Boutique firm Phi Finney McDonald specialises in high-value, plaintiff-side class actions, with a focus on shareholder class actions. Managing director Ben Phi leads the team alongside Tim Finney and Odette McDonald. Phi is experienced in litigation and in multi-jurisdictional class actions, with McDonald skilled in shareholder class actions and cross-border matters both in Australia and the UK, and Finney’s expertise extending to class actions and litigation in the financial services sector. Jeremy Zimet specialises in shareholder class actions, and Jack Gracie is noted for his work in employee and shareholder class actions.
Testimonials
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‘Incredibly smart and knowledgeable, with the ability to stand out in the crowd through practical and pragmatic application to the problems at hand and to foresee those that are likely to emerge in the future.’
‘Tim Finney is a practitioner with superb legal skill and expertise, who is never flustered and leads from the front. The PFM team overall is consistent with an approach that means dealing with one is the same as dealing with all. The approachability is high and they are real people, willing to be seen as real people with high-quality legal skill.’
Key clients
- Californian State Teachers Retirement System
- Teachers Retirement System of Texas
Work highlights
- Representing a range of clients (including institutional investor clients) in a shareholder class action against BHP in Australia.
- Representing First Nations Leaders on behalf of all Torres Strait Islanders, in a landmark climate change class action against the Commonwealth of Australia on behalf of all Torres Strait Islanders facing the climate crisis, for breach of duty of care.