Warren Jiear, Partner

Expertise

Warren heads our commercial recovery and restructuring team.

He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and insolvency matters
and is an accredited specialist in commercial litigation. In insolvency matters,
he regularly acts for and against liquidators, administrators, receivers, conducting and defending actions including public examinations, preference
and insolvent trading proceedings.

In commercial litigation matters, Warren acts for companies, directors, shareholders, property developers, construction companies and commercial
and corporate clients.

Areas of practice

Commercial litigation
Corporate and personal insolvency
Director, shareholder and partnership disputes
Restructuring
Construction disputes
Debt recovery

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws, Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology
Admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia

Recent projects

Successfully represented administrators as solicitor and advocate in proceedings to extend convening period for administration and in proceedings to terminate an administration.
Acted for trustees in bankruptcy, obtaining freezing orders in the federal court and recovering over $250,000.00 of assets which had been hidden from creditors and trustees.
Acted for directors and shareholders in minority shareholder and oppression proceedings.
Acted in relation to stay of enforcement and setting aside BCIPA adjudications and judgments.

Professional memberships

Queensland Law Society
Law Council of Australia
Law Council of Australia, Insolvency Law Committee
Commercial Law Association

Contact

Email       warren.jiear@hyneslawyers.com.au
Phone       07 3828 5533
Location   Brisbane