Jordan Markezic
Associate
Jordan Markezic is an associate in the Financial Services Practice Group. He advises on various banking and finance transactions, including debt financing and general corporate lending. Jordan also has experience advising on financial services and fintech regulation and compliance.
Jordan has also assisted with commercial litigation with respect to competition law breaches and disputes regarding managed investment schemes, and due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Jordan is a registered justice of the peace in New South Wales.
- Drafting transactional documents for loan agreements.
- Preparing advice on compliance with requirements of the corporate and financial services sector regulators, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), as well as the Corporations Act 2001 and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth).
- Advising fintech firms deploying disruptive and blockchain technologies on regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, privacy law, tax liabilities and compliance with the managed investment schemes regime.
- Assisting in relation to court hearings for various competition law matters, notably brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) against a “big four” bank and several other investment banks.
- Undertaking due diligence with respect to ACCC regulatory requirements, particularly the immunity process.
- Assisting with discovery and forensic document review in relation to commercial litigation arising out of breaches of Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and disputes regarding managed investment schemes.
- Undertaking due diligence in relation to:
- Client contracts as part of the sale of an Australian-owned data and analytics consultancy business to a multinational media and digital marketing communications firm.
- Financial disclosure documentation in connection with an AU$3.7 million private share placement by a US technology company into an ASX listed technology company.
- Drafting corporate governance documents, including shareholder agreements and constituent documents, and preparing trust deeds, business transaction agreements, wills, codicils and powers of attorney.
Education
- University of Technology, Sydney, Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice, 2022
- University of Technology, Sydney, Bachelor of Laws, 2022
Admissions
- High Court of Australia, 2023
- Federal Court of Australia, 2023
- Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2023