Nigel Pakes

Nigel Pakes holds a Bachelor of Laws from Murdoch University and has been practising for almost 20 years. He leads the commercial litigation team at Murcia Pestell Hillard and is involved in large and complex commercial and contract disputes, advising listed and private companies and high networth individuals. Mr Pakes appears primarily in the Federal Court of Australia, and the Supreme and District Courts of Western Australia, as well as tribunals such as the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal and the Fair Work Commission. He also represents clients in mediations (court-based and private) and commercial arbitrations, and advises in a wide range of commercial disputes including in the areas of energy and resources, building and construction, technology and innovation, property, contractual disputes and claims, insolvency, competition and trade practices litigation, corporate disputes (at board and shareholder level), inheritance and deceased estates. He frequently represents clients involved in large scale partnership, shareholder and joint venture disputes and complex debt recovery matters.