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  • Grant Holley
    Grant was a member of the Victorian Bar between 1986 and commencing Holley Nethercote and Compact in March 1995. Grant's practice has been predominantly in commercial law. Grant holds degrees in economics and law from Monash University and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He is a fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia and is a graded arbitrator and accredited mediator. Read More...
  • Tim Nethercote
    Tim was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in 1978 after completing degrees in economics and law and obtaining a Diploma of Education at Monash University. Read More...
  • Naomi Fink
    Naomi has a Law/Arts degree from Monash University. Read More...
  • Samantha Kimpton
    Sam is a part time solicitor with Holley Nethercote commercial lawyers. Sam graduated from the University of Melbourne with honours in both Arts and Law in 2003. She completed the final semester of her Law degree at Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III in Lyon, France, where she completed four law subjects in French. Read More...
  • Paul Derham
    Paul completed his Arts/Law degree with honours in Law in 2004, and became a solicitor in 2005. Paul initially began working in Holley Nethercote's related compliance training business - Compact - Compliance and Corporate Training in 2001. He also completed a Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) in 2007. Read More...
  • Ian McDermott
    Ian made a great leap of faith from his familiar PR and marketing background to financial services in 2001, to take advantage of the law degree he was soon to complete as a part-time mature-age student. Read More...
  • Dianne Soisoi
    Dianne joined Holley Nethercote in July 2001 and has completed Certificate 2 in Business Administration and Certificate 3 in Business and Legal Administration. Read More...
  • Chris Hall
    Chris, formerly Holley Nethercote's office manager, has reduced her working days and is now job sharing the front desk reception role on Thursdays and Fridays. Read More...
  • Kathryn Wardrobe
    Kathryn is a solicitor with Holley Nethercote commercial lawyers. Kathryn completed a Bachelor of Commerce in 2004 and completed a Bachelor of Law in June 2008. Read More...
  • Robyn Walters
    Robyn Walters joined Holley Nethercote at the start of 2009, and works in administration assisting in co-ordinating training courses and assisting with general office procedures. Read More...
  • Rochelle Turner
    Rochelle joined Holley Nethercote in March 2004 to work as an administrative assistant. Rochelle completed the Associate Diploma in Legal Practice at Victoria University and then worked for several legal firms over the last 15 years. Read More...
  • Katarina Palmgren
    Katarina is a lawyer who joined the firm as an articled clerk in May 2008. Katarina completed her Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in June 2007. Read More...
  • Sonnie Bailey
    Sonnie is a full-time solicitor working in Holley Nethercote’s financial services team. He recently completed a 10 month secondment working with a publicly listed company that acted as investment manager and Responsible Entity for a number of managed investment schemes. Read More...
  • Tsephel Kho
    Tsephel joined Holley Nethercote mid-2009 as an accounting intern. Tsephel recently completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Business (Accounting and Finance), and is now seeking to pursue a Masters in Accounting at the University of Melbourne. Read More...
  • Chris Wallace
    Chris joined the Holley Nethercote team mid way through 2009 as an intern. Read More...
  • Bhavika Unnadkat
    Bhavika completed her Bachelor Degree in Information Technology with Honors in 2008,and now is pursuing a Masters in Information Technology at Swinburne University of Technology. Read More...
  • Catherine Chandler
    Catherine is the Executive Assistant to Tim, Grant & Paul. Prior to this, Catherine was PA for Mercer’s investment consulting business, as well as training coordinator for the team. Catherine’s current role requires providing personal assistance to the partners, developing internal operations, and assisting in training & compliance courses. Read More...
  • Christopher Lim
    Christopher joined Holley Nethercote after working in the advisory department for Ernst & Young. Christopher completed his Bachelor Degrees in Law (1st class honours) and Business at Victoria University in June 2007. He has also completed the Diploma in Financial Services (Financial Planning) and is currently a candidate in the CFA Institute qualification. Read More...
  • Sarah Holley
    Sarah is a legal intern who joined Holley Nethercote in 2010. Read More...
  • Ruth Treleaven
    Ruth has worked in legal firms for nearly 30 years. She has worked for a number of different law firms during this time as a personal assistant, law clerk and, for the last 9 years, as an office manager. Ruth holds a Diploma of Legal Practice Management from the University of New England and is a member of the Australian Legal Practice Managers’ Association. Read More...
  • Anna Lam
    Anna joined Holley Nethercote in 2010 as a legal intern. Read More...
  • David Court
    David has Law and Commerce degrees from the University of Western Australia. He initially worked as a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques before moving to a succession of in-house legal roles at Mercer Australia, a market leading financial services organization providing consulting, outsourcing and investment solutions to its clients, as well as operating its own investment and retirement products. Read More...

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