Name: Freda Wigan

Qualifications: LLB (Hons), BCom, Accredited Specialist (Family Law), Nationally Accredited Mediator, Accredited Family Dispute ResolutionPractitioner, Collaboratively trained professional

Title: Partner

Organisation: HopgoodGanim Lawyers

State: Queensland

Immediation Practice Area: Mediation

Profile

I am a Partner at HopgoodGanim Lawyers where I  co-head the family law practice and the HG Private Resolution Centre. I am an  Accredited Specialist (Family Law), a Nationally Accredited Mediator and  Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.  

As the former President of Queensland  Collaborative Law - the peak body for collaborative law in Queensland - I am  proud of the contribution I have made to the development of collaborative  practice in Australia. I continue to represent the organisation as a  committee member and I am also a board member of the national peak  collaborative body, Australian Association of Collaborative Professionals.

I am a compassionate and thorough adviser and  dispute-resolver and aim to deliver exceptional outcomes for my clients. I  have been recognised as a Leading Australian Family and Divorce Lawyer and  Leading Family Lawyer (High Value and Complex Property Matters) by Doyle’s  Guide, 2018 (Queensland) and 2019 (Brisbane).

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Personal Comment

I have joined Immediation’s Panel because I am  an advocate of the alternative dispute resolution process - assisting parties  in playing an integral role in the negotiations and decisions arrived at to  resolve legal disputes.

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Immediation Area(s) of Expertise

Corporate and commercial (ACCC, Advertising,  Agency, Agribusiness, ASIC, Automotive, Competition law, Consumer credit,  Consumer protection, Contracts, Corporations, Directors’ duties, Energy  resources mining, Equipment finance, Foreign Investment Review Board,  Franchising, Health, International law, Joint Ventures, Liquor licensing,  Listing rules, Mergers and acquisitions, Misleading advertising, Misleading  and deceptive conduct/fraud, Partnership, Private equity, Product liability,  Securities regulation, Shareholder remedies, Sport, Takeovers, Unconscionable  conduct)

Wills, estates and charities (Family  provisions)