Ross Paterson

Ross Paterson

BCom LLB (Hons) (Melb)

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About Ross

Ross Paterson is a partner in the firm’s private clients and commercial practice. He has extensive experience advising high-net-worth and ultra high-wealth individuals and private groups on a range of legal and commercial matters, including succession planning, group structuring, acquisition and divestment of businesses, establishment of family agreements and resolution of family disputes.

Ross has been recognised in various prominent international guides to lawyers and law firms, including Chambers Asia Pacific for Private Wealth Law and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, in which sources praise him as “a truly terrific private client lawyer” and someone who has "a great relationship with his clients - he is well known for that". He has also been recognised in Best Lawyers® International in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Doyle’s Guide as a leading Wills and Estates litigation lawyer and in successive editions of Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Trust and Estates Practitioners.

Ross graduated from The University of Melbourne with an honours degree in law and a degree in commerce with an accounting major.

Practice focus

Ross focuses on the following areas:

succession planning, family agreements, and group structuring;
estate, trust and family disputes;
stakeholder agreements, including partnership, shareholder and joint venture agreements;
advising professional practices, including accounting, law and financial advisory firms;
mergers and acquisitions; and
corporate restructuring.

"not a lawyer who takes a point just for the sake of it; he's finding a solution for the benefit of his client."

Client quote, Chambers High Net Worth Guide