About

‘Adam Cooper is a very experienced commercial general counsel and company secretary, heavily relied on by the executive at Flinders Ports Holdings, not just in respect of legal matters, but also strategic guidance and to achieve commercial outcomes. He has a high degree of commercial acumen. The nature of Flinders Ports business gives rise to a broad range of legal and commercial issues, all of which Cooper drives. He clearly has the confidence of the board and the CEO to help the business navigate complex matters, including banking and finance, competition matters, employment issues, environmental, health and safety, regulatory, corporate insolvency, property matters, general disputes and no doubt others. He is also extremely easy to work with and is an excellent leader within Flinders Ports. It is clear his team enjoy working with him. His breadth of expertise and experience is illustrated by these examples: managing the re-finance of Flinders Ports banking facilities, running the businesses response to the urgent suspension of operations at one of its ports, including subsequent claims, management of stakeholders and ongoing works, acting as Flinders Ports representative on the committee of inspection of a failed iron ore miner, including advising the liquidator on complex Federal Court proceedings’.