Robert Downey

Mr Downey was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in December 1999. He commenced work with the national firm, Phillips Fox, in the areas of energy, corporate law and mining and then moved to Blakiston and Crabb. Rob has developed expertise in advising both Australian and foreign incorporated entities on dual listings and cross jurisdiction asset acquisition advice. Rob acted as General Counsel for a Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in Europe and Africa overseeing the dual listing on the TSX-V and AIM, the raising of Euro 50 million and the subsequent takeover of the Company by way of scheme of arrangement. After practicing in this area for many years, Rob established a small corporate advisory firm during 2005 and was involved with the IPO listings of various mining and oil and gas companies on the ASX as well as many dual listed companies. Rob has held, and continues to hold, directorships of many publicly listed companies and regularly advises Boards of issues of governance and strategy. Rob subsequently worked as a principal for 3 years at Perth firm Thompson Downey Cooper before founding Dominion Legal in 2016 to provide specialist and client focused legal services to his clients. He is member of Risk Committee.