Richard Schmidt

Richard Schmidt is the Senior Partner and concentrates in Business Law and Estate Planning. In his 38 years of practice he has been closely involved with a wide range of clients and their problems - from partnerships in good times and bad to expanding companies and those in financial difficulties. He has acted for all manner of businesses from sandwich shops with turnovers of a few thousand dollars to airlines with a turnover of millions of dollars.

Richard's interests in matters other than law have helped him develop a practical and commercial approach to legal problems. He has been in community activities taking part in the running of school councils, women's refuges, hospital ethics committees (Royal North Shore Hospital for 20 years). He has been involved on Law Society committees and has been President of the North Metropolitan Law Society.

In recent years, he has taken an active interest in estate planning issues. With the complexity of family relationships, second marriages, business structures, family trusts and sibling rivalry he enjoys applying his experience with human nature and disputes within families to structure peoples’ affairs with a view to minimizing disputes and to protecting and preserving family assets.

He takes a very keen interest in technology and its use in delivering legal services in our changing world. He has been instrumental in the development of software which is now widely used throughout the legal industry. He is happily married with two children. He has a keen interest in boating, tennis, including royal tennis and discussing world problems with friends.

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