James Robinson Email Address

Lawyer, Regulatory Investigations

Clayton Utz is a Law Practice firm in australia.

James is a highly motivated commercial litigator who specialises in complex/high value disputes, regulatory investigation, anti-bribery/fraud (including FCPA) and appellate work. He has a particular interest in the financial services and energy & resources sectors and has acted for numerous large public and private clients. He provides plain-language advice and has a track record of using dispute resolution procedures and strategies to drive clients' legal and commercial interests. Dispute resolution experience includes: • Power generation arbitrations • High Court of Australia proceedings concerning international arbitration, abuse of process and recusal • Breach of contract and force majeure • International dispute resolution strategy • Completion accounting and price adjustment disputes • Breach of covenant and solicitation • Commercial property disputes • Contribution, tracing and asset recovery • Royalties • Insurance recovery Regulatory/fraud/bribery experience includes: • Financial Services advice/ investigation • FCPA investigation: co-ordinating the production of documents to the US Department of Justice on behalf of a client • An AFP investigation into tax evasion • Acting for a foreign law firm in first instance and appellate proceedings against former employees found to have engaged in a fraudulent conspiracy and breached various duties by soliciting clients and transactions to a competing firm • Obtaining and defending freezing orders • Acting for a wealthy individual against a former employee accused of banking fraud • Working in conjunction with the DPP