Our Partners
Our people are recognised among the most talented lawyers in the market.
Alex is a leading corporate lawyer with more than 17 years’ experience. Alex advises clients on private mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investments, management incentive arrangements, joint ventures, strategic contracts, corporate restructuring and general commercial law. He has specialist experience in the biotech, healthcare and med-tech industries.
Alex develops a deep understanding of his clients’ risk profiles, commercial drivers, challenges and opportunities.
Alex co-founded Becketts as a Partner. He previously spent over four years at Clarendon Lawyers as a director. Prior to that, Alex was a senior associate in the corporate team at Herbert Smith Freehills (where he spent around 10 years) having trained and practised in London before that.
Alex has been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide since 2018 and Best Lawyers since 2021 as a leading corporate lawyer in Melbourne.
Contact details
T +61 3 9960 7710
M +61 413 700 390
E alex.bean@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
BA (Hons) (University of Birmingham)
PDGL (University of Birmingham)
Admitted to practice in Victoria and Australia and England & Wales
Full CV
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Caroline specialises in commercial real estate matters and acts for a broad range of clients and industries.
With over 15 years’ experience, Caroline has extensive expertise advising private, listed and government clients, encompassing real estate matters ranging from retail, industrial and commercial leasing, real estate advice in the context of merger and acquisition transactions to general property advisory work.
Caroline has been involved with the real estate aspects of many mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings.
Caroline has a thorough understanding of her clients’ drivers and combines this with her broad expertise to provide commercially focused advice and results. She understands the importance of balancing commercial imperatives with legal issues. Caroline is responsive and service driven.
Caroline co-founded Becketts as a Partner. She previously spent three years at Clarendon Lawyers as a Director. Prior to that, Caroline spent 11 years in the property team at Clayton Utz.
Caroline is listed in Best Lawyers 2022 as a leading Real Estate lawyer.
Caroline holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Science from Monash University.
Contact details
T +61 3 8638 0712
M +61 403 338 412
E caroline.vangrieken@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
LLB (Monash)
BSc (Monash)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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Mark has over 16 years’ dispute resolution experience acting for a variety of clients across a broad range of complex commercial disputes.
Mark has conducted litigation in a number of Australian superior courts, including the Supreme Courts of Victoria and New South Wales, and the Federal Court of Australia.
Mark’s broad practice includes general commercial disputes, contractual claims, class actions, consumer law claims and oppression proceedings, as well as arbitrations. Mark also has experience in post-acquisition disputes and regulatory actions.
Whilst highly proficient in conducting technical and large scale litigation, Mark is primarily focused on resolving disputes efficiently, commercially and in a cost effective manner, in order to best service his clients’ needs. Mark recognises that such outcomes will not necessarily involve the commencement of court proceedings, but may instead require a nimble and dynamic approach individually tailored to the specific dispute and the client’s requirements.
Mark co-founded Becketts as a Partner after spending most of his career at several top-tier Australian and global firms, including Allens and Clayton Utz.
Mark holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Tasmania.
Contact details
T +61 3 9960 7702
M +61 409 466 682
E mark.farquhar@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) (University of Tasmania)
BCom (University of Tasmania)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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Nick is an equity capital markets specialist and regularly acts for issuers, underwriters and investors in public and private market transactions.
Nick has also assisted clients on a wide range of other matters including private mergers and acquisitions, shareholder arrangements, venture capital investments, commercial contracting, debt capital markets, restructures, and general contractual, governance and securities law advice.
Nick is service-oriented and highly responsive and has a keen interest in his clients’ commercial and strategic drivers. He will always go the extra mile to ensure his clients achieve exceptional service and results.
Nick is ranked as a “Recommended” corporate lawyer in the peer-reviewed Doyle’s Guide (since 2017) and is listed in the 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions of Australia’s Best Lawyers for M&A and ECM law.
