Esther Khoo

Exper­tise

• Insol­ven­cy
• Lit­i­ga­tion

Sec­tors

• Finan­cial Services
• Man­u­fac­tur­ing & Industrials
• Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
• Real Estate & Construction
• Ser­vices Pro­fes­sion­al & Non-professional

Expe­ri­ence

• Urgent duty mat­ters in the Supreme Court of NSW, includ­ing anti-suit injunc­tions, exten­sion of caveat pro­ceed­ings, defend­ing appli­ca­tion to re-enter com­mer­cial restau­rant premis­es and restraint of trade proceedings.
• For liq­uida­tors in breach of direc­tor duty pro­ceed­ings, debt recov­ery and deed of com­pa­ny arrange­ments (includ­ing appli­ca­tions for trans­fer of prop­er­ty, mort­gage issues and share transfer).
• For liq­uida­tors and also for direc­tors in pub­lic exam­i­na­tions in both the Supreme Court of NSW and Fed­er­al Court of Australia. 
• For direc­tors and cor­po­ra­tions in mis­lead­ing and decep­tive con­duct claims, breach of con­tract claims involv­ing over­seas investors, com­mer­cial part­ner­ship and con­trac­tu­al disputes.
• In wind­ing up appli­ca­tions, includ­ing wind­ing up of cor­po­rate trustees and involv­ing com­plex joint ven­ture arrangements.
• For local coun­cil in neg­li­gence and con­trac­tu­al claims.
• For prop­er­ty devel­op­ers and for lessors in com­mer­cial prop­er­ties and leas­ing disputes.
• Pro­fes­sion­al neg­li­gence claims.
• s 66G applications.

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

• Solic­i­tor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Solic­i­tor of the High Court of Australia
• Mas­ter of Laws, Uni­ver­si­ty of Sydney
• Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence / Bach­e­lor of Laws (Hons), The Aus­tralian Nation­al University
• Teach­ing Fel­low, Fac­ul­ty of Law & Jus­tice, Uni­ver­si­ty of New South Wales
• The Fran­cis Forbes Soci­ety for Aus­tralian Legal His­to­ry, member
• Law Soci­ety of NSW, member
• Flu­ent in writ­ten and spo­ken Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia.