The CSA team has qualifications and many years’ experience in legal, accounting and compliance disciplines across a range of organisations and industries.
Our philosophy has shown that beyond delivering the technical skills and a cost effective service it is our ability to deliver confidence, compliance and counsel, responsive to your enterprises’ existing and future needs.
Andrew Ireland
BA (Accounting) LLB
Director
Andrew has 30 years experience advising on corporate and commercial issues across all industries and stages of business. These include advising company boards on corporate governance matters, assisting board and management with strategic planning and providing contracts and commercial arrangements advice and support. Andrew’s extensive experience with start-ups and early stage businesses includes protection, management and commercialisation of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, trade secrets and confidentiality agreements, advising on ownership and business structures and assisting with negotiation of contracts and with venture partners.
Prior to establishing CSA, Andrew spent 24 years as principal of a Sydney mid-tier legal practice, building the Corporate and Commercial law team. In his role, Andrew brings a wealth of experience which includes negotiation skills, legislative compliance, governance, structuring of significant and complex transactions and business strategy.
Sarah Jones
DipLaw
Consultant
Sarah has 7 years experience assisting clients with a vast range of corporate governance and compliance matters. These include advising on the Corporations Act, company constitutions, ASX Listing Rules and ASIC compliance, preparing corporate secretarial documentation for AGMs, EGMs and other company meetings and rectifying and maintaining compliant company registers.
Sarah was employed as a solicitor with a corporate and commercial law team of a Sydney mid-tier practice, prior to joining CSA. Her background as a transaction lawyer includes experience with company and business sales and purchases, private equity and equity raisings, competition and consumer law and workplace relations. Sarah’s experience offers a strong base to provide thorough corporate advice and assistance to our clients.
Gabrielle McGibbon
BEc, CA
Consultant
Gabrielle has over 20 years of corporate experience covering accounting, marketing, sales and project management.
Gabrielle began her career as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young. She has since had a number of years’ experience in senior roles in the not-for-profit, banking and professional services sectors. Prior to joining CSA, Gabrielle held the role of Business Development Manager with KPMG for 9 years responsible for all services to major regional and global accounts across various industry sectors.