Rigby Cooke Lawyers has appointed form Gadens partner Howard Chait as a partner in the litigation and insolvency practice.

Chait has been practising in the areas of insolvency, corporate reconstructions, banking litigation and commercial litigation since 1988 and was at Gadens in Melbourne for 10 years. He has extensive experience in providing litigation and insolvency advice to liquidators, administrators, receivers and financial institutions. He has also been involved in a wide range of commercial litigation on behalf of both individuals and companies and undertakes work in a variety of areas, including directors’ duties, shareholder complaints, property disputes, contractual disputes and intellectual property.

Former Holding Redlich senior associate Radhika Kanhai has also joined the firm as a special counsel in the insolvency area. 

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