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Kim Nguyen

Senior Associate - Sydney

Areas of Expertise

Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Contact Kim

+61 2 8083 0460 kim.nguyen@holdingredlich.com Connect

Expertise

Kim is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation group.

She has a broad range of experience and a particular interest in commercial/contract disputes, intellectual property disputes, property and administrative law matters. 

Kim’s experience extends across a wide range of Federal and State Courts and Tribunals.

Prior to joining Holding Redlich, Kim worked at the New South Wales Law Reform Commission providing legal policy advice.

Experience

Kim’s recent experience includes:

Commercial disputes

  • acting for a company in respect of an unfair preference claim in the Federal Court of Australia in Victoria
  • acting for foreign defendants in respect of a significant multi-party admiralty claim and cross-claims in the Federal Court of Australia
  • acting for a local government body in Supreme Court of NSW proceedings involving breach of contract, negligence and unconscionability claims
  • acting in numerous director and shareholders disputes
  • acting in numerous matters involving breach of contract, misleading and deceptive conduct, unconscionable conduct and breach of directors’ duties


Intellectual property

Kim has acted for numerous clients in intellectual property disputes, with a particular interest in trade mark infringement. Her experience includes acting for:

  • an international software company in respect of infringement of its trade marks
  • a national financial ratings company, defending trade mark infringement allegations
  • an Australian optical distribution company in respect of infringement of its trade marks
  • an Australian company in respect of copyright infringement and trade mark opposition issues
  • a real estate company responding to claims of trade mark infringement, passing off and misleading and deceptive conduct
  • and advising numerous clients on the appropriate protection of confidential information


Administrative law

  • acting for an independent Commonwealth government agency, providing advice on privacy and freedom of information issues
  • acting as solicitor advocate for an independent Commonwealth government agency in judicial review and merits review proceedings


Commissions of inquiry

  • acting for four parties involved in the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess in 2020

Publications

18 May 2022 - Knowledge

What is a former trustee’s obligation to provide trust documents to an incoming trustee?

#Dispute Resolution & Litigation

A recent judgment has shown that when a new trustee is appointed to an existing trust, the outgoing trustee must co-operate and promptly provide trust documents to the new trustee.

21 April 2021 - Knowledge

auDA’s new domain name licensing rules

#Intellectual Property

The new .au domain name licensing rules are in force. We set out the new eligibility rules for registering a ‘.com.au’ domain name.

Upcoming Seminars

16 Feb 23

Renewables projects: back-end lessons for the front-end

Drawing on our experience on a number of significant wind and solar farm disputes, we look at what lessons can be learned for project owners when negotiating the EPC and O&M contracts.

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20 Feb 23

Australian Government lawyers annual CLE seminar series 2023 | Navigating public sector risk and threat

This year's virtual program will take place over a three-week period from 20 February to 10 March 2023, offering a range of topics and CPD core units. The sessions will explore some of the public sector risks and threats over the past 12 months amid the pandemic, its associated labour and material shortages, extreme weather, supply and price shocks associated with the war in Ukraine, cyber-attacks and even pestilence. Registration for all webinars is now open and complimentary.

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20 Feb 23

NSW Government lawyers annual CLE seminar series 2023 | Navigating public sector risk and threat

This year's virtual program will take place over a three-week period from 20 February to 10 March 2023, offering a range of topics and CPD core units. The sessions will explore some of the public sector risks and threats over the past 12 months amid the pandemic, its associated labour and material shortages, extreme weather, supply and price shocks associated with the war in Ukraine, cyber-attacks and even pestilence. Registration for all webinars is now open and complimentary.

Register now

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