Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Property, Planning & Development, Regulatory, White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations
Alana is a Special Counsel in Holding Redlich’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation team in Melbourne. Alana acts for corporations and individuals in complex commercial disputes and investigations. Alana has over 12 years’ experience conducting litigation in all Victorian courts and tribunals, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia. Alana has also litigated matters in NSW and the ACT.
Alana’s practice focuses on the following areas:
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:
advising and representing a number of Australia’s largest landlords and tenants in relation to all aspects of retail and commercial leasing disputes, including misleading and deceptive conduct claims, unconscionable conduct, disturbance, relocation and demolition claims, debt and general dispute resolution and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on leases.
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 Australian Federal Police. 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.
Law Institute of Victoria
