PRINCIPAL, Amie Crichton.
With now over 15 years’ experience in top-tier local and global firms, in 2018, Amie Crichton founded Crichton & Co Legal – a business which carries on a legacy of two generations of professional service firms & combines her legal expertise with a passion for business management & leadership.
Amie is a highly sought after disputes specialist & commercial litigator. She has a proven track record in defending & prosecuting claims in the Supreme and Federal courts, across the consumer, financial services, technology, media, resources & infrastructure sectors, including class actions & appeals.
Amie is also adept at providing corporate advice to professional & corporate decision-makers across a range of corporate matters, including contract drafting, risk, insurance, corporate governance & regulatory compliance.
As a non-executive board member for a platform connecting influencers to brands & more recently an NFP, Amie appreciates the need to balance the demands of legal compliance with the commercial drivers necessary to deliver immediate & longer term company objectives.
partner,
Joshua Carton.
Joshua Carton is a dispute resolution specialist with a particularly valued expertise in high-value, multi-party litigation. He is a details extraordinaire & possesses a profound capacity to tackle highly technical, complex subject matters, standing alongside clients & key stakeholders to help them navigate the most challenging of legal issues.
Josh has a broad practice, having acted for a wide range of clients & commercial subject matters across the consumer, corporate & infrastructure sectors. He possesses particular depth of experience in professional indemnity, directors’ & officers’ liability, & consumer matters.
Josh draws on 12 years of experience including acting as defence counsel on instruction from global insurers, as well as in-house as Legal Counsel for an ASX entity. This has given him the acumen to approach dispute resolution & business transactions through a commercial lens.
Amie & Josh have worked together for nearly a decade. The two make a dynamic collaboration. Josh is the yin of the team, stoutly managing & mentoring throughout the full matter life cycle, but with the technical knowledge & a relentless preparedness to roll up his sleeves & dive into the detail.
SENIOR ASSOCIATE, BIANCA HEFFERNAN
Bianca Heffernan is an experienced commercial litigation lawyer. She brings a broad range of experience to the team, having acted on a wide range of matters, including consumer class actions, contractual, insolvency, property, shareholder & trust disputes.
Bianca has a strong understanding of court practices and procedures, having acted for clients in hearings in the Federal, Supreme, District & Local Courts of New South Wales.
Bianca’s experience allows her to bring a strategic and pragmatic approach to matters, with a strong focus on securing commercial outcomes for clients.
Bianca has been working with Amie & Josh for close to two years and is a valued senior member of the C&C team.
CRICHTON & CO TEAM.
Crichton & Co is supported by best-in-class legal consultants & associates who share C&C’s vision. Each of the C&C team brings a strong understanding of business & commercial law to the table, and a staunch dedication to delivering optimal outcomes for clients.
We have in-house expertise across all key subject matters for commercial work & disputes.
We also have a broad network, with talented advisers & referral firms located globally, meaning that we can mobilise a strong army of legal specialists as needed for legal issues outside of our direct practice area expertise.