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John is acknowledged as a leading corporate lawyer. For over 20 years John has advised extensively in mergers & acquisitions and corporate & securities law. He is a past National Chairman of the Corporations Committee of the Law Council of Australia, a member of the BLS Executive and a former member of Finsia’s (formerly the Securities Institute of Australia) National Council. John is currently a member of Finsia’s Markets Policy Group and member of the Companies Auditors & Liquidators Disciplinary Board.

In 2006, John was appointed as a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel, and during 2007 acted as Sitting President on three matters involving Consolidated Minerals Limited.

John has advised listed and private businesses and government business enterprises in a range of industry sectors, including financial services and energy.

John lectured for the Securities Institute’s Mergers & Acquisitions course in the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from 1990 to 2005, and the Securities Law and Ethics subject from 1990 to 2002, as well as teaching seminar classes at the University of Adelaide Law School in Corporate Law in 2003 and 2004.