Andrew practices in the area of commercial law with a focus on customs and international trade. He has provided legal services to all parties involved with industry, including importers, exporters, customs brokers, freight forwarders, shipper and trade financiers. He has provided advice covering all aspects of trade ranging from international trade conventions, arbitrations to resolve disputers, trade financing options, commodity and freight contracts to dealing with inquiries and prosecutions by Customs in such matters as dumping and alleged underpayments of customs duty, together with all related litigation. As well as providing legal services in the customs and trade industries, Andrew has been extensively involved in law reform issues through his capacity as a member of the Customs and International Transactions Committee of the Law Council of Australia, as a member of the Council of the Law Institute of Victoria and Executive of the International Law Section of the Law Council, as chair of the International Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria and a member of the Services Export Advisory Committee of the Victorian Government. This has included submissions to the Senate Inquiries on Trade Modernisation Legislation, legislation imposing strict and absolute liability offences (including for customs offences) new anti-dumping legislation, proposed Free Trade Agreements and other customs powers. Andrew is also a regular presenter at industry forums on legal developments. Andrew is also a director of the Australian Services Roundtable which has been established to advance the interests of the services industry both here and overseas through work within industry, with Australian State and Commonwealth Governments and in international forums such as the WTO. |