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About Pointon Partners Lawyers — Pointon Partners Lawyers has been providing solutions for business and their stakeholders for 20 years. While navigating some of the most high profile legal cases in that time, including the Ansett collapse and NAB rogue trader litigation, Pointon Partners Lawyers has kept a constant focus on partnering with clients and building long-term relationships to help them grow their businesses. Starting from Tony Pointon’s desire to create a legal firm dedicated to businesses and business stakeholders, Pointon Partners Lawyers now has a team of more than 40 providing specialist legal services across Commercial, Taxation, Corporate (including listings on the ASX), Property, Litigation, Employment, Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Personal Law. Its clients represent a broad cross section of industries, from Accounting, Business Recovery and Insolvency, Energy and Resources, Franchising and International Tax to Logistics, Pharmacy-Medical, Property Development, SMEs, and the Wagering and Horse Industries. For more information on Pointon Partners Lawyers’ expertise, visit www.pointonpartners.com.au
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In the mid-1990s, Tony Pointon was a Commercial/Taxation Partner at a mid-sized Melbourne legal firm. His wish was to create a company dedicated to servicing the legal needs of businesses and business stakeholders. Tony had gained a wealth of experience in the law, along with accounting and business skills, working for a top four accounting firm, at leading legal service providers and at the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He combined that expertise with a practical business approach to solving clients’ legal problems, an approach that has become the hallmark of Tony’s legal advice and of Pointon Partners Lawyers since it was born on 1 January, 1996. Settling on the name Pointon Partners Lawyers in 2000, the firm has grown significantly and steadily in both staff and client numbers as it navigated many legal matters including: — The Ansett Airline collapse — The NAB rogue trader litigation — The Navy health tax litigation — Key horse industry issues for participants and governing bodies — Industry leading commercial and taxation structuring advice — Restructuring for businesses with insolvency concerns — A large volume of mergers and acquisitions — Multiple ASX listings — Large scale property developments for clients in Australia and Asia
As its client base grew, Pointon Partners Lawyers elevated key staff members to positions of responsibility. By 2012 it had outgrown its original home at 640 Bourke St, Melbourne, moving to occupy levels 14 and 15 at 565 Bourke St, Melbourne. What hasn’t changed is the firm’s dedication to its initial purpose: offering practical legal services and solutions for businesses and business stakeholders. In 2016, Pointon Partners Lawyers celebrates its 20 year milestone with a clear vision of offering practical legal solutions to businesses, a vision that continues to drive its people today as it did at the beginning of its journey two decades ago.
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Our People — Pointon Partners staff have the knowledge, experience and expertise to assist you with all your legal issues, both business and personal. Please contact us for assistance or visit our website, www.pointonpartners.com.au, for more information on the wide range of services we provide. We look forward to servicing your legal needs for another 20 years.
TONY POINTON Managing Director P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8907 adp@pointonpartners.com.au
MICHAEL BISHOP Director P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8947 mjb@pointonpartners.com.au
ANDREW COX Consultant P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8914 arc@pointonpartners.com.au
ROBERT GORDON Consultant P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8946 rmg@pointonpartners.com.au
AMELITA HENSMAN Senior Associate P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8911 ah@pointonpartners.com.au
DAVID MAZZEO Director P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8904 dm@pointonpartners.com.au
TED VL AHOS Director P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8905 tv@pointonpartners.com.au
LASZLO KONYA Senior Associate P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8912 lk@pointonpartners.com.au
BRIGID O’DWYER Senior Associate P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8944 bodwyer@pointonpartners.com.au
FELICITY CARA-CARSON Senior Associate P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8926 fc@pointonpartners.com.au
NICHOL AS BRAND Director P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8945 nbrand@pointonpartners.com.au
PHILLIP GRUNDY Director P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8948 pjg@pointonpartners.com.au
NICHOLAS MCCARTHY Senior Associate P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8945 nmccarthy@pointonpartners.com.au
JULIE NGAN Senior Associate P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8928 jn@pointonpartners.com.au
ROSEMARY MCLOUGHLIN Property Services Team P +61 3 9614 7707 D +61 3 8625 8925 rmcloughlin@pointonpartners.com.au
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Level 14/565 Bourke Street Melbourne Vic 3000
Phone 03 9614 7707 Fax 03 9614 6676
www.pointonpartners.com.au