Gerald Parncutt

Gerald Parncutt is a commercial barrister with over 30 years’ seniority who advises and practises in the following areas both in Australia and overseas.

· joint venture litigation, in the enforcement or setting aside of contracts, deeds, loan guarantees and related securities as well as all aspects of mortgage and land law.

· contract law, equity and mortgage litigation

· partnership, agency & trusts litigation

· local and transnational franchise litigation and IP law including computer software

· Australian Stock Exchange option trading litigation and market manipulation litigation

· shareholder disputes

· ICC international commercial arbitration conducted under the International Court of Arbitration.

· financial services litigation

· cross border marital property law litigation

· revenue law

Education:

Melbourne:

· University of Melbourne Law School. Batchelor of Laws (LLB)

· Monash University Law School. Grad. Diploma of Legal Studies

Paris, France:

ICC Institute of World Business Law. Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Law School.

– Certificate in Mediation (2003)

– Certificate in Computer Science for Lawyers (2019-2020)

Academic:

· Awarded Butterworth’s Book Prize in Comparative Law at University of Melbourne Law School

· Attended the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany for comparative law thesis

· Lectured in International Comparative Corporate Law at Victoria University Law School, Melbourne.