email: swalter@millsoakley.com.au, mobile: 0417105429 Recognised in Best Lawyers and Legal 500, Stuart has extensive experience helping owners and key decision makers in private businesses, private wealth and family offices navigate through complex and often volatile disputes, negotiations and regualtory enforcement actions. In particular, Stuart has developed strong expertise in respect to resolving (and avoiding) complex succession issues and irreconcilable breakdowns in relationships in private and family businesses, joint ventures and trusts and protecting owner value (shareholder oppression/breaches of director duties/fraud/confidential information and asset protection). He is able to bring his over 20 years of experience in negotiations, mediations, court and tribunal proceedings, risk advice and regulatory enforecemnt actions, as well as hs access to a well developed network of experts to provide high quality, collaborative, rounded and commercially sensible support across most legal issues that impact his clients. Stuart is able to utilise this experience in dealing with multiple business breakdowns to provide early advice to new business owners on how to lay the foundations for a successful owner relationship and give businesses the best chance to thrive.Stuart has also acted for accountants, auditors, financial advisors and business clients with respect to investigations and actions taken by ASIC, IBAC, Tax Practitioners Board, Company Auditors Disciplinary Board, other regulators and member organisations, including applications for review at the AAT. He also acts for professionals and their firms in respect to partner moves, internal disputes and disputes with clients.