Niall is a Barrister of the High Court of Australia and has over thirty years' experience in financial markets regulation, investment malpractice and corporate investigations. In 2002, he was awarded an Australia Day Honour Medal for his work in corporate investigations.
As a specialist in investment malpractice, he has been in high profile litigation cases against financial institutions globally. He was a principal lawyer at Australian Securities & Investments Commission, and Head of Enforcement for the Dubai Financial Services Authority, being part of team of experts that wrote the regulatory laws for the Dubai International Financial Centre.
Niall has worked in Europe, Middle East and Asia with investors and financial institutions, liaising with international regulatory bodies and government agencies. Niall has published extensively and written a textbook, "Corporate investigations and Insolvent trading" published by Thomson Reuters.
Currently, Niall is involved in several high-profile investor class actions internationally working with international law firms and funders:
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