Ian is a partner in the firm’s Brisbane office. He has a great depth of expertise in all aspects of commercial litigation, insolvency, financial services litigation, enforcement, and recoveries having practised in these areas for almost all of his career. His clients range from corporate clients, insolvency practitioners and financial institutions.
His work has involved litigation of all sizes in state and Federal Courts across injunctive and declaratory relief, shareholders disputes, enforcement of securities, debt claims, voidable transaction claims (for insolvency practitioners and corporate clients). Ian also provides advice to clients regarding restructuring (including safe harbour issues), Personal Property Securities Register matters and unfair preference and insolvent trading claims. He focuses on providing practical commercial advice to clients to get the best possible outcome. In this regard, Ian has participated in numerous mediations and is a supporter of alternative dispute resolution processes.
Ian is also active in the community having recently been President of his young children’s school’s P&C for 7 years. This was a very hands on role as the P&C ran a number of business units within the school community from the outside school care program (one of the biggest in Qld), the tuckshop and uniform shop and the swim program (learn to swim and swim squads).
Qualifications and Memberships
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
- Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
- Member of the Law Society of Queensland
- Member of INSOL
- Fellow of Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA)
- Doyles Guide, recommended as Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer in Qld for 2017-2021, 2023- present
- Lawyers Weekly finalist in Partner of the Year Award for Insolvency 2021
- Deputy Chair of Qld Division of ARITA
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Australia:
- Litigation 2014-2026
- Insolvency and Reorganisation Law 2014-2026
- Alternative Dispute Resolution 2026