Mark Love – Legal Director

Accredited Specialist in
Business Law

E: mark.love@wln.com.au
Executive Assistant: Karen Evans
E: karen.evans@wln.com.au

A founding partner of Williams Love & Nicol, Mark’s practice is focused on the areas of contract and commercial law, corporate governance, intellectual property, and insolvency matters. Mark acts not only as general counsel but also as a strategic business advisor for many of his clients, which include a diverse array of businesses, including accountancy firms, national representative bodies, software and technology developers, retailers, wholesalers and government agencies.

Mark is an experienced practitioner in the area of all aspects of business development, trade practices and sale, from capital raising and loan security issues (from simple lending arrangements to complex private and public offers), as well as in enforcement strategies. He has extensive experience in commercialising and protecting intellectual property rights, particularly in the areas of copyright, trademark and know-how, and in development, publishing and implementation contracting. He also has extensive experience advising upon all aspects of corporate insolvency and compliance issues arising under the Corporations Act 2001.

For more than ten years Mark has been a lecturer in the Diploma Course offered by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, lecturing in directors’ duties and responsibilities, intellectual property and contracts. Through a wide range of initiatives, Mark has also been active in supporting the Canberra community, being a founder of Revolve Limited, the Canberra Business Incubators and having served as an ACT Government appointee of a Canberra corporate agency for many years.

Mark was a partner with Corrs Chambers Westgarth for eight years before founding Williams Love in 2001. In 2004, the firm merged with the Canberra office of Norton White to form Williams Love & Nicol.