Sam Delaney Email & Phone Number

Consistently ranked as a leading lawyer across various practice areas by multiple local and international directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific (Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Restructuring & Insolvency), Doyles Guide (Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Insolvency & Reconstruction), Legal 500 (Regulatory Compliance and Investigations, Restructuring & Insolvency) and Best Lawyers (Commercial Litigation, Insolvency, Alternative Dispute Resolution).Acts in high value, high stakes commercial disputes and has advised in some of Australia’s largest corporate collapses including Arrium, Network Ten and Allco. Broad range of litigious and advisory experience, including in relation to directors' duties, property rights, professional negligence, franchising, trade practices, securities lending, white collar crime, partnership rights, class actions, and complex security enforcement. http://www.corrs.com.au/people/sam-delaney/

Listed skills include Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Dispute, and 5 others.

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  Partner

  Corrs Chambers Westgarth

  Jul 2011 - Present - Sydney, Australia

  Acted for CBS in its acquisition of Network Ten, including in NSW Supreme Court litigation brought by the under-bidders seeking to challenge the sale (2017).Acted for the Allco receivers in their NSW Supreme Court litigation to unwind a $90m loan transaction (2012-2014). Acted for Network Ten in NSW Supreme Court and Court of Appeal litigation against Nine Network, Channel Seven and their joint venture vehicle TX Australia (2018).Acted for international litigation funder, Vannin, in its NSW Supreme Court dispute with the liquidators of Octaviar (2017). Acting for National Australia Bank in NSW Supreme Court litigation involving allegations of breach of mandate (2016-2017).Acted for International Management Group of America in defence of NSW Supreme Court claim commenced by Rugby League International Federation in connection with media rights to the 2018 Rugby League World Cup (2018). Acted for Dulux in an employee fraud claim to recover nearly $2m of company funds (2016).Acted for BP Australia in Federal Court of Australia proceedings and subsequent appeal to the High Court of Australia (2002-2005). Acted for Mr Rental Australia in NSW Supreme Court proceedings concerning the termination of franchise agreements and the franchisor’s exercise of various options (2016-2017).Acted for ABN AMRO Clearing Sydney Pty Ltd in Victorian Supreme Court (and in the Victorian Court of Appeal) proceedings in a dispute concerning the close out netting provisions of an Australian Master Securities Lending Agreement (2009-2012).Acted for Target in defence of a NSW Supreme Court claim arising out of the acquisition of a trade mark by Target (2017).Advised a private Australian property development company on its acquisition of $200m of distressed debt and associated securities (2015). Acting for plaintiffs in various class action proceedings funded by IMF Bentham against ACT based property developers (ongoing).

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  The Australian National University

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