Hoory Yeldizian

Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

Sydney T:+61 2 9330 8721

Hoory Yeldizian

Human rights

Hoory Yeldizian is a litigation and commercial dispute resolution lawyer with an interest in ethical business. This includes human rights law, modern slavery risk assessment, anti-corruption/bribery and regulatory investigations in the public and private financial services sector.

Professional experience

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Education

Human Rights and Social Entrepreneurship Internship; Geneva Global Human Rights Clinic
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (University of Waikato)

Admissions

Supreme Court of New South Wales 2018
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand 2014

Representative experience

Financial services company – Acting for a major financial services ASX listed company in advising on corporate criminal liability for historical financial services practices allegedly contrary to the Corporations Act;
Financial services company – Acting for a major financial services ASX listed company for regulatory investigations, responding to ASIC and APRA and other major investigations;
Major banking and financial institution – Acting as legal counsel on secondment facilitating regulatory engagement and advising on legal risks in regulatory responses; project management of APRA and ASIC notices to produce and respond regarding practices and systems;
Multinational bank – Acting for a multinational Bank on multiple class action litigation in New South Wales and Victoria jurisdictions;
Multinational construction company – Acting for a multinational construction company in a class action litigation concerning alleged shareholder loss;
Dairy company – Acting as junior counsel in a successful arbitration proceeding for a notable New Zealand dairy company concerning breach of contract and minimum volume purchasing;
Broadcasting company – Assisting with various breach of the Fair Trading Act matters against suppliers of pre-loaded media players;
International Fruit Manufacturers – Assisting with the investigation undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office of New Zealand into historic fraudulent invoices to customs and import practices in China; and
International Fruit Manufacturers – Assisting Zespri International Limited in the defence of a civil claim brought by its Chinese importers arising from customs charges and import practices in China.