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About Us

Browne & Co are committed to provide tailored, expert legal services, and to achieving the best possible outcome for our clients and their business and individual needs.

Browne & Co and the community

At Browne & Co. we believe that law firms have an obligation to contribute to the communities in which they operate.

We have a strong understanding of our social responsibilities and support a broad range of charitable and socially responsible activities, including:

About Browne & Co

Browne & Co is committed to providing tailored, expert legal services, and to achieving the best possible outcome for our clients and their business and individual needs.

Our team delivers more than just legal advice – we are dedicated to our clients personal and commercial objectives. Our legal services combine technical expertise with business insight to create efficient, practical and timely commercial results. We challenge the “big law firm” mentality, yet have the knowledge, intellectual rigor, capability and experience to handle some of Australia’s highest profile work.

Gerald Miller

Gerald joined Browne & Co. in 2008, after ten years as General Counsel with the Primus Telecom Group, and has a broad and deep understanding of the telecommunications landscape. He is acutely aware that new technologies are developing at an explosive pace across every industry and every sector, and that legal service providers must keep pace with these burgeoning technologies.

As with all Browne & Co. practitioners, Gerald endeavors to resolve disputes through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

Dean Wattis

Dean was admitted to practice in 1995. Dean has been a Principal of Browne & Co. since July 2009, having commenced with Browne & Co. in 2003.

Dean has legal and commercial expertise in a wide range of areas including commercial and general litigation, public and product liability litigation, negligence, personal injury, breach of contract, trade practices and consumer protection legislation.

Dean also provides commercial, strategic and general advice to a number of national and state sporting organisations.

Simon Reid

Simon Reid was admitted to practice as a Barrister and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia in 2001.

Simon is a litigation lawyer with particular expertise in commercial litigation, including domestic building, trade practices, insolvency, intellectual property and contractual disputes.

Simon has recently become a Principal of Browne & Co. and has experience in all Australian jurisdictions, from the High Court to domestic tribunals.

Simon has also completed post graduate studies in horse racing law and regulation.

Enio Minisini

Enio was admitted to practice in 1991. He is a senior lawyer with legal and commercial consultative experience spanning two decades. Enio joined Browne & Co. in 1995, becoming a Principal in 2001.

Enio practices generally in commercial, finance, securitisation, business, and property and infrastructure areas, including transactional and advisory work.

John Edgar

John was admitted as a lawyer in 1984. John has been a Principal at Browne & Co. since 1990 and has extensive experience in a broad variety of courts, commissions, tribunals and other judicial forums in various jurisdictions across Australia.

He is a litigation lawyer with particular expertise in commercial and insurance matters, product liability, personal injury, trade practices, intellectual property and employment law.