Stephen Sander Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

SENIOR ASSOCIATEJuly 2007 - Present • (17yrs 3mo)LAWYERMarch 2007 - June 2007 • (4 mos)Through managing a small dedicated team, and multiple cross-departmental project teams, delivering legal advice, and practice knowledge and insights, to lawyers in the areas of commercial litigation, dispute resolution, arbitration, class actions, insurance, regulatory investigations, restructuring & insolvency, and employment & safety, including:• advising on the law, and court practice and procedure;• developing and implementing strategic plans for knowledge management;• developing and managing precedents and process maps;• implementing innovation projects and emerging technologies, including document automation and AI tools;• managing current awareness and business intelligence;• integrating collaboration and social media into legal practice; and• delivering training.Major achievements include:• central monitoring and information management role during the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry;• design, build, implementation, and maintenance of a custom-built online tool for delivering knowledge services to lawyers, with over 20,000 page views per month;• drafting and implementation of electronic court filing policies and processes;• managing the firm’s annual Contract Law Update publication since 2012.Prior to October 2008, worked in the Insurance & Reinsurance practice, provided commercially focused legal advice on a wide range of issues, from day-to-day organisational and management matters to acquisitions, contractual arrangements, and financial services and insurance law.Work included compliance and regulatory matters involving ASIC, APRA, and FIRB.Clients included St. George Bank and its affiliated entities, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Hutchison 3G Australia Pty Limited, Allianz Australia Limited, and AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.

Sydney, Australia

Day-to-day legal advisory services to the firm and its related entities to support commercial activities, including regulatory and compliance work, industry representations and internal training.Negotiated professional services contracts with a particular focus on limitation of liability and indemnity, and engaged in lobbying for regulatory reform relating to the Limitation of Liability Scheme, and public policy development affecting the business both at a Federal and State level.In addition, served as the firm's privacy officer over a 3-month period.

Sydney, Australia

LAWYERMay 2002 - September 2005 • (3 yrs 5 mos)Completed rotations in the firm’s Corporate & Commercial and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Departments.Corporate matters ranged from setting up employee and executive share schemes to advising on a range of contractual matters and issues relating to financial services and insurance law.Between 2002 and 2005 a permanent member of the team that worked closely with the Insurance Council of Australia and advised the incorporated administrator and trustee of the HIH Claims Support Scheme, HIH Claims Support Limited, on all aspects of day-to-day operational, commercial, and legal matters, following the collapse of the HIH Insurance Group.Litigation matters involved contract disputes, employment issues, and liability matters with appearances ranging from the NSW District and Supreme Courts to the NSW Industrial Court, and the High Court of Australia in a special leave application.Upon the completion of compulsory rotations, settled in the Corporate & Commercial Department in May 2005 focusing on financial services and insurance law related matters and general commercial work, including corporate acquisitions and contractual negotiations.SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANTFebruary 2001 - April 2002 • (1 yr 3 mos)Following the clerkship, continued to work with the firm as a senior research assistant, primarily assisting with legal research, while completing legal studies.SUMMER CLERKDecember 2000 - January 2001 • (2 mos)Completed the firm's summer clerkship program with rotations in the litigation and banking and finance practice areas.

Sydney, Australia

Known as Mallesons Stephen Jaques at the time, attached to the Dispute Resolution Group as a part-time paralegal, assisting with discoveries and general legal research.

Graduate Diploma Of Legal Practice, Law, High Distinction

Recipient of the 2002 Centre for Best Practice prize for Overall Excellence

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services