Barrister Information

Profile

Olivia is an experienced advocate who accepts briefs in commercial, public, and criminal law matters. She has a broad regulatory practice, with a focus on:

  • matters involving the Corporations Act, including white collar crime;
  • competition and consumer law;
  • disciplinary and professional misconduct proceedings; and
  • civil and criminal regulatory contraventions.

She also acts in merits and judicial review proceedings, including migration matters.

Before coming to the Bar, Olivia was a Senior Lawyer at the Office of Public Prosecutions and Senior Federal Prosecutor at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. She has prosecuted and advised on complex fraud offending on behalf of Commonwealth agencies including ASIC, the ATO, and the AFP. These matters involved large scale fraud perpetrated on government agencies and individual investors, insider trading, breaches of directors’ duties, money laundering, and offences relating to the provision of financial services.

Prior to the CDPP, Olivia was a solicitor at K&L Gates in the commercial litigation team, where she acted in a range of matters including regulatory, professional indemnity, insurance, and public liability disputes.  

She was an associate to Judge McNab in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (as he then was).

Olivia is reading with Daryl Brown and her senior mentor is Richard Knowles KC.

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Admitted

03 Dec 2019

Victorian Bar

25 Sept 2025

Areas of Expertise

    Appellate 3 Areas

    • Appellate
    • Civil Appeals
    • Criminal Appeals

    Corporations Law 6 Areas

    • ASIC investigations and Prosecutions
    • Charities and Not-for-Profits
    • Directors and Officers Claims
    • Partnership Disputes
    • Securities and Investments
    • Shareholder Disputes

    Public Administrative 17 Areas

    • Civil and Human Rights
    • Compliance and Investigations
    • Corruption
    • Customs
    • Disciplinary Proceedings
    • Discrimination
    • Extradition – Public Administrator
    • Health and Medical
    • Immigration Law
    • Judicial Review and Administrative Law
    • Liquor Licensing
    • Merits Review
    • Migration Law
    • Privacy or Freedom of Information
    • Proceeds of Crime
    • Public Administrative Appellate
    • Social Security and Veteran Entitlements

    Commercial 4 Areas

    • Competition and Consumer Law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Insurance
    • Professional Liability

    Criminal 3 Areas

    • Criminal Appellate
    • Fraud
    • White Collar and Corporate Crime

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