Mark Wilson
Mark is the Principal of W Advisers. He established the firm in 2011. He has been involved in many notable and complex matters, spanning corporate, insolvency and dispute resolution for listed and private companies, high net worth business owners and investors, Boards and key management.
mark.wilson@wadvisers.com
Tim Nixon
Tim is a Partner of the firm, advising on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracting, ECM transactions, assisting start-ups, and corporate governance. Tim also provides day-to-day advice in relation to general business and company law issues. Tim has 14 years’ experience in international law firms and in-house, in Sydney, London, and Perth.
tim.nixon@wadvisers.com
Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas is a Partner of the Firm in our Dispute Resolution team. He is experienced in advising and acting for clients on a broad range of litigation matters in NSW, Federal and interstate courts and tribunals, particularly the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of NSW. He was admitted to practice in 2015.
During his studies at the Australian National University, Nicholas received the Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Award (awarded to the top 20 undergraduates in Australia) and worked as a Research Associate with the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia. He graduated in 2014 with a first-class honours Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Asia and Pacific Studies (Indonesian).
Nicholas also obtained first place in the Prime Minister’s Cup International Malay Oratory Competition (2008). He has published research in academic Journals such as the Sydney Law Review and the Australian Journal of Asian Law.
Nic, who is blind, was a torch bearer in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in recognition of his achievements in vision-impaired sport. His hobbies and interests include app development, automation, productivity, reading, and jazz drumming.
Languages: English, Indonesian
nicholas.parsons@wadvisers.com
James Wan
James is a commercial lawyer and patent attorney with over 20 years of broad experience across the Indo-Pacific region including Australia, Singapore (+3 years) and Hong Kong (+6 years). James has extensive experience in patent, trademark and design matters, and he is a leading IP specialist with deep technical knowledge in the fields of machine learning, blockchain, software and other advanced technologies.. He has advised a large range of clients from VC-funded startups, private equity funds, research institutes and industry-leading transnational tech companies, on matters including commercial agreements, IP licensing agreements, privacy, ESOPs and IP rights prosecution. James consults with us assisting clients on these issues, and he also has his own practice James Wan & Co.
Cheryl Fender
Cheryl is a Senior Associate with our Dispute Resolution team. She is a US-qualified lawyer admitted to the bar in the state of Illinois with a Juris Doctor from the prestigious Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago and a bachelor's degree in business administration. After working in commercial litigation for a large Chicago firm for nearly 6 years, she moved to Australia for family reasons and worked for a major Australian law firm in relation to the Lehman Brothers collapse. Cheryl joined W Advisers in 2013. She is in the process of seeking to qualify in the New South Wales, but is not yet admitted in an Australian jurisdiction.
cheryl.fender@wadvisers.com
Tiffany Le
Tiffany Le is an Associate with our Corporate & Commercial team. Tiffany has studied both in the USA and in Australia. She obtained a Juris Doctorate from the University of Sydney in 2020.
Before joining W Advisers Tiffany worked in house with the ABC and in a global pharmaceutical company, and also worked as a paralegal at a global law firm.
Tiffany is a strong advocate for young people’s rights and has volunteered to assist in the provision of legal services to disadvantaged young people.
Languages: English, Vietnamese
tiffany.le@wadvisers.com
Gabby He
Gabby is a solicitor at W Advisers. She graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce and was admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales in the mid of 2023.
Before joining W Advisers, Gabby worked at a mortgage law firm specialising in mortgage finance law, where she assisted with writing and advancing loans, as well as resolving mortgage enforcement disputes.
Languages: English, Mandarin
gabby.he@wadvisers.com
Ryan Huynh
Ryan is our paralegal at W Advisers. He is a student at the University of Sydney studying a double degree in Law and Commerce, majoring in Finance. Ryan is a high achiever at University where he received the prestigious Sydney International Student Award and came first in the Vice Chancellor’s Global Mobility Scholarship Competition. In addition, Ryan has undertaken exchange programs at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, while holding leadership roles in the University’s student societies.
Before joining W Advisers, Ryan worked in civil litigation, criminal law and conveyancing. He is numerically proficient and enjoys problem-solving.
Languages: English, Vietnamese
paralegal@wadvisers.com
Elaine Holanda
Elaine is our Practice Manager. She qualified as a lawyer in Brazil and worked for around a decade for the multinational hospitality group Accor, before moving to Australia and studying Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration Law and Practice. Elaine is entrepreneurial and has set up and run various businesses, and is enjoying optimising W Advisers’ business and office processes.
Languages: English, Portuguese
elaine@wadvisers.com