Alexandra Lockie
Alexandra has deep experience in strategic litigation, major business risk issues, litigious complex regulatory issues including in relation to taxation and insolvency related disputes.
Alexandra has worked on high stakes litigation across various industries and acts regularly in relation to contentious pre-litigation issues arising out of major M&A transactions.
Alexandra has extensive experience applying a commercial focus to difficult legal issues. She has acted in major litigation in the private capital, consumer products and across various infrastructure and property disputes. In this context, she consistently ensures solutions accommodate both commercial drivers and strategic considerations for the litigation. She excels at making big teams prosper and thrives off solving challenging legal problems.
Background
Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Science (Genetics) from the University of Melbourne. She has completed the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Takeovers Association Advanced Certification. Alexandra is admitted to practice across Australia.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- A family-owned retail property group in litigation against the Australian Taxation Office.
- Mediation for fourteen clients of an accounting firm against the Australian Taxation Office in relation to tax assessments payable on certain dividend payments between each group of companies.
- Jemena in litigation against the Australian Energy Regulator in relation to certain requirements under the National Gas Legislation.
- Port of Melbourne in defending a misleading or deceptive conduct claim by Patrick.
- Carbon Revolution in relation to the deSPAC transaction approved by way of scheme of arrangement by the Federal Court of Australia.
- CITIC Ltd, a majority Chinese owned, Hong Kong listed company and certain subsidiaries, in litigation relating to the operation of an iron ore project in Western Australia against Mineralogy.
- Total Tools Holdings (wholly owned subsidiary of Metcash) in relation to a claim for equity made by a former executive.
- A large cosmetics company in relation to disputes arising out of a private sale to an offshore buyer regarding the completion accounts and purchase price.
- Advice to a Pacific Current Group regarding disputes raised by a shareholder regarding directors duties resulting from the establishment of a partnership into North America.
- Safe harbour advice to various directors and start up entities.
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