Philip Archer
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Related services and key industries
Biography
Philip Archer is a commercial dispute resolution lawyer based in Sydney.
Philip's practice is focused on complex commercial disputes and investigations. He represents clients in proceedings concerning contract law, misleading and deceptive conduct and other consumer law claims, financial services regulation, competition law, corporations law and directors' duties, insolvency, professional negligence, insurance coverage, securities law, and administrative law, including both judicial review and merits review. He also regularly assists clients to respond to regulatory investigations and conduct internal investigations.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Bachelor of Laws, The University of Sydney (2015)
- Bachelor of Economics, The University of Sydney (2014)
- Admitted to practice in New York 2021
- Admitted to practice in Australian federal courts 2016
- Admitted to practice in New South Wales 2016
Litigation and arbitration
- Acted for the Plaintiff in judicial review proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Acted for 7-Eleven Stores Pty Limited, Defendant in Davaria Pty Limited v 7-Eleven Stores Pty Limited (class action proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia)
- Acted for KPMG, the receivers and managers of DSHE Holdings Limited (Dick Smith), Plaintiff in DSHE Holdings Limited v Abboud & Ors (Supreme Court of New South Wales) and Appellant in DSHE Holdings Limited v Potts & Anor (New South Wales Court of Appeal)
- Acted for National Australia Bank Limited and HSBC Bank Australia Limited, Plaintiffs in National Australia Bank Limited & Anor v Abboud & Anor (Supreme Court of New South Wales), and National Australia Bank Limited as Respondent in Potts v National Australia Bank Limited (New South Wales Court of Appeal)
- Acted for an Australian company in an ICC arbitration seated in London against a PRC company
Investigations
- Acted for a major international bank in an ASIC investigation into compliance with its financial services licensee obligations
- Acted for the CEO of an ASX-listed company in an ASIC investigation into suspected contraventions of the Corporations Act in relation to perceived accounting irregularities
- Acted for an officer of major Australian bank in an ASIC investigation into suspected contraventions of the ASIC Act and Corporations Act in relation to financial planning advice
- Acted for a major Australian bank in an investigation by the corporate regulator into suspected contraventions of the Corporations Act in relation to foreign exchange trading
- Acted for a leading construction company in an internal investigation into suspected employee fraud
Recognised in 'Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch' list, 2022
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