Kasia Dziadosz-Findlay

Special Counsel
Sydney

Biography

Kasia is a special counsel in our Disputes and Investigations group.

She is a commercial litigator specialising in regulatory investigations and enforcements, financial services litigation, class actions and other complex disputes. Kasia regularly advises individuals, banks and corporate entities in relation to large-scale litigation, as well as compliance and governance issues.

Kasia has extensive experience in range of areas and different jurisdictions and has acted on some of Australia’s most high-profile financial services matters.

Recently, Kasia acted for the Westpac Group in the Banking Royal Commission and has acted in a range of investigations and litigation following from that significant public inquiry.

Kasia was admitted to practice as a lawyer in 2012 and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Management) from the University of Adelaide.

Experience

Kasia’s experience includes advising:

  • Nuix in defending a consolidated shareholder class action concerning alleged disclosure issues surrounding Nuix’s IPO in 2020 (initially three class actions).

  • Nuix on an ASIC investigation and now Federal Court enforcement proceedings relating to alleged market disclosure contraventions.

  • Macquarie Bank in defending a consumer class action on the payment of commissions in the auto-finance industry, with similar related class action proceedings instituted against ANZ and Westpac.

  • Patrick Stevedores in Federal Court proceedings against the Port of Melbourne over a long-term lease, alleging misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct.

  • Westpac on a US class action for alleged rate rigging of the Bank Bill Swap rate (BBSW) and trading in the US.

  • Financial services entities on ‘Fees for No Service’ investigations. 

  • TAL, an international insurance company, on an ASIC investigation and proceedings regarding claims handling.

  • Various banks on complex debt recovery and related proceedings.

  • Westpac on its response to and appearances in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.

  • Financial institutions and listed entities on investigations into insider trading and market manipulation, misleading or deceptive conduct, continuous disclosure and other key provisions of the Corporations Act and ASIC Act.

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