Sylvia Fernandez | Partner | Sydney

Sylvia is a member of our Commercial Dispute Resolution practice group and has considerable experience in the area of managing complex commercial disputes and in the processes of alternative dispute resolution. She has also had extensive experience in defending professional negligence claims in the areas of audit and general accounting services for one of the "Big Four" accounting firms. She has advised on:

• global partnership issues

• the defence of complex audit negligence claims

• the defence of professional negligence claims arising out of sale of business

• the defence of professional negligence claims arising out of the provision of consulting advice in respect of the acquisition and implementation of a large computer system

Sylvia's experience also includes:

• obtaining an interlocutory injunction against a shareholder in relation to breaches of an anti-compete clause of a Shareholders' Deed

• securing stays of execution of judgment on behalf of the former partners of Nelson Wheeler in relation to the Duke Group litigation. The stays were granted after applications to the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia and the High Court of Australia

• acting for a global advertising agency in respect of a corporate restructure in New South Wales pursuant to the provisions of the Corporations Law dealing with Schemes of Arrangement

• successfully defending an oppression action on behalf of a national manufacturing concern in the Supreme Court of Queensland

• acting successfully for several insureds in respect of a policy of professional indemnity insurance against their insurance broker and insurer for negligence and for breach of contract in the Supreme Court of South Australia

• defending an international manufacturing concern in relation to a product liability claim in the Supreme Court of Victoria

Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws - University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Arts - University of New South Wales