Jim Parke, Parke Lawyers

Jim Parke is Managing Director of Parke Lawyers. He is a lawyer, a Chartered Accountant and an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Law. Admitted in 1991, he advises business owners, boards, high net worth individuals and families, executors and trustees.

Jim’s employment practice is almost exclusively for employers. He advises businesses, boards and senior management on workplace investigations, disciplinary processes, termination, employment disputes and sensitive workplace decisions. On complex matters he works with some of Australia’s leading King’s Counsel, combining detailed preparation with advice directed to the employer’s legal and commercial objectives.

In commercial law, Jim advises on business structures, transactions, shareholder arrangements, corporate governance and commercial disputes. His legal and accounting qualifications let him weigh the financial and practical implications alongside the legal issues for business owners, directors and boards. Other lawyers frequently consult him on technical questions and the conduct of challenging matters.

He also advises on the succession of wealth and business interests across wills, trusts, companies and superannuation. His estate litigation work includes high-value contested wills and family provision claims, among them litigation concerning a multibillion-dollar estate.

Jim is a Fellow of CPA Australia and holds Masters degrees from QUT, Bond University and the University of Oxford. Doyle’s Guide has recognised him as a Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer and a Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer in Victoria. He served twice as Mayor of Boroondara.