Blake Wadlow is a leading Adelaide solicitor known for his cross-disciplinary capability in commercial law, litigation, estate matters, and family law. As a Partner at Wadlow Solicitors, he provides strategic, outcome-focused advice to business owners, directors, professionals, and families across South Australia.
Blake is highly regarded for his work in guarantee and securities law, including specialist third-party guarantee advice and the issuing of Solicitor’s Certificates for lenders and borrowers. He is frequently retained to advise spouses, directors, and investors on high-risk securities, indemnities, and personal guarantee exposures, ensuring that clients understand risk allocation, enforcement consequences, and commercial implications.
His commercial practice extends to business structuring, corporate governance, shareholder arrangements, and transactional risk management. Blake regularly represents clients in commercial litigation, contractual disputes, injunction proceedings, and regulatory matters, noted for his analytical precision and efficient management of complex disputes.
In the estates domain, Blake advises on succession planning, testamentary trusts, asset-protection structures, and probate matters. He has extensive experience in contested estate litigation, including capacity challenges, undue influence claims, and family provision disputes.
Blake also maintains an active family law practice, assisting clients with property settlements, parenting matters, financial agreements, and matters involving intertwined commercial and family-asset structures.
Across all practice areas, Blake is recognised for his clarity of advice, commercial acumen, and strong client communication. His profile is well-established in Adelaide’s legal market for guarantee advice (including Solicitor’s Certificates), commercial structuring, dispute resolution, estate planning and disputes, and family law