Summary
Flavia is a trusted and accomplished business lawyer with extensive experience working in general commercial and transactional advice, corporate law and disputes.
With over 17 years of legal practice, Flavia has acted for blue-chip multinationals, many SME businesses, start-ups, not-for-profits, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals.
She gathered valuable hands-on business and legal experience working in-house at Commonwealth Bank (as a trusted corporate governance advisor for directors of the bank’s subsidiaries), Lend Lease and Pirelli Group Legal Departments, and at a successful startup IT company.
Flavia also spent 8 years in general commercial private practice before she founded Oceania Legal.
Her sharp wit and insight mixed with hands on commercial experience and corporate legal background makes her a all round value adding business and legal advisory professional.
She has provided sound and effective advice on a variety of industries: retail, hospitality, building and construction, education, IT, insurance, health, marketing, recruitment, franchises and others.
Flavia is the Principal of Oceania Legal.
She also lectures Commercial Law at the renowned Kaplan Business School in Sydney.
Practice Areas
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Mediation of disputes
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Shareholder rights
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Trademarks
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Advocacy
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Supplier contracts & commercial arrangements
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Business contracts
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Formation and dissolution
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Privacy Act
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Employment contracts - Advice, Review and Preparation
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Experience
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Oceania Legal
Principal
October, 2018 - Present
Corporate and Commercial Lawyer, Business Advisor, Commercial Law Lecturer www.oceanialegal.com.au
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Flavia C. Ribeiro De Souza Law Practice at Teddington Legal
Senior Lawyer - Principal - Legal Practice Director
August, 2016 - October, 2018
Business, Corporate and Commercial Lawyer
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Medcalf Grant Lawyers
Solicitor Director
July, 2015 - July, 2016
Commercial lawyer
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Dunstan Legal
Associate Lawyer
November, 2010 - June, 2015
General Practice Lawyer - commercial, property and civil
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Commonwealth Bank
Corporate Governance Manager
January, 2010 - October, 2010
Corporate Law specialist
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Lend Lease Group
In House Counsel and Company Secretary
February, 2007 - December, 2009
Corporate and Commercial Lawyer
Education
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University of Sydney
Law
2004 - 2008
Location
Level 1,1, 65 York Street Sydney NSW 2000
Virtual Practice
Practising Certificate
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New South Wales, Australia
10 years held
Languages
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Portugese
Proficient
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English
Proficient