Dean Hely
Managing Partner

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Dean Hely is the Managing Partner of Lavan Legal and the Lead Partner of Lavan Legal’s Commercial Advice and Litigation Group. Dean Hely was admitted as a partner of Phillips Fox (as Lavan Legal was then known) in November 1999.

Dean has over 25 years’ experience working in corporate reconstructions, insolvency and commercial litigation.  He has worked on numerous major company reconstructions including The Croesus Group, Bulong Operations Pty Ltd, Mead Restaurants and the merger between StateWest Credit Society Ltd and Home Building Society Ltd. This experience, together with Dean’s work in general litigation, his work for insolvency and reconstruction firms such as McGrathNicol, KordaMentha, Pitcher Partners, Taylor Woodings and Deloitte, and financial institutions such as Westpac Banking Corporation, St.George Bank, National Australia Bank Limited, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bank of Queensland Limited, Suncorp and other large financiers, has provided Dean with extensive experience in litigation and general corporate matters.

Dean is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Credit Management.

Click here to read an article published by Lawyers Weekly where Dean talks about stepping into the role as Managing Partner.