Emma Beechey

Admitted to the Bar 2013

Experience

Ms Beechey practises in commercial litigation, with specialisations in domestic and cross-border insolvency, banking and financial regulation. She regularly acts for local and foreign insolvency practitioners, major financial institutions, corporations, investors and regulators in complex commercial and insolvency matters.

She appears in all Australian courts, principally in the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of New South Wales at both trial and appellate levels. She has appeared unled in significant cases at both first instance and on appeal. Her recent briefs have included appearing in the High Court (led) and in the NSW Court of Appeal (unled) for Garuda Indonesia in a successful claim of foreign state immunity; appearing for SMBC in relation to the Forum Finance fraud; and appearing unled in the NSW Court of Appeal in Caron v Jahani (No 2) (2020) 102 NSWLR 537, one of the leading Australian decisions on tracing into a deficient trust fund.

Her cross-border insolvency briefs have included acting for Thai Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Exactech Inc, Astora Women’s Health, and the liquidators of GetSwift and Caledonian Bank.

Ms Beechey also acts for financial regulators including ASIC and APRA, including in cryptocurrency-related matters and superannuation matters. She has a detailed understanding of cryptocurrencies, DeFi, smart contracts, blockchain technology and NFTs.

Ms Beechey is recognised annually in each of the Australian ranking guides. She is a Fellow of INSOL International and the lecturer for the Australian module of the INSOL Foundation Certificate in International Insolvency Law.