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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Focus on complex cross-border commercial litigation.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Supervised legal work. Focus on complex cross-border commercial litigation.

Germany

The business of law, global and domestic law firms, in-house legal departments and regulatory issues, focused on German legal market. Regular reporting combined with regular features on the legal management and regulatory market landscape and developments in German and EU policy and the impact on the legal industry and market.

Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

An Australian pro-bono human rights law firm, dedicated to assisting asylum seekers and refugees - in particular with a focus on complex cases including stateless individuals facing indefinite detention. Worked directly on cases under supervision, including submissions to the UN Committee Against Torture and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, as well as legal and political research on the political situation in various countries, and attending the AAT and Federal Courts.

Germany

E.U. geopolitical and international foreign policy coverage, focusing especially on E.U. policy, NATO, West relations with Russia, Turkey and Iran, and international security and policy.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Darwin Community Legal Service (DCLS) was established in 1991 by volunteer lawyers who were passionate about providing free legal advice to financially disadvantaged people in Darwin. I worked there as part of my university studies but it also counted toward my practical legal training. I worked directly on cases at the civil tribunal performing analysis of the prospective claim and/or opposing claim, providing legal research and drafting submissions.

Communications and content strategy and execution of social media channels for law students, communication between students, the university and third-parties. Promoting opportunities, particularly employment opportunities and legal seminars for law students.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Content strategy and execution of social media channels and communications. Introducing several new features including: establishment of student blog, building of CDULSS website, expanding social media presence to include Instagram, collaborations and interviews with academics and other institutions.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Freelance research and editing articles on international tax law, for international R&D tax consultancy firm.

Paris Area, France

Investigations as part of standard due diligence procedures for high value international contracts.

Melbourne, Australia

Regular blog content for Australian law firms. Covering a range of common areas, mostly family, divorce, wills, personal injury, traffic, and trademarks.

Tokyo, Japan

Weekly case reporting on OHIM (*now EUIPO) trademark decisions and reasoning.

Melbourne, Australia

Management and legal consulting in international trade. Primarily FMCG businesses. Particular focus on logistical and supply chain arrangements, such as establishing foreign entities, agreements with freight forwarders, distribution centers, international drop shipping agreements, franchise and licensing arrangements primarily between Australia, China, Europe and the U.S. Legal consulting elements done under legal supervision and finalised and signed by a practicing lawyer where necessary.

Melbourne, Australia

Tutoring university students in legal and business subjects - primarily commercial law, contract law, torts/personal injury, and management.

Melbourne, Australia

Supervised legal work. Interviewing clients, drafting letters of instruction, drafting affidavits, legal research, compiling chronologies and briefs for use in court. Mostly in civil disputes, trademarks, and migration matters.

Melbourne, Australia

Tutoring both bachelor and master students in legal subjects - primarily commercial law, common law of contract and torts/personal injury.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb (Graduate Entry), Law

Activities and Societies: Group administrator, BLAWS/WLAW online student groups Graduate entry LLB that meets the requirements.

Master'S Degree, Commercial Law, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: Studied abroad in Gothenburg, Sweden (Göteborg, Sverige), and learnt basic Swedish

Bachelor'S Degree, International Business, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Accelerated/overload study program while maintaining high grades, studied abroad in Beijing, China and learnt.

Associate Diploma Of Information Technology, Systems Analysis And Design, Distinction