Anthony Lo Surdo SC

Admission Date

• Senior Counsel: 6 October 2011
• Barrister: 9 August 1996
• Solicitor: 3 July 1987

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (University of Sydney, 1985)
• Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney, 1987)
• Acc. M. LEADR (1993)
• Master of Laws (University of Sydney, 1996)
• National Accredited Mediator (The NSW Bar Association, 2008)
• Arbitrator (The NSW Bar Association, 2010)
• Expert Determiner (The NSW Bar Association, 2010)

Previous Occupations

• Solicitor with major national law firms (July 1987 – August 1996)

Specific Areas of Practice

Anthony specialises in commercial, equity, corporations, insurance law, professional and public indemnity with a particular interest in banking and insolvency in respect of which he has written extensively.

Anthony has been described by “Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession – 2010 and 2011” as a “Leading” junior counsel at the Insolvency Bar.

He is accredited as a mediator by both LEADR and by The New South Wales Bar Association under the National Mediator Accreditation System Standards and has mediated a vast array of matters since he was first accredited as a mediator in 1993.

He regularly advises and has appeared for:

• ASIC in relation to breaches of continuous disclosure provisions, breaches of market manipulation requirements, misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct.

• Banks and other financial institutions in relation to the enforcement of security interests (including mortgages, charges and guarantees) and in relation to banker/customer disputes (including conversion of cheques and cheque law generally, authorities to transact on accounts and issues that have arisen in relation to safety deposits).

• Insolvency administrators (voluntary administrators, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy and liquidators) as regards a multitude of issues that often arise in the course of an administration including applications to the Court in relation to the operation of Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act, 2001, proceedings under Part 5.6 of the Corporations Act, 2001 (including proceedings to set aside statutory demands and contested applications to wind-up companies) proceedings under Part 5.7B of the Corporations Act, 2001 (including proceedings for the recovery of compensation for unfair preferences and other uncommercial transactions and for insolvent trading by directors) and proceedings under Part 5.9 of the Corporations Act, 2001 relating to the examination of officers and other persons in relation to the examinable affairs of a corporation.

• Creditors of insolvent companies and individuals.

• Directors in relation to breach of directors’ duties and insolvent trading claims, the subject of public examination by insolvency administrators and facing investigations by the ASIC.

• Insurers in relation to indemnity issues generally, professional indemnity (including advising and appearing in defence of surveyors, architects, valuers, brokers, town planners, builders and lawyers) and product liability.

• Lessors (including major shopping centre proprietors) and lessees in relation to disputes which have arisen between them (including proceedings for possession and for relief against forfeiture).

• Vendors and purchasers of land, builders and developers.

• Corporations and individuals in relation to contractual disputes (including share sale agreements and agreements for the sale of interests in other personal property).

Courts and Tribunals

• Supreme Court of New South Wales
• District Court of New South Wales
• Federal Court of Australia and Federal Magistrates Court
• High Court of Australia
• Administrative Appeals Tribunal
• Administrative Decisions Tribunal (Retail Leases Division)
• Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal