Practical Law Practice Areas

Kate Merrifield

Kate has more than 10 years’ experience practising as a corporate lawyer at leading Australian law firm Gilbert+Tobin, where her practice included advising clients on a range of corporate transactions and commercial matters including restructures, acquisitions and disposals of private companies, commercial contracts, corporate governance and compliance with the Corporations Act and Listing Rules.

Olwen Jaffe Cadosch

Olwen is a qualified lawyer in the United States. Prior to joining Practical Law Australia, Olwen worked in both private practice and government. She is also an adjunct professor in legal studies at a US college.

Tim Perry

Tim has more than 12 years' experience practising at leading law firms in Australia, including Gilbert + Tobin and DLA Piper. Tim's expertise includes advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, restructures, capital raisings, privatisations and other government transactions, corporate governance, directors' duties and commercial contracts.

Sheridan Pinheiro

Sheridan joined Practical Law Australia after more than 10 years’ experience working on corporate and commercial legal documents in the Knowledge Management team of leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. Prior to that, Sheridan practised in-house for a media group on a range of corporate and commercial matters.

Lauren Singh

Lauren joined Practical Law after having practised at Watson Mangioni and Piper Alderman. Lauren is experienced in advising clients on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions and matters of general corporate governance, in particular ASX-listed companies.

Shan-Ree Tan

Shan-Ree joined Practical Law after more than eight years in practice at leading Australian law firm Gilbert+Tobin, as well as experience at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Supreme Court of New South Wales. His expertise includes leveraged private equity investments and trade sales, as well as restructures, capital raisings, fund structuring, foreign investment, State transactions, employee incentive schemes, corporate governance, commercial contracts and charities.