Marilyn Mrkusich

She has a particular interest in working with privately owned businesses and alongside people in the start-up space. Marilyn assists clients with documenting their investments and shareholder relationships, including through term sheets, share subscription agreements, shareholder agreements, and limited partnership agreements.

In the not-for-profit space, Marilyn assists clients ranging from grass roots sports clubs to nationally recognised bodies, including incorporated societies and charitable trusts. She assists with the full spectrum of affairs from establishment and seeking charitable status through to restructuring and dissolution. She regularly advises on constitutional documents and compliance with applicable legislation, such as the Incorporated Societies Act, the Charitable Trusts Act, and the Charities Act.

Also part of our Private Wealth team, Marilyn is a trusted adviser to high net worth individuals helping to appropriately structure their personal affairs and preserve wealth for future generations. She advises on asset structuring and establishment and administration of trusts, including advising clients on compliance with the duties and obligations under the Trusts Act. She can also assist with wills and enduring powers of attorney.

Marilyn has a background in consumer law, including working in-house at Vodafone where she responsible for, amongst other things, all consumer and public facing media and communications. She also has experience in drafting terms of trade, supply and distribution arrangements, franchise agreements, and other general commercial contracts.

Marilyn develops close relationships with her clients to understand their business and commercial environment and ensure they receive meaningful legal advice. Her broad experience means that she can proactively identify and advise her clients on a wide range of issues. She often acts a client’s first port of call. As one client says, “We have a very high level of confidence in Marilyn’s ability to provide expert solutions to an extensive range of legal matters. Marilyn is able to carefully navigate issues and provides well researched and pragmatic solutions for our business”. Her in-house experience, including at Deloitte, means she understands the need to balance commercial drivers with legal constraints.