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David Grace

David Grace
Partner
Corporate & Commercial
T 61 7 3231 2421
M 0417 722 718

David is a partner in Cooper Grace Ward’s corporate and commercial workgroup. He has extensive experience in company law and practice competition and consumer law (formerly Trade practices law). He is a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Director of Indue Limited and the Chairman of its Corporate Governance Committee.

Having held past positions on public company boards, he has a commercial approach to legal problem solving.

David has delivered many papers on Corporations Act issues, the Competition and Consumer Act and on corporate governance.

His board experience includes service on audit and risk committees of public companies and as Chairman of the operational risk management committee of one public company and of the Corporate Governance Committee of another. With this experience he understands the need for companies to be managed with clear direction and efficiency.

As a lawyer he has had extensive experience in commercial and corporate matters and advises extensively on the duties and responsibilities of directors and officers. His work includes mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, directors’ duties, joint ventures advice on strategies for corporate goals within a legal framework, compliance strategies and general commercial documentation.
 

Qualifications and Memberships

Recipient - Order of Australia Medal Director - Indue Ltd Chairman - Corporate Governance Committee Director Nimrod Resources Limited Former Director - Golden Circle Ltd, Freshmark Ltd, Farnell and Thomas Ltd, Queensland Cotton Corporation Ltd Past Chairman - Operational Risk Management Committee for a listed public company Past Chairman - Audit Committee of a public company Past Chairman - Business Law Section of Queensland Law Society Chairman - Competition and Consumer Committee Queensland Law Society Foundation Fellow - Australian Institute of Company Directors Fellow - Australian Institute of Management Member - Queensland Law Society Member - Australian Law Council, Company Law Committee Member - Australian Compliance Institute Member - Association of Risk & Insurance Managers of Australasia Member - Agribusiness Association of Australia


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