The ‘commercially minded’ Martin del Gallego leads the Piper Alderman dispute resolution and litigation team from Sydney, with a wealth of experience in disputes involving financial services, insurance, energy and resources, and construction clients. Gordon Grieve in Sydney, is sought after for his ’exceptional technical and tactical skills’, while Meriel Steadman is a key contact for the Perth office. In Sydney, the ‘highly experienced’ Kate Sambrook was promoted to partner in January 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Great technical understanding, coupled with high integrity.’
‘Piper Alderman's litigation team is highly competent, trustworthy and responsive.’
‘Kate Sambrook is a highly experienced, efficient and driven practitioner, who is an absolute pleasure to work with.'
- 'Martin del Gallego is commercially minded, an excellent communicator and very approachable.'
- 'Both Martin del Gallego and Kate Sambrook are strategic and able to change tack quite quickly, which is invaluable in fast paced litigation.’
‘Gordon Grieve has exceptional technical and tactical skills, as well as range and depth of litigation experience not available in other firms I have dealt with. Greg Whyte is also an outstanding litigator with great commercial awareness. More recent partners McKenzie Moore and Caterina Meduri are already outstanding practitioners with a maturity of approach beyond their years of practice.’
‘McKenzie Moore is client focused, has good legal judgment, and is not a pushover.'
‘Anne Freeman is a great partner, all over the complexities of the case and the detail while keeping perspective and strategy in mind at all times. A very safe pair of hands.'
Key clients
- Maxi EFX Global
- Bogasi Pty Ltd
- JRI Orthopaedics
- Damican Pty Ltd
- Millinium Capital Managers
- Ferratum Australia Pty Ltd
- Phoenix Eagle Company Pty Ltd
- Equatorial Launch Australia Pty Ltd
- Stillwater Pastoral Pty Ltd
Work highlights
- Acting for six Marshall Island entities against Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance in relation to trade credit insurance claims involving 37 trade credit transactions.
- Acting for the minority shareholders in an oppressive conduct claim against a leading Queensland thermal coal producer, and its majority shareholders.
- Acting for Maxi EFX Global in proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for the purposes of investigating alleged breaches of the Corporations Act and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act in the conduct of Forex and CFD trading.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin del Gallego