"I help companies, entrepreneurs and families to recover debts, resolve disputes and structure their affairs in order to protect assets and pursue opportunities"
Email: bsewell@sklawyers.com.au
Skype:
sklawyers
Telephone: +61 2 9420 2277
Personal interest blog: www.investorclassaction.com.au
Ben is committed to providing close, personal attention to client needs and he treats client relationships as his most important asset.
Areas of Expertise:
Debt recovery and insolvency
Ben specialises in debt recovery and insolvency law and he helps creditors to maximise recoveries and finds solutions for businesses that face insolvency risk.
Client needs:
• Debt Recovery
• Responses to insolvency risk
• Asset protection strategy
• Responding to litigation commenced by Liquidators
Ben's contributions to the area of debt recovery and insolvency include being a contributor to the industry journal "Credit Management in Australia" and teaching the postgraduate Insolvency Education Program to accountants and lawyers through the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia.
Dispute resolution
Before commencing private practice Ben was an Associate to a Judge in the NSW District Court. Since then he has represented a range of clients in the NSW, Federal, Victorian and Queensland Courts as well as the CTTT and Industrial Tribunals (now Fair Work Australia).
Client disputes:
• Contract disputes
• Sale of goods and provision of services disputes
• Partnership and director disputes
• Unfair dismissal applications
• Franchise disputes
• Property disputes
• Failed investments
Personal and business structuring solutions
Companies, entrepreneurs and families need to give careful consideration to the legal structures they create to protect their business and wealth from future risks.
Client structuring solutions:
• Wills and testamentary trusts
• Trading trusts and new business structures
• Commercial advice and contract drafting
• Company secretarial services
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Laws
• Master of Laws in Corporate and Commercial Law
• Master of Business Administration
• Graduate Certificate of Law (Insolvency Education Program)
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance (completing)
Membership
• Law Society of NSW
• Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia
• Australian Institute of Credit Management
• Chartered Secretaries Australia
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