Mr Mavrakis joins Ashurst from Clayton Utz where he has worked up a 25-year career in managing large and complex litigation matters with a particular focus on financial planning, responsible and consumer lending, markets, culture and governance. His broad practice also encompasses commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, class actions, securities law, cartel disputes, fraud and tax disputes.

Throughout his career, Mr Mavrakis has advised on vast complex investigations undertaken by Australian regulatory bodies including ASIC, the ATO and the ACCC, as well as work related to royal commission assignments.

He has extensive experience advising Australian and international corporate and banking clients on their local and global disputes, regulatory and internal investigations and follow-on regulatory enforcement action and litigation.

“We are thrilled that Nick is joining Ashurst,” said Ashurst’s global managing partner Paul Jenkins.

“He is a market-leading partner and will play a significant role in the next phase of the growth of our Dispute Resolution practice. His appointment is an exciting opportunity for our partnership, not just in Australia, but globally.

“In addition to his stellar reputation as a disputes partner, he will play a wider relationship role in the Asia Pacific region with many of our banking and financial services clients.”

Ashurst’s global head of strategic advisory Lea Constantine added: “We are delighted to welcome Nick to Ashurst. His talent, expertise and client relationships will add significant bench strength to the firm’s existing capabilities and he will be instrumental in supporting the firm’s strategy to grow our global Dispute Resolution practice.

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“Nick’s practice aligns very much with Ashurst’s areas of focus and we are looking forward to working with him to pursue the opportunities that this presents.”