Presenters

David Perkins, Consultant Solicitor & Notary Public, Finn Roache
David specialises in corporate law, capital raising and commercial law, adding significant depth to Finns corporate and commercial practice. With a background in banking law where he was the chief legal officer and company secretary for an international bank, David has been in private legal practice in the financial services industry in his own firm since 2002. His practice entails many other areas of general commercial law including corporate and commercial advice, corporate governance and compliance, board best practice, equity transactions, debt financing, financial services industry regulation and financial product development.


Holly Brewster, Senior Associate, Finn Roache
Holly is a corporate/commercial lawyer who has, over the past 20+ years, practiced in Sydney, London and internationally. She has also established and operated successful business ventures outside the legal realm. Holly’s extensive legal knowledge coupled with her on-the-ground experience as an entrepreneur gives her an innate ability to understand the realities of the business environments in which her clients operate and to approach any given legal issue from a commercial standpoint. She acts for companies at every stage of development, whether start-up, SME, internationally scaling business or established multinational, as well as NGOs, associations, individual directors and investors. Holly advises on all aspects of business law, including shareholder agreements, directors’ duties/compliance, share/business sales & purchases, employee share option incentive schemes, terms of business, service agreements (including IT and SAAS contracts), joint ventures, competition law, data protection, intellectual property, property-related commercial transactions, and employee matters.

Simon Griesz, Partner, Brown Wright Stein Lawyers
Simon Griesz is a Partner at Brown Wright Stein and has over the last 30 years developed in depth experience in commercial law which has been enhanced with experience in litigation and dispute resolution law. Simon acts on behalf of owner managed businesses, national companies, retail businesses and investors in various industries, including retail, property, manufacturing and financial services. He advises clients in various areas including: Mergers and acquisitions; General commercial transactions, including, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, partnerships and loan and security documents; Corporations law; Consumer protection law. Simon enjoys guiding clients to achieve their desired business goals and taking a collaborative approach, working with clients and their other professional advisers and providing them with practical solutions. He takes pride in providing quality professional advice and service to help clients to obtain practical outcomes to challenging problems and plan strategically for the future. When the GFC hit and banks got tough refusing to rollover finance for commercial property, Simon guided some of his small business clients in successfully dealing with banks that were aggressively seeking to take possession of their commercial properties. When commercial disputes arise or regulatory investigations are undertaken, Simon assists clients to reach a commercial resolution, rather than go down the path of litigation, which is expensive and time consuming for clients. His experience enables him to provide practical advice and solutions.