Olivia specialises in complex commercial litigation and regulatory disputes. She predominantly acts for corporate clients across a range of industries, including energy and resources, engineering, construction, financial services, property and insolvency.
Olivia has a broad commercial disputes practice, with experience across contractual, project and development, corporate, insolvency and regulatory disputes. She regularly acts in proceedings before courts and tribunals, and brings experience from both sides of regulatory matters, having acted for government agencies and regulators, as well as for private-sector clients in investigations and disputes.
Olivia has been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia, Ones to Watch list for Litigation.
Olivia’s work highlights include:
- ASX 100 mining company: conducting a large-scale investigation into potential regulatory and civil litigation exposures.
- ASX 100 property company: advising on a range of contentious and pre-contentious issues, including potential contractual disputes arising from development projects.
- Global engineering company: acting in civil and criminal proceedings arising from a development project.
- Mining and logistics companies: acting for private companies in relation to WorkSafe investigations and prosecutions.
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety: acting as a senior member of the Solicitor Assisting team from 2019 to 2021, including conducting public hearings and contributing to recommendations in the Interim Report and Final Report.
- Regulatory investigations and disputes: acting for government agencies, regulators and private-sector clients in a range of regulatory investigations and disputes, including civil penalty proceedings and criminal prosecutions.
