About Matthew
Matthew is a senior associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution & Litigation practice group in Sydney.
Matthew has experience acting for private clients and corporate entities in complex commercial disputes, arbitrations, class actions and insolvency litigation (acting for creditors and insolvency practitioners).
Prior to joining ABL in 2022, Matthew practised as a lawyer in the Dispute Resolution team of a national law firm with a speciality in class actions and funded claims.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from Macquarie University. He is admitted to practise as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and the High Court of Australia.
Practice focus
Matthew has a broad practice including:
- class actions
- commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution
- corporate governance, including board and shareholder disputes and directors’ duties
- insolvency and restructuring advice and litigation
- insurance litigation
- contractual, trust and trade practices disputes
“Matt is pragmatic, responsive, sharp on the law, and quick to grasp his client’s commercial context. His outcome focused approach helped us reach a practical resolution and allowed the business to move forward with confidence.”
Experience
Matthew has acted for a wide variety of corporate and private clients, including:
Class actions
- Aveo Group Limited in a class action in the Federal Court of Australia brought on behalf of certain residents of Aveo’s retirement villages
- St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Victoria in a class action brought in the Supreme Court of Victoria relating to a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak
- a former director of International Capital Markets Pty Limited in a class action brought in the Federal Court of Australia concerning ‘contracts for difference’
- Phoslock Environmental Technologies Limited in a class action brought in the Federal Court of Australia relating to continuous disclosure and other alleged breaches
- a lead applicant in a class action for the purposes of providing independent legal advice
Commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution
- Dexus Capital Investors Limited and other entities in relation to a shareholder dispute concerning shares in the entity that owns and manages Melbourne and Launceston Airports
- DXC Technology in Federal Court of Australia proceedings in relation to proceedings brought against it following a cyber-attack against Latitude Financial
- Clough Australia in relation to proceedings brought against it in the New South Wales Supreme Court relating to certain rights and obligations under a joint venture deed
- High-net-worth individuals in relation to long-running dispute concerning the winding up of an agricultural property trust and shareholder oppression
- a Cayman Islands domiciled global payments business in relation to the recovery of funds held by a prime brokerage firm
- a cryptocurrency fund in relation to asset recovery proceedings against the director of a cryptocurrency exchange
- Ellimark Pty Limited in relation to proceedings brought against it by Torrens University concerning a commercial lease
- a financial advice and investments business in relation to a dispute concerning the calculation of an earn-out payment
- a property investment business in relation to the recovery of $67 million paid into the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- various insurance claimants in relation to complaints to AFCA including COVID-19 business interruption insurance
Restructuring & Insolvency
- a Cayman Islands domiciled digital assets fund in relation to the insolvency of a third-party cryptocurrency exchange following the collapse of FTX seeking recovery of more than US$25mil
- former directors of Careers Australia Group in relation to proceedings brought by a liquidator for breaches of directors duties and insolvent trading
- the secured lender group in the GenesisCare restructuring
