Gadens lawyers is an legal network consisting of seven independent member firms. The firm operates in the Australasia area, with member firms in every mainland state as well as Papua New Guinea.[1] Gadens was the first Australian law firm to establish a multi-disciplinary practice[2] and remains the only Australian member of the International Lawyers Network.[3]
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The firm was established in Sydney in 1928 by John Gaden, however, the Melbourne office had been offering legal services since 1845. In 1969, an office was opened in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, well before the country gained independence. In 2005, the company launched Gadens Galaxy systems, incorporating online programs, legal analysis and management to help with the processing of property transactions and mortgage and debt recovery transactions.[4]
Jon Denovan- legal spokesman for the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia, Australia’s peak mortgage industry body. He is a director of the MIAA and Credit Ombudsman Services Limited, a leading ASIC approved alternate dispute resolution scheme. Jon was also made the first honorary member of the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia.[5]
Steven Healy- nominated in 2010 as the president of Tennis Australia[6]
Ian Clarke- Acted for ANZ and Commonwealth Bank of Australia on the funding of the leveraged acquisitions of Monash IVF and subsequent restriction of those facilities. Ian Clarke also acted for International Finance Corporation, Export Development Canada and Bank of South Pacific on financing for Digicel Pacific mobile phone rollout. He acted for Liquid Niugini Gas Ltd on LNG Project Agreement with the independent state of PNG. He was also involved in the rewriting of all financial sector legislation and deregulation of foreign exchange controls in Papua New Guinea.
Gadens lawyers runs a community involvement program with charitable orginisations including United Way[7] and Youth Insearch[8] as the founding partner. They also provide assistance to Susu Mamas in Papua New Guinea, a non-government organisation that provides health care services and education to the local community and remote villages on infant and maternal health and nutrition.[9] Gadens also supports the fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through their involvement with “Friends of the Global Fund Pacific”,[10] established with the support of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and funding from the Gadens is also the honorary sponsor of the Cell And Gene Trust, a charity that supports cell and gene therapy research.[11] Gadens helped launch the trust with pro bono work and financial support.
Started in 2005 and assisted by environmental consultant Guy Williams, Gadens lawyers has been running greener Gadens program. The aim of the program involves bringing about improved environmental awareness, management and performance across the firm; including sourcing energy from renewable resources, switching to 100% recycled stock paper and the incorporation of energy efficient materials and design principles into their major office refurbishment. Through this program, they are currently working to help establish transparent and consistent environmental performance reporting in the legal industry and have signed up as a pioneer member of Legal Green, the first national legal industry environmental benchmarking program.
Gadens runs an emerging playwright sponsorship program that provides patronage to emerging artist Caleb Lewis.