Biography

Rob leads both our Dispute Resolution and Litigation section and Insolvency and Debt Management section within our Commercial Services Team. Rob handles complex commercial litigation, insolvency matters, debt recovery and enforcement of judgments. Rob also manages the firm's large volume debt recovery service for significant corporate clients.

Rob is the author of Debt Recovery in Victoria: A Guide to the Law, the Enforcement chapter in Court Forms, Precedents and Pleadings, and was commissioned by the Victorian Government in 2000 to prepare a report on the Judgment Debt Recovery Act.

Rob is an active member of the Law Institute of Victoria, past chairman of the Litigation Lawyers Section of the Law Institute of Victoria and the sole Victorian lawyer on the Magistrates Court Civil Rules Committee.

Biography

Danielle leads our Dispute Resolution and Litigation and Insolvency and Debt Management Sections, as well as working in other specialised areas within our Commercial Services team.

Danielle works primarily in commercial dispute resolution and insolvency and debt management including pursuing debts, handling complex enforcement including winding up and bankruptcy proceedings. She has extensive experience advising clients in relation to debt and insolvency issues, including responding to and disputing creditors' statutory demands as well as defending unfair preference claims and advising and assisting clients in company and business restructuring.

Danielle also advises clients in relation to compliance obligations under the Privacy Act, responding to complaints about the handling of personal information as well as conducting training and systems audits for compliance purposes.

Danielle is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria and various other professional associations and acts as counsel to a number of community, religious and other not-for-profit organisations.

Biography

Ersilia works in specialised areas within our commercial services team. In particular her principal focus is on dispute resolution and litigation related to commercial matters as well as insolvency and debt management matters having practised almost exclusively in the area of commercial litigation, including debt recovery, enforcement and insolvency work, in particular bankruptcy and winding up.

Ersilia has an established reputation in the legal arena with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders such as the Courts for providing prompt and efficient service and is committed to a hands on approach in all matters which includes her own appearance work in most jurisdictions. She attends clients at their own premises providing in-house consultancy advice and assisting in the establishment of internal credit procedures and structures. She delivers seminars either at the client's premises or at our boardroom for our client's credit managers, financial controllers, accountants and law clerks.

Ersilia is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, Victorian Women;s Lawyers Association, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation – IWIRC Australian Network Victorian Branch and an associate member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia. She is also a board member of the Australian Community Support Organisation and the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of that organisation.

Biography

John is a member of our Dispute Resolution and Litigation, and Insolvency and Debt Management teams. John practices in all aspects of debt recovery litigation including bankruptcy, winding up of corporations and general commercial litigation and advice including court appearances, with a particular emphasis on the insolvency area.

During nearly 15 years as Principal of his own firm, John acted for Government Boards and Authorities, municipalities and publically listed corporations, providing him with an insight into successfully managing the particular needs and expectations of such clients.

John is a regular speaker on enforcement issues for the Law Institute of Victoria's Young Lawyers Lecture Series, and a lecturer on debt recovery and enforcement at Leo Cussen Institute. John is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, the MCC, the Melbourne Football Club and the Philip Island RSL Sub-branch.