Azaara Perakath
Azaara is a versatile litigator with experience in Australian and cross-border insolvency disputes and class actions, as well as criminal matters.
Azaara focuses on large-scale commercial litigation, representing leading Australian clients including in the banking, mining and energy sectors in State and Federal Courts. Together, Azaara’s attention to detail, ability to get across large volumes of material quickly and commercial-mindedness allow her to devise effective solutions to complex disputes.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- an Australian bank in relation to a significant regulatory investigation
- a New Zealand-based Dairy Co-operative in relation to its contractual rights in the context of a multi-billion dollar transaction
- advising former directors of a company, following its sale, in relation to a dispute as to the value of the business and potential W&I insurance claims
- representing the former director of an ASX company in connection with a section 19 ASIC examination
- representing an individual in the Architects Tribunal
- advising a novated leasing company in relation to potential misleading and deceptive conduct claims against its competitors
- advising a biopharmaceutical company in relation to its rights under a contract for the supply of vaccines
Sectors
Background
Azaara holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce (Corp Fin) from the University of Adelaide. She has also recently completed a Master of Laws (LLM) with Distinction at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in London.
Before joining the firm, she served as Associate to the (late) Honourable Justice Malcolm Blue in the Supreme Court of South Australia and subsequently was a criminal prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Prosecutions (SA).
She was first admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
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