Jonathon Redwood
Jonathon has a broad national practice in commercial and public law and over 20 years of experience. He has particular expertise in corporate and securities law, directors duties and corporate governance, insurance, class actions, consumer law, schemes of arrangement, complex insolvency restructurings, complex tax disputes (Part IVA) and constitutional law. Jonathon also has substantial experience and expertise in international commercial arbitrations (including arbitrations seated in Singapore, London and New York) and private international law. He has acted as an arbitrator (appointed under the ACICA Rules) and was recently appointed as panel arbitrator for NBN Co. He is also admitted to the New York Bar and the English Bar (Lincoln’s Inn).
Prior to coming to the Bar, Jonathon was a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School teaching comparative corporate governance and securities regulation. Before this, Jonathon was a Senior Associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 1999 to 2005.
Jonathon was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports from 2006-2016.
Areas of Practice
Cases
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (2018)
- Re Banksia Securities Limited (Rec & Mgr Apptd) [2018] VSC 47
- Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328
- Re Banksia Securities Limited (Rec & Mgr Apptd) [2017] VSC 148
- Radhika Oswal v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (The Oswal matters)
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v AGL South Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1369
- Bank of Western Australia Ltd v Abdul & Anor [2012] VSC 222
Publications
- Jonathon Redwood – “was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports from 2006-2016”
- Jonathon Redwood – “Arbitration and the Constitution” (12 September 2012, AACL, with Justin Gleeson)
- Jonathon Redwood – “The Constitution and the Environment – The Local Government Perspective” (31 October 2011, AACL)
- Jonathon Redwood – “A Comparative Analysis of Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards in Australia and the United States” (29 October 2010, NYSBA conference (Sydney), publication forthcoming)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Reform of International Arbitration in Australia” (Victorian Bar, July 2010)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Court Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards” (14 July 2009, Diploma in International Arbitration, Gonville & Cauis College, Cambridge)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Limitations of U.S. Securities Litigation Against Australian Companies by Australian Plaintiffs” (Corporate Law Bulletin, December 2008)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Class Actions in Australia: Key Requirements and Emerging Trends” (IBA Newsletter, Sep 2007)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Court Criticizes Sloppy Sale Process in Private Equity Auction” (Corporate Law Bulletin, June 2007)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Highest Court Rejects Extension of Directors’ Fiduciary Duty to Creditors” (Corporate Law Bulletin, May 2007)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Defences to Torts” (Laws of Australia, Author)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Corporate Greenmail” (1997) 9 Corp. & Bus. Law Jnl 139
- Jonathon Redwood – “The Interface Between Public & Private Law” (1998) 7 Tort Law Rev. 30
QUALIFICATIONS:
BCom, LLB (Hons), BCL (Oxon) (Dist), LLM (Harv)
MEMBERSHIP & ASSOCIATIONS:
Fellow and Executive Director, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA);
Brandon Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (University of Cambridge);
Member, Australian Association for Constitutional Law;
Member, American Society for International law;
Member, Australian Bar Association, International Committee and Class Action Committee.
Jonathon Redwood
Profile
Jonathon has a broad national practice in commercial and public law and over 20 years of experience. He has particular expertise in corporate and securities law, directors duties and corporate governance, insurance, class actions, consumer law, schemes of arrangement, complex insolvency restructurings, complex tax disputes (Part IVA) and constitutional law. Jonathon also has substantial experience and expertise in international commercial arbitrations (including arbitrations seated in Singapore, London and New York) and private international law. He has acted as an arbitrator (appointed under the ACICA Rules) and was recently appointed as panel arbitrator for NBN Co. He is also admitted to the New York Bar and the English Bar (Lincoln’s Inn).
Prior to coming to the Bar, Jonathon was a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School teaching comparative corporate governance and securities regulation. Before this, Jonathon was a Senior Associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 1999 to 2005.
Jonathon was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports from 2006-2016.
Areas of Practice
Cases
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (2018)
- Re Banksia Securities Limited (Rec & Mgr Apptd) [2018] VSC 47
- Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328
- Re Banksia Securities Limited (Rec & Mgr Apptd) [2017] VSC 148
- Radhika Oswal v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (The Oswal matters)
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v AGL South Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1369
- Bank of Western Australia Ltd v Abdul & Anor [2012] VSC 222
Publication
- Jonathon Redwood – “was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports from 2006-2016”
- Jonathon Redwood – “Arbitration and the Constitution” (12 September 2012, AACL, with Justin Gleeson)
- Jonathon Redwood – “The Constitution and the Environment – The Local Government Perspective” (31 October 2011, AACL)
- Jonathon Redwood – “A Comparative Analysis of Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards in Australia and the United States” (29 October 2010, NYSBA conference (Sydney), publication forthcoming)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Reform of International Arbitration in Australia” (Victorian Bar, July 2010)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Court Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards” (14 July 2009, Diploma in International Arbitration, Gonville & Cauis College, Cambridge)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Limitations of U.S. Securities Litigation Against Australian Companies by Australian Plaintiffs” (Corporate Law Bulletin, December 2008)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Class Actions in Australia: Key Requirements and Emerging Trends” (IBA Newsletter, Sep 2007)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Court Criticizes Sloppy Sale Process in Private Equity Auction” (Corporate Law Bulletin, June 2007)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Delaware’s Highest Court Rejects Extension of Directors’ Fiduciary Duty to Creditors” (Corporate Law Bulletin, May 2007)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Defences to Torts” (Laws of Australia, Author)
- Jonathon Redwood – “Corporate Greenmail” (1997) 9 Corp. & Bus. Law Jnl 139
- Jonathon Redwood – “The Interface Between Public & Private Law” (1998) 7 Tort Law Rev. 30
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS::
BCom, LLB (Hons), BCL (Oxon) (Dist), LLM (Harv)
MEMBERSHIP & ASSOCIATIONS:
Fellow and Executive Director, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA);
Brandon Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (University of Cambridge);
Member, Australian Association for Constitutional Law;
Member, American Society for International law;
Member, Australian Bar Association, International Committee and Class Action Committee.