Chatto Creek Advisory

Chatto Creek Advisory Pty Limited is a strategic consultancy, project manager and service delivery provider. It is based in Melbourne and headed by Russell Scoular. It publishes The Chatto Creek Trade Report, a weekly newsletter designed to provide busy executives with a snap-shot summary of the latest trade policy news from throughout the dynamic Asia Pacific region.

Expertise: Chatto Creek Advisory providers small to medium businesses with trade policy briefings, policy analysis reports, government engagement plans and project management services. It is headed by Russell Scoular. He has rich commercial, trade policy and government relations expertise having spent 32 years with the Ford Motor Company in New Zealand, Australia and China. A Master of Public Policy & Management graduate from Monash University, he is also a senior fellow at the Asian Trade Centre in Singapore.

Dearin & Associates

Dearin & Associates is an international business consultancy, which helps companies to scale internationally and amplify their impact in the world.

Expertise: Dearin & Associates provides market analysis, cross-cultural consulting, international commercial legal services, digital services and foreign exchange services. Sectoral experience includes government, professional services, pharmaceutical, retail, tourism, airlines, mining, real estate, elaborate manufactures, fashion, food and beverage and luxury goods. Market experience includes the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Iraq, UK, US, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Western Europe, Austria and the CIS states and Papua New Guinea.

Explain Trade

ExplainTrade is a Geneva based consultancy specializing in bespoke training, commentary, and advice on negotiations, trade policy, and communications.

Expertise: Trade policy overviews, trade negotiations, the WTO, Brexit and UK trade policy, services, aid for trade.

Export Council Australia

The ECA has the development of Australia’s resources via the promotion of Australian industry in international markets as its primary goal. It is a membership-based organisation that delivers a range of member services, contributes to trade policy, and delivers skills development programs. 

Expertise: Developing international business skills, building Australian business capacity, conducting international market research.

Institute for International Trade

The Institute for International Trade (IIT) at The University of Adelaide has conducted extensive trade-related research in both academic and applied settings over the past 15 years that draws on its extensive network of distinguished researches and experienced trade practitioners.

Expertise: The IIT’s research spans Africa, South East Asia, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Central Asia and Latin America with a particular focus on developing economies. Much of its work supports governments, industry and coordinating bodies responsible for the effective implementation of regional and development cooperation projects and activities.

Lexbridge Lawyers

Lexbridge is a legal practice and consultancy, specialising in international law, including trade and investment, and government matters.

Expertise: Lexbridge provides advice and assistance across the entire range of trade issues including under the WTO, Free Trade Agreements, and investment treaties.   Our expertise ranges from tariffs and behind the border regulation to trade in services and investment, from intellectual property to procurement.  We also have extensive experience providing technical assistance and training across the range of trade and investment issues to private and public sector clients across the Asia-Pacific.

Moulis Legal

Moulis Legal’s particular focus areas are international trade and investment, energy and resources, intellectual property, government procurement, property acquisition and development, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, and major commercial projects.

Expertise:  Moulis Legal’s regulatory lawyers have substantial experience in anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguards investigations and in import/export matters, including sanctions. They regularly act on business transactions involving counter parties in Europe, the US and Asia. The firm has special knowledge and experience of trade and investment between Australia and China.

Policyware

Policyware is an online education platform providing intensive courses -deep dives – on a range of international trade and investment, digital and other critical public policy issues. Taught by world-leading scholars from top universities, think tanks and law firms, including the Brookings Institution, Berkeley, Yale, University College London and Aikin Gump, deep dives are delivered online using a mix of pre-recorded content and live lectures. Policyware also provides tailored in-person or online training, detailed reports, regular newsletters, and keynote addresses.

Expertise:  Key areas of expertise are digital economy development and digital technology regulation including AI, international trade and investment including human rights and labor standards in global supply chains, the latest developments in climate change and clean energy policies, developments in ESG Finance and the design of impact bonds to fund social change, China tech and data governance developments, and how privacy law and policy is developing in key countries and globally.

Andrew Hudson

Andrew is a trusted and highly-regarded industry adviser to businesses, industry associations, other peak bodies and government. He regularly consults on legal and trade developments that affect Australian and international businesses.

Expertise: Rigby Cooke Lawyers Customs and Trade practice has expertise in international trade, customs and tariffs, intellectual property, international alliances, industry training, government and industry relations. It assists both public and private sectors including importers, exporters, licensed customs brokers, freight forwarders, shippers, marine insurers and trade financiers, government agencies and other industry parties.

The Purposeful Exporter

The Purposeful Exporter is a management and training consultancy that supports firms to identify, test and prepare for international market opportunities where they can demonstrate strong value and optimise their investment. Our clients can access a proven strategic Framework validated by an aggregator model of the attributes of highly successful Australian exporters who deliver transformational growth and high returns.

Expertise: We show leaders and their teams how to apply this framework to develop and implement an over-arching growth strategy based on their “incontestable” value and a reliable scaling model. And from there, how to target the right customers in the right markets through a nuanced go-to-market strategy that leverages strategic partnerships and the right external capability. We develop their resilience in the face of the inevitable supply chain and other shocks of international markets. And stay close as they execute on go-to-market plans that fully leverage the growth opportunity and optimise the return to the business, and for investors.

Watson Farley & Williams

Watson Farley & Williams is an international law firm with a focus on the energy, transport and infrastructure sectors. Our 19 offices and 650+ lawyers work as integrated teams to provide practical, commercially focused advice to clients around the world and include a specialist team of public international law, trade and investment and international dispute resolution experts.

Expertise: Watson Farley & Williams’ lawyers have substantial expertise and experience on the full spectrum of trade and investment issues, including WTO disputes and negotiations, free trade agreements, investment treaties, and new agreements such as on digital trade or the green economy. They have negotiated or advised on a range of issues including, digital trade, services and investment, rules of origin, and government procurement. The firm provides capacity building, training and briefing to governments and private sector clients.