完整简历
Mikaela joined Clyde & Co’s Singapore office after relocating from Sydney. Her experience in regulatory compliance, investigations, and litigation spans regulator-side enforcement and private practice.
Prior to returning to private practice, Mikaela was a senior enforcement lawyer for the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), where she conducted and advised on numerous investigations and court proceedings into suspected market misconduct, financial services and corporate governance failures by corporations and individuals. She has also practised at leading firms in Sydney, advising and representing multinational corporations and financial institutions in regulatory investigations, criminal proceedings, and complex commercial disputes.
Mikaela is a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Singapore.
相关经验
- Advising multinational corporation in relation to corporate governance, regulatory and compliance issues in Australia.
- Conducting investigation and subsequent successful civil penalty proceedings against a cryptocurrency exchange for issuing and distributing a product in contravention of Australia’s corporations law.
- Conducting multiple investigations and subsequent successful civil penalty proceedings against publicly listed corporations and individuals for violations of directors’ duties, disclosure obligations and engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct.
- Conducting investigations into suspected ESG misconduct and manipulation of commodities markets.
- Conducting investigations and assisting in criminal proceedings for insider trading offences.
- Representing a global financial services group in landmark cartel proceedings brought by the Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC) and commonwealth prosecutors alleging anti-competitive conduct during a $2.5bn capital raising by ANZ bank. All charges were withdrawn.
- Conducting investigation for a large financial institution in relation to potential breaches of Australia’s corporations law.
- Representing a large Australian bank in criminal proceedings brought by ASIC for hawking activity (illegally selling financial products).
- Representing federal government officials in relation to bribery offences.
- Representing individuals in relation to fraud and money laundering (proceeds of crime) offences.
- Advising and representing individuals and corporations during regulatory investigations and Royal Commissions.
