Thomas Clark

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Thomas has a broad commercial, common law and public law practice.

In his commercial practice, Thomas accepts briefs in a variety of areas including complex contractual and financial disputes, insolvency, regulatory investigations, Australian consumer law and Corporations Act matters. This broad commercial practice also extends to intellectual property, property and constructions matters.

Before coming to the Bar, Thomas was a Senior Associate in the Commercial Disputes team at Lander & Rogers. During this time, he had an extensive commercial practice advising and acting for clients in a range of matters, including in relation to:

• various contractual disputes arising from share sale and purchase agreements;
• oppression and shareholder proceedings;
• insolvency related matters in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, including acting both for liquidators and trustees of bankrupt estates, and acting for parties who have had claims brought against them by liquidators or trustees;
• property and construction disputes, including acting and advising in arbitrations and expert determinations;
• a variety of regulatory matters including advising and assisting clients to conduct investigations and respond to notices from ASIC and the ACCC; and
• intellectual property matters including assisting in matters before IP Australia and appeals to the Federal Court. Additionally, he has acted for trademark and copyright holders in enforcing their rights against infringing parties.

In addition to his commercial practice, Thomas has assisted and provided advice in environmental and refugee administrative law proceedings with a particular focus on judicial review. His administrative law experience has included involvement in Federal Court proceedings and appeals to the Full Court of the Federal Court.

During his time as a solicitor Thomas has appeared in various proceedings including in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Federal Court of Australia, and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

Thomas has a Bachelor of Laws (with First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Social Science (Legal and Dispute Studies).

During his studies Thomas worked as a bench clerk and member support officer at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

Thomas is reading with Nina Moncrief and his senior mentor is Sam Hay KC.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.