PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

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Stefan is the founder and principal of SMB Law. He has extensive experience acting in a broad range of contentious matters including high profile high risk disputes, commissions of inquiry and insolvency matters.  His practice has a particular focus on commercial and financial services industry clients.

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Stefan is a pragmatic, delivery focused lawyer who demonstrates a real commitment to his clients.  His range of experience, network and expertise ensures that he can provide a solution to the legal problems faced by his clients.  He applies a commercial and strategic approach to litigating and protecting the rights of his clients.

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He founded SMB Law after a successful career working in national and boutique law firms.  He has experience in the United Kingdom, the USA, Queensland and New South Wales. 

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EXPERIENCE

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• Acting for the lead plaintiff in large and highly complex representative proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against a major Australian mining company.

• Acting for a senior union official in the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, including supporting an application that the Commissioner recuse himself for apprehended bias.

• Acting for a commercial trustee of two large commercial managed investment schemes in large and extremely complex Supreme Court proceedings involving a major Australian investment bank.

• Acting for the Administrators of a well-known child care business in public examinations of its directors and officers and other relevant individuals.

• Acting for the main person of interest in a public inquiry conducted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption regarding alleged corruption in the recruitment practices of a major University.

• Acting for a senior council employee in a Public Inquiry into a local council conducted under the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW).

• Acting for a liquor licensee in criminal proceedings brought against him in relation to alleged breaches of licence conditions and sections of the Liquor Act 2007 (NSW).

• Acting for the promoter of alternative investment products in a vigorous and wide ranging investigation conducted by the ASIC.

• Acting for the holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence in administrative proceedings concerning the suspension and cancellation of the licence conducted by an ASIC delegate.

• Acted for various parties in wide ranging commercial disputes in a variety of jurisdictions and industries including urgent applications to the duty judge to final contested hearings.

 

ADMISSIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

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• Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

• Admitted to the High Court of Australia.

• Attorney and Counsellor at Law in the State of New York.

• Member of the Law Society of NSW