Chris Dirckze

Chris has over 22 years’ experience in banking and finance both domestically and internationally. Chris brings a unique offering and expertise having worked in-house at Brookfield Multiplex and at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in credit risk, global markets and loan markets. Internationally, Chris has worked in London for four years gaining considerable experience in […]

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Terri Dennent

Terri is the Chief Executive Officer of the Gadens Brisbane and Adelaide partnership and is responsible for maximising successful leadership and management initiatives within the Firm. Her position serves as a senior professional leader, Board member and Executive Officer to the National Board, working closely with the Chairman on successful delivery of key strategic initiatives […]

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Matthew Bode

Matthew is an experienced lawyer with 30 years spent both in-house and with major law firms in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, London, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. He has a diverse range of legal, commercial, and senior management skills. Matthew has advised on a vast array of commercial, corporate, property, and banking and finance matters across […]

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Liam Chambers

Liam is a property and development specialist, who acts for both public sector and private clients on their major property transactions, development projects and competitive procurements. He acts for State and local government agencies on major property transactions, funding arrangements, infrastructure projects, facilitated transactions and dealings with State land and non-freehold tenures. He also advises […]

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Lara Cresser

With degrees in law, media communications, and a masters of intellectual property, Lara has highly specialised expertise in online intermediary advice, defamation, competition and consumer law, intellectual property infringement, advertising and elections. She regularly represents and advises multi-national companies and government organisations on compliance with Australian law in these areas, with a focus on advising […]

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Andrew Mackenzie

Andrew practices across the full gamut of commercial property, including commercial and industrial leasing, commercial sales and acquisitions, and logistics estate and high-rise developments. He has leading experience in logistics and commercial office leasing, acting for some of Australia’s largest institutional landlords in their Queensland and New South Wales portfolios, including some of Brisbane’s largest […]

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Tim Fuller

Tim is a Special Counsel in the Corporate Advisory team. With extensive experience in corporate and commercial with a sports law focus, he regularly advises professional athletes, clubs, governing bodies, athlete associations and corporate sponsors. Tim is well-versed and practised in matters involving contract, agency, intellectual property, anti-doping policy and rule disputes. Tim has spent […]

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Susan Forrest

Susan has more than 20 years’ experience and is one of Queensland’s leading litigation and insolvency lawyers. Her areas of expertise include banking and debt recovery, enforcement of mortgage and other securities, insolvency, secured and unsecured asset recovery and loss minimisation, including farm debt mediation. Using her extensive advisory and legal risk management experience, Susan […]

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Stafford Hopewell

Stafford is a Special Counsel in the Planning and Environment team in Brisbane. His widespread expertise includes town planning, environment, heritage, coastal, vegetation and contamination matters with a focus on major development and infrastructure projects. These include mixed use developments, master planned residential communities, road and water infrastructure. He acts for a broad range of […]

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Sharon Christensen

Sharon is a professor at the Queensland University of Technology and consults exclusively for Gadens Lawyers. She is an expert in all facets of property law with a special focus on land contracts, leasing and body corporate law. Sharon is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading property law academics, which is further enhanced by […]

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Shantal Read

Shantal practises primarily in the areas of banking and finance and property. She acts for major Australian banks, fund managers and private lenders in a broad range of transactions, including the funding of commercial, industrial and residential developments throughout Queensland and New South Wales. She also has a specific focus in the health industry, acting […]

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Scott Couper

Scott specialises in insolvency, banking and finance litigation and commercial litigation. He acts for receivers, banks and financial institutions throughout Australia on matters ranging from the management and sale of property and assets to proceedings for the recovery of equipment, assignment of debt and security and defending litigious actions. He also acts for insolvency practitioners […]

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