Ross Foreman SC
Recognized since 2017
Sydney, Australia
Commercial Law
Litigation
Ross specialises in commercial and corporate disputes. He appears in a wide range of matters, including cases involving contracts, misleading conduct, directors' duties, insolvent companies, and financial products.
He has extensive experience in contract disputes, corporations matters (involving insolvencies and schemes of arrangement), class actions and litigation involving banking, financial services and financial products.
Recent examples include:
- successfully defending a non-executive director in proceedings involving alleged breaches of duty arising out of the collapse of ASX-listed retailer Dick Smith: DHSE Holdings (Receivers & Managers Appointed) (In Liquidation) v Nicholas Abboud (No 3) [2011] NSWSC 673; and
- successfully appearing for an international financial services broker in proceedings involving breaches of contract, inducing breach of contract and alleged misleading conduct: GFI Australia Pty Ltd v Matthew Cotton [2021] NSWSC 656.
Ross has acted for many ASX-listed companies and liquidators, and has been included in the Australian Financial Review's Best Lawyers in Australia for Commercial Law and Litigation since 2017.
Ross also appears in employment law matters, predominantly in relation to the termination of senior executives, employment contracts and restraints of trade.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Banking, Financial services and Financial products
- Commercial and Contracts
- Corporations
- Employment
- Equity
- Insolvency
- Schemes of arrangement
- Class actions
- E-mail: foreman@pghelychambers.com.au
- Direct Phone Number: 61 2 9224 9770
- Level 9
75 Elizabeth St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
- Australia, (NSW) 2005
- Australia, Date taken Silk (2019)
2 The Best Lawyers in Australia™ awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia™ award
- Commercial Law
- Litigation
- 2021: Australian Financial Review Best Lawyers in Australia: Litigation, Commercial Law
- 2020: Australian Financial Review Best Lawyers in Australia: Litigation
- 2019: Australian Financial Review Best Lawyers in Australia: Litigation
- 2018: Australian Financial Review Best Lawyers in Australia: Litigation
- 2017: Australian Financial Review Best Lawyers in Australia: Litigation
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