QLD: The Illusionists: How do leading in house counsel work their magic?

Andrew Rankin, Partner – Piper Alderman (Moderator)

Andrew is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience. He regularly works with domestic and international clients on mergers & acquisitions, capital raisings, competition law and Australian regulatory compliance matters. Andrew advises both private companies and publicly listed companies and has particularly strong experience in acting for those in the financial services, healthcare, aged care and agribusiness sectors.
 

Tiffany Rose, Head of Legal, Jumbo Interactive Limited

Tiffany is Head of Legal at Jumbo Interactive Limited, an ASX-listed Brisbane headquartered technology company, where she is responsible for all legal matters impacting Jumbo’s global operations. She has held senior in-house roles in the US and in Australia for global technology and hospitality companies for the past 9 years. Prior to moving in-house, Tiffany was a Corporate partner in a global law firm, with a practice focused on international M&A and commercial matters, and worked in their Sydney, London, San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. She is also a proud mum to two kids and a Moodle.
 

Angie Coleman, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Minor Hotels ANZ

Angie is the Co Sec and General Counsel of Minor Hotels ANZ.  Minor Hotels is a hotel owner, operator and investor with a portfolio of over 75,000 rooms across more than 520 hotels, resorts and serviced suites across 56 countries under the Anantara, AVANI, Oaks, Tivoli, Elewana, NH Collection, NH, nhow, Marriott, Four Seasons, St. Regis, Radisson Blu and Minor International brands.  In addition, Minor Hotels also operates mixed-use business including shopping plazas & entertainment, residential properties, and a points-based vacation club. Minor Hotels is part of publicly listed Minor International (MINT) – one of the largest hospitality and leisure companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Angie heads up the legal team in the Australia and New Zealand regions where Minor Hotels has some 6000 hotel rooms under management across Australia and NZ. 

Her 20+ year career to date has been varied from working in legal private practice in Queensland, to moving out of law to become the general manager of a national property development company managing some $1billion of projects and assets, to then moving to General Counsel and Company Secretary at Springfield City Group (Queensland’s largest private developer) and then to her current role in hospitality at Minor Hotels.

Throughout Angie’s career she has worked for developers, body corporates, retirement village operators, financiers, corporations and individuals on large scale property, construction, and infrastructure projects such as cities, island resorts, high rise developments, dark fibre/telco projects, data centers, commercial projects, infrastructure projects, retirement villages and hotels.   Angie’s broad range of experience ensures that she has had experience at all levels of business and not only provides astute and commercial legal advice but is able to play an integral role in driving business strategy and growth. 
 

Adrian Moffatt, Executive General Manager, Legal and Corporate Services APAC | Ausco Modular Pty Limited

Adrian is Executive General Manager, Legal and Corporate at Ausco Modular, a leading modular building construction and hire group. In this role, Adrian is responsible for leading and driving the performance of the group’s corporate operations across Asia Pacific.  He leads a large team covering a diverse portfolio of functions, including legal, risk, insurance, governance, ESG, property, strategy, corporate shared services, IT, strategic projects, and M&A. He also sits on the board of all the Australian and New Zealand entities, is a member of the executive leadership team, and is a senior member of Ausco’s parent company’s global legal leadership team. 

Adrian joined Ausco Modular as General Counsel and Company Secretary in 2011 and built a strategically aligned and highly respected legal function and team before being promoted into his expanded corporate operations role in 2019.
Before joining Ausco Modular, Adrian was the sole legal counsel and company secretary for Diversified Mining Services, a private-equity-backed mining services group, and before that worked as an associate in the corporate and commercial team at Cater Newell Lawyers, where he undertook in-house legal secondments at Cardno, Sedgman, and Arcadis. Adrian has also held several external non-executive director and advisory roles.