Mark Bartley

Dan is a General Counsel in the firm's Corporate & Commercial group, having retired from the partnership after more than 20 years, many of them spent leading the firm's technology, media and intellectual property practice. Dan has deep experience advising on all aspects of IT, intellectual property, media and related corporate and regulatory issues – including competition and consumer law, privacy and data governance, broadcasting, defamation and other legislative compliance. He ass...

Jacqueline Mcgrath is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Tax Law. Jacqueline practices law in Melbourne, Australia Best Lawyers has recognized Jacqueline Mcgrath since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jacqueline Mcgrath is held by other lawyers.

Mark acts for employers across a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, transport, financial services, retail, construction and professional services. His clients include private companies, listed entities and public sector organisations requiring specialist employment and industrial relations advice. Mark advises on the full spectrum of employment and workplace relations matters: employment contracts, enterprise agreements, termination of employment, workplace misconduct, discri...

Michael is a patent attorney and principal of Davies Collison Cave where he heads up the firm’s organic chemistry/pharmaceutical group. Michael’s professional activities include drafting and prosecuting patent applications, providing patent infringement and validity advice, conducting patent oppositions, filing and prosecuting patent term extensions and providing strategic patenting advice. Michael is the Immediate Past President of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys...

One of Australia’s leading estate planning lawyers, Bernie has over 40 years’ experience advising individuals, family groups and businesses on all aspects of estate and business succession. Often acting as advisor to prominent families, Bernie’s knowledge of family trusts, superannuation and estate and elder law enables him to provide clear, practical solutions for clients with complex family and asset structures. He is often asked to provide a second opinion on existing suc...

David is a litigation and commercial lawyer with more than 20 years of experience. Hispractice is focused on complex commercial and contractual disputes in various Australian jurisdictions as well as providing his clients with general commercial and business advice. He has wide-ranging experience across many industries, including real estate, energy & resources (including renewable energy), manufacturing and construction, and IT. His experience has been built on being fortunate enough to ...

Nick acts for insolvency practitioners, major Australian and international banks, non-bank lenders, publicly listed companies and financial services providers. He is appointed by the Victorian Legal Services Board to manage legal practices in financial or operational difficulty. He is based in Melbourne. Nick advises across all aspects of corporate insolvency including receivership, voluntary administration and liquidation, and personal insolvency. He also acts for a range of parties involved...

James has experience in a broad range of commercial and intellectual property matters, including intellectual property commercialisation, agreements and licensing, trade mark registrability and infringement issues. James also has extensive experience in technology procurement, licensing and outsourcing matters. This work includes drafting and advising on IT contracts, including software licences, software, platform and infrastructure as a service agreements, software development agreements, I...

Hugh has extensive experience in corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, capital raisings, managed investment schemes and financial services. His practice includes working on takeovers, schemes of arrangement, venture capital and private equity deals, infrastructure investments, privatisations, prospectuses, underwritings and managed funds, and advising clients with a mutual structure.

Caroline van Grieken is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Property Law. Caroline practices law in Melbourne, Australia Best Lawyers has recognized Caroline van Grieken since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Caroline van Grieken is held by other lawyers.