Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Property, Planning & Development, Regulatory, White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations
Alana is an experienced litigation lawyer who specialises in retail leasing and property disputes, corporate crime and regulatory investigations and prosecutions, and complex commercial disputes.
In leasing and property matters, Alana advises some of Australia’s largest retail and commercial landlords, shopping centre managers and tenants in matters of strategy, risk assessment and management, alternative dispute resolution and litigation.
In corporate crime and regulatory matters, Alana has particular experience in defending directors and officers charged with foreign bribery and corruption. She also acts for clients in ASIC and AFP investigations and prosecutions. Additionally, Alana has worked on a number of financial services matters for ASIC and on various Royal Commissions and Inquiries.
Alana also represents clients in Corporations Act, commercial and contractual disputes and in litigation arising out of wills and deceased estates.
Since being admitted to practice in 2009, Alana has acted in a number of high profile disputes and investigations.
Some examples of her recent work include:
In 2013/2014, Alana spent a year working for ASIC as a lawyer in its Financial Services Enforcement team. Whilst at ASIC, Alana was involved in a number of investigations arising out of suspected breaches of the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act, particularly in relation to superannuation and self-managed super funds. In this role, Alana conducted numerous ASIC Act examinations of persons of interest, used ASIC’s compulsory powers to gather evidence from corporations and individuals and participated in the execution of an ASIC search warrant in conjunction with the AFP. As a result of this work, Alana has gained a unique insight into ASIC’s enforcement operations and the way in which it approaches its investigations and prosecutions.
