Laurie Shervington is a respected and experienced corporate lawyer with more than 40 years’ involvement in business and legal landscapes.

As an appointee to the Australian Government Takeovers Panel, his corporate expertise includes capital raising, reconstruction, mergers and acquisitions, directors’ duties, corporate governance, due diligence, risk management and ASIC licensing and investigations.

Laurie brings to clients a detailed insight into Australian Securities & Investments Commission’s (ASIC) function and role in the marketplace. He was the inaugural general counsel of ASIC’s Western Australian Regional Office and sat on the legal subcommittee of the Federal Government’s Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee for many years.

As chair of a publicly listed oil and gas exploration and production company, Laurie developed hands-on knowledge in the oil and gas industry. He is also a member of the company's audit and governance Committees.

Laurie is a director of Leedal Pty Ltd, an Aboriginal-directed company with extensive business interests in Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He is also the chair of the Broome Port Authority and a director of the College of Law Western Australia Pty Ltd.

Recognised for his mergers and acquisitions expertise in the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers list, Laurie is a casual facilitator for the Australian Institute of Company Directors.



Professional Memberships

• Member, Corporate Finance Liaison and Regional Liaison Committees, Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
• Member, Corporations Committee Business Law Section.
• Former member, Legal Sub-Committee of Corporations & Markets Advisory Committee.
• Fellow member, Australian Institute of Company Directors.
• Senior fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australasia, West Australian Divisional Council.
• Past chair, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia.
• Member, Professional Indemnity Insurance Management Committee of the Law Society of Western Australia.
• Chair, Legal Contribution Trust (Western Australia).
• Member, Australian Government Takeovers Panel.