Matthew Swinn leads the King & Wood Mallesons dispute resolution practice, which is active in a large range of claims in multiple fields, including insurance and cybercrime, with a strong focus on the financial services industry. Team members have been defending regulatory proceedings and class actions that followed the Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services space. Moira Saville is active in the defence of financial and corporate clients in civil penalty proceedings and responsible lending class actions, while Alexander Morris is skilled in shareholder class actions and consumer credit insurance class actions. Liam Burgess is experienced in defending responsible lending class action claims and civil penalty proceedings, as well as consumer class actions and consumer lending remediation. Eleanor Atkins is noted for her work in securities class actions against large companies in Australia.
Testimonials
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‘The team has a wealth of experience and strategic capability at the partner level and a deep pool of talent and resources below the partner level. It has particular strength in the defence of securities consumer class actions.’
‘Moira Saville and Alexander Morris frequently work together as a team and complement each other's work. Moira is a highly trusted adviser on class actions and large-scale litigation. Despite frequently working across several matters, she has an unparalleled grasp of the detail. Alex Morris is a creative thinker with deep knowledge of corporations law and procedure, which complements his class actions experience.’
Key clients
- Insignia Financial Ltd
- Commonwealth – Department of Defence
Work highlights
- Represented Insignia in the trial of a shareholder class action in the Federal Court.
- Advising Medibank on all aspects of its response to a cybercrime incident including representing the client in Federal Court consumer class action proceedings and in its defence of a securities class action commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria.