Meet Christopher Townsend
Chris has more than 50 years’ experience as a principal in commercial legal practice, with two years’ experience in a chartered accounting firm.
Chris specialises in corporate and equity law with a focus on litigation and dispute resolution. His practice areas include trade practices, trusts, business law and both corporate and personal insolvency.
Chris has an extensive career as partner and consultant:
1969 Spry Walker & Co (later Touche Ross) — tax consultant
1971-1972 Part Time Tutor Adelaide University in Commercial Law
1971-1974 Part Time Law Lecturer Adelaide University
1972 Thomson & Co — partner
1972 Thomson Wilkinson Simmons & Co — partner
1977 Wilkinson Townsend — partner
1986 Ross McCarthy & Nosworthy (later Phillips Fox) — consultant
1992 Barrister
1994 Cowell Clarke — consultant
2008 Sole Practitioner
2020 Meister Legal — consultant
Chris is a valued member of the following institutions:
Law Society of South Australia
Law Society of England and Wales 1990-2008
Royal Association of Justices
South Australian Cricket Association
Chris holds the following qualifications:
Bachelor of Laws University of Adelaide 1968
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia 1971
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia 1972
Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales 1990