Dominic Brunet - Director
Dominic Brunet is the Legal Practice Director of Brunet Law. He practices in Building & Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, and Litigation and Disputes law. Prior to undertaking opening his own firm Dominic has worked for a reputable Brisbane law firm.
Notable matters:
- Acting for various top 10 project builders in Queensland in the review of several Queensland Building and Construction Commission directions to rectify and other disciplinary matters succesfully defending all matters without any demerit points or fines on the part of the licensee
- Acting for the developer of a large renewable energy facility in North Queensland in negotiations for a design and construction contract worth in excess of $50 million
- Conducting public examinations under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) on behalf of a liquidator involving lawyers, accountants, pre-insolvency advisors and company directors to investigate potential contraventions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
- Acting for a company seeking to invoke 'bad leaver' provisions against a founder under a Shareholders Agreement in the Supreme Court of Queensland and succesfully defending the proceeeding
- Acting for a company defending a winding up application on just and equitable grounds the Supreme Court
- Acting for a director and shareholder in successfully prosecuting a winding up application on just and equitable grounds
- Acting for liquidators in prosecuting voidable transactions under the Corporations Act 2001
- Acting for creditors in defending claims from liquidators in relation to voidable transactions under the Corporations Act 2001
- Obtaining summary judgment on an insolvent trading claim against a Director in the District Court of Queensland on behalf of a liquidator
- Acting for liquidators in prosecuting unfair preference claims, uncommercial transaction and insolvent transactions under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Michael Barber - Special Counsel
Michael (Mick) is a multi-disciplinary professional with qualifications across IT, law, science, accounting, business and corporate governance. In addition to being an Australian Lawyer he is a Risk and Governance Professional, Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Prior to law Michael spent around a decade working as an IT consultant, taking up roles as a developer, business analyst and project manager. Much of this work involved business process re-engineering and implementing Enterprise Resource Planning systems. However, he also spent his early days at CSIRO working on sugarcane modelling and cattle feed trials. His love for Australian agriculture, particularly AgTech, has never diminished.
When he is not trying to perfect his beef rendang recipe, he applies his business acumen and extensive tech consulting background to law, providing legal services to startups, scaleups and the broader tech community. If you are looking for a technology lawyer with real domain experience look no further.