructurings, acting for both lenders and borrowers.
Robert Tang
Robert Tang is a specialist in complex commercial litigation and international arbitration across Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on construction & infrastructure, energy & resources and TMT sectors. Robert acts as counsel and as arbitrator.
Robert has extensive domestic and international experience in leading large-scale, high profile and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration, including international commercial arbitrations conducted under the ACICA, HKIAC, ICC, UNICTRAL and SIAC Rules.
He was the recipient of the Young ADR Practitioner of the Year in the Australian ADR Awards 2018.
Sam Luttrell
Dr Sam Luttrell is a Partner in the International Arbitration Group at Clifford Chance, based in Perth, Australia.
With a focus on disputes in the natural resources sector, Sam's globally-recognised practice covers both international commercial arbitration and investor-State arbitration. Examples of his experience in investor-State arbitration include high-profile cases against Thailand, Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Greenland and Denmark, Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Slovakia.
In addition to his work as counsel, Sam regularly publishes on international arbitration and international investment law topics and teaches at universities and arbitral institutions across the Asia-Pacific region.University of Western Australia (LLB/BA) 200
Articled Clerk, Kott Gunning Lawyers 2004
Admitted as a solicitor in Western Australia 2004
Law Lecturer, Murdoch University 2006
Murdoch University (PhD) 2009
Associate, Allens Arthur Robinson 2009
Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2011
Joined Clifford Chance 2013
Partner since 2017