Partner
Robert joined the team at Best Hooper in 2019.
Robert completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 2008 and has since completed a Master of Commercial Law at the University of Melbourne with First Class Honours.
Robert was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2009 and has since grown his general commercial litigation practice with a focus on property, including matters relating to adverse possession, building disputes, owners corporations, flows of water, leasing, the building appeals board, and general law land disputes. Robert brings sharp legal and strategic thinking to complex disputes, combined with a commercial outcomes-based approach to deliver outstanding results for his clients. Robert acts for landowners, developers, builders, local governments, high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients in a variety of disputes across all State and Federal Courts and Tribunals.
From 2014 to 2016, Robert worked in London at the prominent global US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. During his time in London, he worked on a range of large-scale ‘mega’ litigation files, including the multibillion-dollar class action launched against the Royal Bank of Scotland. Upon his return to Australia, Robert worked as a general commercial litigator at a national mid-tier firm before making the move to Best Hooper.
Robert’s principal areas of practice include:
- Rescission and contractual disputes related to the sale and purchase of land;
- Disputes relevant to the Sale of Land Act (including deposit and section 27 disputes);
- Misleading and deceptive conduct claims;
- Caveat disputes;
- Disputes and appeals conducted in the Building Appeals Board (including protection works, building notices and orders etc);
- Water Act disputes;
- Judicial review matters;
- Commercial and retail tenancy disputes;
- Owners Corporation disputes;
- Covenant and easement disputes;
- Public highway and road matters;
- Building and construction disputes;
- Fencing and boundary disputes and adverse possession claims;
- Debt recovery and statutory demand matters;
- Oppression and partnership proceedings and other complex commercial litigation matters in the various State and Federal Courts.
Robert is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria and is entitled to practice in both the Victorian and Federal jurisdictions.
