Camille Tewari
Camille is a Senior Associate in the Disputes team, specialising in complex disputes and contentious regulatory matters.
Camille specialises in complex disputes and contentious regulatory matters. She has acted for clients in public inquiries, class actions, regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings, and commercial disputes. She has also assisted clients to respond to crisis events including data breaches and regularly advises clients on matters of commercial significance.
Camille has worked with clients in various sectors, including the financial services, technology, and energy sectors, both in Australia and the United Kingdom. She co-leads Herbert Smith Freehills’ AI Advisory Group in Australia.
Background
Camille holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Business (Economics). She is currently admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia and has previously practised as a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Acting for a listed company in enforcement proceedings commenced by ASIC and advising on various related issues regarding a failed technology project;
- Acting for a major Australian retail bank and insurance institutions in relation to a class action brought in relation to the sale of retail products and advising on related matters such as remediation and insurance coverage;
- Acting for a major Australian retail bank in relation to an ASIC investigation involving alleged contraventions of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act and National Credit Code relating to hardship processes;
- Advising various corporate clients in relation to cyber-attacks and data breaches, including advising on reporting and notification obligations, the application of legal professional privilege in the context of internal investigations, and how to best manage litigation and reputational risk;
- Acting for a listed company in relation to an ACCC investigation relating to alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law relating to false or misleading representations and mandatory reporting obligations;
- Advising various financial institutions, corporate clients and a state government department in relation to significant commercial arrangements and disputes with key technology suppliers;
- Advising corporate clients in relation to freezing orders and requests for disclosure, including how to manage reputational risk, tipping off concerns and mandatory reporting obligations;
- Acting for various corporate clients in relation to responses to concerns notices making allegations of defamation and injurious falseshood;
- Advising an energy company in relation to its rights and obligations under several power purchase agreements following various incidents that occurred a solar farm;
- Acting for a major Australian retail bank in relation to an ASIC investigation and Federal Court proceedings involving alleged contraventions of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act relating to a home loan introducer program;
- Acting for a Swiss private bank in relation to a major multi-party cross-border bribery and dishonest assistance claim issued in the High Court of England and Wales;
- Advising British banks, and an association of financial institutions, in regulatory investigations, consultations and other forms of engagement with regulators and other statutory bodies, including the FCA and the PSR;
- Acting for various banks and the University of Oxford in contentious data disputes, including in the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales;
- Acting for a multinational corporate client in relation to various matters arising from a crisis, including by advising its crisis management team, representing the client in a large-scale public inquiry, and advising in relation to various related matters.
