CAREER SUMMARY

Peter Moran is an experienced commercial and dispute resolution lawyer focused on advising and acting for Australian and international corporate clients in the key areas of:

• Technology, Internet Law and Intellectual Property
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Structuring, Corporate Advisory, Joint Venture, Partnership and Shareholder Matters
• Commercial Litigation
• Property and Leasing

His clients operate in sectors including technology, health, aged care, manufacturing, retail, funds management, hospitality, mining, professional services, property development and not-for-profit.

LEGAL EXPERTISE

• Intellectual Property – copyright, confidentiality agreements, trademarks and passing off.
• Online businesses and contracting, including service level agreements, digital services agreements, SaaS agreements, website and software development agreements, escrow arrangements.
• Corporate and Commercial Law: sales and acquisitions of business, assets, shares and units, structuring advice, corporate governance, compliance and general commercial advice.
• Privacy, data protection, defamation, misleading or deceptive conduct.
• Litigation experience, appearing in all Victorian jurisdictions and the Federal and Federal Circuit Courts.
• Disputes – breaches of contract, restraints of trade, breaches of directors’ and fiduciary duties, oppression, misleading or deceptive conduct, taxation and guarantee defences.
• Property: sales and purchases, property development structuring, construction agreements, sub-division, stamp duty and GST, finance documentation, property litigation, commercial leasing and lease disputes.

 RECENT EXPERIENCE

• Negotiating service level and digital services agreements with organisations such as Rio Tinto, Qantas and BHP Billiton on behalf of a number of technology companies.
• Acting for an Australian-based oil and gas company in the negotiation of its confidentiality and other agreements for the purposes of a joint venture and/or sale of tenements in Papua New Guinea.
• Advising an Australian manufacturer (with subsidiary operations in Indonesia, Denmark and the USA) on its acquisition by a Hong Kong-based venture capital group.
• Advising a not-for-profit medical research organisation in the drafting and negotiation of its funding and other agreements with federal government departments, hospitals and universities.
• Acting for a privately owned childcare group in the sale of 22 childcare centres to G8 Education Limited.
• Advising on a substantial restructure of a mid-sized funds management company, including drafting of constitutions, unitholder agreements, trust deeds, shareholder agreement, investment management agreements, service level agreements, employment and independent contractor agreements.
• Acting for a global company in a $40 million+ insurance claim pursuant to its D&O insurance policy for legal costs arising from a Royal Commission.
• Acting for numerous managers/founders in the sale or merger of their start-up companies to private equity or listed groups.
• Acting for a private developer in the construction and opening of several medical centres and private hospitals.
• Acting for landowners in a joint venture contract for the sale and development of $40 million+ parcel of rural land in Melbourne’s northern fringes.

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Qualifications

• LLB (Hons), BA (German) – Monash University
• Accredited Business Law Specialist – Law Institute of Victoria

Directorships and Related Positions

• Co-Chair: Technology and the Law Committee (The Law Institute of Victoria)
• Editorial Board: Internet Law Bulletin (LexisNexis)
• Director and Responsible Person: Lindisfarne Foundation
• Advisory Council: HealthXn Pty Ltd

CONTACT DETAILS

• Telephone:            + 61 410 622 856
• Email:                    peter@peerlegal.com.au
• Website:                www.peerlegal.com.au
• Twitter:                 @PeterPmoran
• Blog:                      http://peterpmoran.com