Will Jones.

Notable recent cases

• Will advises clients on all aspects of Family Law financial settlement, advice provided on these involves intrinsic financial discovery work; the engagement of expert witnesses on commercial valuations and forensic accounting; the application for/defence of Interim Injunctive Applications on the utilisation of commercial assets; the implementation of forensic taxation advices on the careful rollout of settlement terms reached. These matters often have international components where matters of jurisdictional anti-suit injunction and cross border Family Law is relevant.

• Will also advises clients on Binding Financial Agreements (both prenuptial and postnuptial) where asset protection is critical. These matters regularly include the treatment of assets/funds of property or corporate structures that are located abroad.

• Will acts for third-party parents who have provided their child with significant funds by way of loan agreements to recover these sums from the matrimonial parties’ Family Law dispute before it is litigated.

• Will acts for Trustee and Bankruptcy on applications to set aside Family Law Orders as a result of creditor avoidance.

• Will acts for third-parties to resist business assets from being captured as matrimonial property from a proceeding.

Qualifications, Committees & Memberships

• Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts

• Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia

• Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers

• A member of:

  • The Law Institute of Victoria

  • The Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia

  • LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific