Nick Willetts Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Member of Australian Corporate Lawyers Awards Committee ACC NSWMember of ACC Mentoring Advisory Committee and current ACC mentorMember of ACC National Diversity, Equality & Inclusion CommitteeCorporate Social Responsibility Award - ACC- 2019 (nominated)Mentor of the Year - ACC - 2017 (winner)Advocacy Award - ACC- 2016 (team winner)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The John Mac Foundation is an all -volunteer organisation providing scholarships, mentoring and career pathways to disadvantaged university students (often from refugee backgrounds) to enable them to make a successful transition from education into meaningful employment. 95% of donations go directly to the students.

Sydney

Engaged as the organisation’s first in house lawyer. Building the legal function. Member of the Senior Management Team reporting to the CEO and advising Board

Negotiated and advised on partnering agreements with multiple parties (including Government and Universities) in successful bid for Federal Government grant for modernisation of the material recovery facility – investment to develop optical and automation processes.

M&A – drafting and negotiating share sale and asset purchase agreements for acquisition of national household brand and a Queensland recycling operation, advising on corporate structures, share buy-back,

Drafting and negotiating contract for sale and lease documentation for development of new State significant recycling intermodal hub in northern NSW

Managing contractual disputes including successful Supreme Court claim for misleading and deceptive conduct

Negotiating a variety of banking facility documents with two of the big four banks and mezzanine lenders, enforcing security over vessel

Drafting and negotiating variety of agreements - leases, tenders, grants, supply, hire purchase, employment and consultancy agreements for executives and service providers and advising on all aspects of intellectual property

Supporting company secretarial function with ASIC filing

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IQ Renew is leading the way to ensure that valuable resources including soft and rigid plastics, glass, paper and cardboard are recovered for re-use in new products as part of our vision of "regeneration for future generations".

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a resilient and circular use of resources, for notoriously challenging material streams, IQ Rene's innovative use of technology means we can recover materials for use again and again to make new products and materials from recycled content to ultimately decouple growth from the use of virgin materials.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Led a team of lawyers and commercial managers (three direct and three indirect reports) in the Ground Transportation Systems and Secure Communications and Information Systems businesses (GTS- SIX)Member of the Legal & Contracts (function) and GTS-SIX (business) leadership teams in a global matrix organisation. Provided strategic advice and guidance to business on sensitive Defence and civil matters Led collaborative engagement and commercial discussions for Thales bid for the train management system package for Transport for NSW’s Digital Systems $3bn program. Reviewed and analysed highly complex delivery and through life support agreements, including intellectual property considerations, compiled departures, managed external lawyers and internal governance gate process Led the learning and development transformation initiative for the Legal & Contracts function (team of 30). Successfully developed training handbook, rolled out skills self-assessment survey, created competency framework and skills matrix. Led strategically critical sale of Thales calibration business from information memorandum stage to completion. Business did not align with organisation’s core strategy and had to be sold due to imminent expense of relocation. Managed divestment campaign and internal governance process and demands of multiple stakeholders, locally and overseas. All employees retained by eventual buyer and ultimate sale price exceeded expectations fourfoldLed Legal team in the bid by the Secure Communications business in the SEA1000 submarine programme. Involved reviewing ASDEFCON documentation, negotiating departures and managing multiple internal stakeholders

12 month contract - Acting General CounselLandis+Gyr is the leading global provider of integrated energy management solutions for the utility sector. Offering the broadest portfolio of products and services to address complex industry challenges, the company delivers comprehensive solutions for the foundation of a smarter grid including; smart metering, distribution network sensing and automation tools, load control, analytics and energy storage. Landis+Gyr operates in 31 countries across five continents as an independent growth platform of the Toshiba Corporation (TKY:6502) and is also 40% owned by the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ). With annualized sales of more than US$1.5 billion, the company employs 5,700 people with the sole mission of helping the world manage energy better. More information is available at landisgyr.com.

Sydney

Provided direct support to members of the Executive Committee and the Senior Leadership Board and advising on a wide variety of commercial matters across Australia and New Zealand for real estate agency, valuations, project, transaction and facilities management and global corporate services.

Sydney, Australia

Advising on a wide variety of commercial matters across three different businesses - Veolia Environmental Services (waste management), Veolia Water (water solutions) and Dalkia (now Veolia Energy) (chiller plants/construction).

Sydney, Australia

Developed strong relationships in a short space of time with wide variety of stakeholders at all levels of the business. Commended for responsiveness and ability to meet tight deadlines in fast-paced environment.

Sydney, Australia

Briefed and managed external lawyers in negotiation of complex development agreement for lease and lease for new Sydney office premises worth $0.5bn. Member of project control group reporting directly to firm’s Board.Pivotal to the design and implementation of various strategic real estate initiatives aimed at streamlining and harmonising processes between the real estate and legal divisions across Asia-Pacific.Responsible for managing real estate external legal budget,

Sydney

Responsible for successful appointment to panel for Australia’s sixth largest bank, Bendigo & Adelaide.Recommended by National Director (Tenant Representative) of Colliers International to advise her clients.

London, United Kingdom

Integral to direction, marketing and promotion of RLS. Responsible for HR matters and anti-money laundering compliance and initiatives.Managed the recruitment of two lateral hires through direct contacts - a high profile litigation partner and a former Silver Circle banking and finance partner - turnover doubled.

Sydney, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

London, United Kingdom

Llm Master'S Degree (Applied Law - In House), Law

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb (Hons)

Education record