Michael Gu
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Related services and key industries
Biography
Michael Gu is a litigation lawyer based in Melbourne. He specialises in insolvency, regulatory investigations, and complex commercial disputes in the financial services and insurance sectors.
Michael acts for regulators, government departments, companies, and directors in investigations and civil proceedings. His experience includes matters involving financial services disclosure, market listing rules, conflicted remuneration, directors’ duties, unfair contract terms, and misleading or deceptive conduct.
Michael also acts in complex commercial contract and property disputes and oppression proceedings for companies and high net worth individuals. He acts in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of creditors and interested parties, and has advised receivers, administrators, and liquidators in their conduct of corporate insolvencies.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Bachelor of Commerce –University of Melbourne (2016)
- Juris Doctor –University of Melbourne (2019)
- Supreme Court of Victoria 2020
- High Court of Australia 2020
- ASIC – in an investigation and civil penalty proceedings against a major bank for insider trading and unconscionable conduct
- ASIC – in an investigation and civil penalty proceedings against a financial services advisor and superannuation trustee for fees for no service and financial services disclosure breaches
- ASIC – in an investigation and civil penalty proceedings against an insurer for unfair contract terms and misleading and deceptive conduct
- A director of a large financial services company – in civil penalty proceedings against ASIC for breaches of directors’ duties
- Administrators appointed to entities in a corporate group in the transport, resources and energy sectors – advising in the conduct of the administration and in related proceedings
- Liquidators appointed to a travel agency company – in a proceeding against a director for insolvent trading and breaches of directors’ duties
- Large commercial and residential property developers – in proceedings concerning breaches of trust, fundraising, misleading and deceptive conduct, and oppression
- A member of an Australian football club – in proceedings concerning corporate governance issues, shareholder activism and oppression
Insights
High Court’s decision on recovery of contractual damages for wasted expenditure
Publication | June 21, 2024