charles cheah
partner
expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions
Regulatory enforcement & investigations (including ASIC and ACCC)
Restructuring & Insolvency
Corporate Finance (including PPS and Consumer Credit)
Shareholder & joint venture agreements
Financial Services
Capital raising
Corporate & Commercial
Business Succession
Competition & Consumer Law
Corporate Governance
Contracts Review and Negotiation
Commercial & Corporate Advisory
Data Protection & Privacy
Franchising
Intellectual Property
Charles Cheah joined Brown Wright Stein Lawyers as a law graduate in October 2008. Charles works across a wide variety of commercial law matters with a particular focus on corporate finance.
He works predominantly with small to medium size privately-owned Australian businesses, high net wealth individuals and insolvency practitioners.
Charles has recently assisted clients in the following areas:
Livestock and motor vehicle leasing
Secured real property finance transactions
Debt recovery against guarantors
Compliance with consumer credit and PPS regulation
Enforcement of securities for non-bank lenders, including mortgagee sales
AFS licensing and related advisory
Restructuring existing and distressed secured debt facilities including subordination of security interests and forbearance arrangements
Applications to remove caveats
Assignment of debt and securities
Disputes between competing secured creditors
Disputes with insolvency practitioners in relation to perfection of security interests
Corporate advisory, contract review and negotiation
Sale of asset and business transactions
Charles finds the most rewarding aspect of his work is achieving the best outcomes for his clients.
When not at work, Charles enjoys socialising with family and friends, reading, travelling, current affairs and rugby league.
memberships
Law Society of New South Wales
qualifications
BCom, University of New South Wales
LLB, University of New South Wales
