Nicholas Burnet, Legal Manager, Litigation and Insolvency

Nicholas Burnet

Legal Manager, Litigation and Insolvency

Hong Kong

+ 852 3753 3581

Nicholas trained and practised in Australia, where he worked in commercial and government disputes at a national law firm. Nicholas has also appeared unled before an appellate court in Australia in proceedings concerning a jurisdictional challenge (Joshan v Pizza Pan Group Pty Ltd (2021) 106 NSWLR 104; [2021] NSWCA 219) and has acted in matters involving complex statutory construction, insolvency and international sales disputes.

Education

LLM – Peking University School of Transnational Law

LLB (Hons) – University of Adelaide

BEc – University of Adelaide

Bar Admissions

Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia (not currently practising).

Practice Areas

Litigation

Insolvency and Restructuring

Corporate disputes

Commercial disputes

Funds disputes

Trust disputes

Languages

Mandarin (HSK Level 5 proficiency)