Geoffrey advises corporate clients at a senior management level and works with chief executives in Australia and overseas.
His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, the Corporations Act, business and commercial law, intellectual property law, contract law and competition law and he has represented a variety of blue chip clients in major commercial projects.
Significant transactions Geoffrey has been involved in include initial public offerings, the development and launch of new business initiatives, media joint ventures, tax-leveraged technology syndications, oil industry alliances and major foreign investments in Australia as well as corporate restructurings, acquisitions and disposals.
Geoffrey is a past Chairman of the Board of Management of the firm and was Chairman of Partners from 2004 to 2010.
Geoffrey is a member of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is also an experienced non-executive director or chairman of companies operating in the financial services sector.
For 2005 Geoffrey was elected as Vice-President of Globalaw, a worldwide network of more than 105 independent law firms in 169 cities, representing more than 4,200 lawyers. He served as the Chair of its Membership and Nominating Committee in 2005, as the President of Globalaw in 2006 and continues as a member of the board of directors.
Geoffrey is recognised as a leading individual in TMT: Media by Chambers 2011.