Peter Willis SC

He also appears before the High Court and in VCAT and Planning Panels Victoria. His experience focuses on commercial law and equity, especially in financial services and resources, as well as public law (constitutional and administrative law, planning and environment law, international law and native title) for Government and private clients.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has recognised Peter as a leading Senior Counsel in Australia - The Bar, for Commercial Disputes.

He is Editor of the Victorian Reports, and Co-Editor of the Commonwealth Law Reports. He is past chair of List G Barristers, CommBar's Equity Section and the Bar's Human Rights Committee. He is a member of the Federal Court's mediation panel for Native Title cases and co-chair of the Australian Bar Association First Nations Issues Committee.

He has served as a director and compliance committee member of an Australian financial services licensee and as chairman of the Disciplinary Appeals Board of the Victorian Education department. He is Australian representative on the ILA's International Securities Regulation Committee of experts and a Senior Adviser to Transparency International Australia.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Peter was a partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) and acted in corporations and securities, commercial, banking and finance and resources transactions in Melbourne and London. He also served as Ministerial Adviser to two Federal Attorneys-General.