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Malcolm Stewart
Professional
Background
Malcolm Stewart is a Director of Speed and Stracey Lawyers. His areas of specialisation are tax audits, responding to investigations by Government departments, commercial litigation and employment law.
Malcolm provides strategic advice to clients concerning litigation he conducts on their behalf as well as litigation conducted for clients by other firms and in negotiations to settle disputes.
His practice focuses on tax audits and litigation. Malcolm has also represented a number of directors in some leading cases on corporate governance law. He was also the acting solicitor for the successful party in a landmark decision in the High Court regarding the granting of a mareva order to freeze assets that were owned by a third party to the litigation.
Malcolm has given presentations and seminars on Competition Law including to Property and Business Law Accredited Specialists. He has dealt with a number of regulatory bodies including the ATO, ACC, ACCC, ASIC, parliamentary committees in the conduct of investigations into, among other things, suspected contraventions of tax, trade practices and corporations law.
Qualifications
2001 - Master of Labour Law, University of Sydney
1996 to Present: Director, Speed and Stracey Lawyers
1988 - Lawyer, Speed and Stracey Lawyers
1987 - Bachelor of Law, University of Sydney
1985 - Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney
Recent Experience
Advising and acting on a major international tax audit involving tax havens
Advising and acting in investigations by Government departments including such matters as search warrants, claims for privilege, tax evasion (Operation Wickenby - ACC); planning law contraventions involving allegations of corruption against senior company officers, directors and politicians (Orange Grove - ICAC and NSW Upper House Parliamentary Committee); insider trading allegations against corporations and employees (ASIC), misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct allegations against corporations and officers (ACCC)
Advising and acting in property, development and real estate misleading and deceptive conduct mattes
Advising and acting in major copyright disputes
Advising and acting for directors, senior executives and listed and non-listed corporations in the resolution of employment contracts and employment termination disputes
Acting on major commercial cases in the Federal Court of Australia and complex commercial disputes before the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Advising and acting on negligence cases involving equities, futures trading and hedge funds
Advising and acting in multimillion dollar partnership disputes
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