Nick is a co-founding Partner of Becketts. He previously spent over four years at Clarendon Lawyers as a director. Prior to that, Nick was a senior associate in the ECM team at Herbert Smith Freehills. He has over 16 years’ experience.
Nick holds Law and Arts degrees from the University of Western Australia.
Contact details
T +61 3 8638 0715
M +61 474 206 667
E nick.golding@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
LLB (University of Western Australia)
BA (University of Western Australia)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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Robert is a leading corporate lawyer, with more than 15 years’ experience in public and private Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets and private capital raising, new business establishment and general corporate and commercial law. Rob is trusted adviser to a range of prominent Australian and international corporate and private clients.
Rob has outstanding legal and technical skills, commercial focus, service delivery and responsiveness. He has significant expertise and deep experience in executing complex strategic transactions for his clients.
Rob’s recent recognition includes The Best Lawyers in Australia for Mergers & Acquisitions (2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 and 2018 editions) and The Best Lawyers in Australia for Equity Capital Markets (2022, 2021 and 2020 editions). Rob has also been consistently recognised by Doyle’s Guide as being one of the leading corporate lawyers in Melbourne.
Prior to co-founding Becketts, Rob was a Director at Clarendon Lawyers for over 6 years. Prior to that, Rob was a senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills in its mergers and acquisitions team. Rob’s experience also includes a six-month secondment with BHP Billiton.
Rob holds honours degrees in Laws and Arts from Monash University.
Contact details
T +61 3 8638 0714
M +61 459 239 174
E robert.feiner@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) (Monash)
BA (Hons) (Monash)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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Robert is a mergers and acquisitions and private equity specialist.
In addition, Rob has extensive experience advising on joint venture arrangements, debt and equity raises, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate restructures, corporate governance and other general commercial contracting matters.
Rob has outstanding technical skills, understanding of clients’ businesses and negotiating skills.
Prior to co-founding Becketts, Rob previously spent 13 years at Clarendon Lawyers, including seven as a Director.
Rob is listed in Best Lawyers in Australia as a leading private equity lawyer.
Rob graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce, with a major in Economics.
Contact details
T +61 3 9960 7712
M +61 409 931 880
E robert.josephs@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) (Monash)
BCom (Monash)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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Adam is a corporate M&A partner with more than 10 years’ experience in public and private M&A, private equity, private capital raising and general corporate and commercial law. Clients value Adam’s ability to combine his outstanding legal and technical skills with his strong commercial and strategic focus, as well as his significant expertise in executing complex strategic transactions.
Prior to joining Becketts, Adam spent over three years at Clarendon Lawyers as a senior associate. Prior to Clarendons, Adam was a senior associate at Allens Linklaters in its Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Team. Adam’s experience also includes client secondments with telecommunications company, Vocus Communications and Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Adam holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Melbourne.
Contact details
T +61 3 9960 7707
M +61 439 834 815
E adam.laidlaw@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
LLB (University of Melbourne)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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Quentin specialises in negotiated mergers and acquisitions, transactional structuring, joint ventures, strategic alliances and general commercial matters and corporate governance. With over 15 years’ experience, Quentin has assisted clients across a range of industries including private equity, manufacturing, retail, IT/cyber security, agribusiness and food, automotive and healthcare.
Highly motivated and results driven, Quentin takes pride in exceeding client expectations and adopting a commercially-rounded approach. He is a collaborative and persuasive leader, with excellent communication skills. Prior to joining Becketts, Quentin was a senior member of the Corporate/M&A team at Clayton Utz where he was for over 10 years, and prior to that, Quentin worked for a boutique corporate law firm in London, United Kingdom, for over 3 years.
Quentin holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University as well as a Master of Laws from Melbourne University.
Contact details
T +61 3 9960 7711
M +61 450 331 716
E quentin.reidy@beckettslawyers.com.au
Qualifications
Master of Laws (Melbourne University)
BCom (Deakin University)
LLB (Deakin University)
Admitted to Practice in Victoria and Australia
Full CV
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