Presenters

Tony Peterson, Partner, Roberts Crosbie Mortensen Lawyers
Tony is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation with a sub specialty in Corporations Law. He has a decade of experience representing clients in complex commercial disputes often involving Directors, Shareholders and litigation in the State and Federal Courts of Australia. Tony is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation with considerable big firm experience working both autonomously and as part of a large team on multi-million dollar, complex commercial disputes. He has an active practice advising high net wealth individuals with all aspects of their business dealings and a keen interest in legal issues arising from the financial services industry including investigations by ASIC and white-collar crime prosecutions.

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.