Simon Lees


Simon has a broad practice in commercial litigation, with experience in contract, corporations, equity, insolvency, insurance, taxation (both Commonwealth and state), and real property proceedings.
He regularly appears unled in hearings in the Federal Court of Australia and the NSW Supreme and District Courts, as well as other courts and tribunals.
Simon has an advice practice, providing tax opinions to private and government clients, and he is also regularly briefed in urgent interlocutory applications such as injunctions, freezing and real property orders.
Before Simon was call to the Bar in 2014, he worked for a number of years in tax and commercial litigation at King & Wood Mallesons and as a senior adviser to a previous NSW Attorney General and Minister for Justice.
- In the matter of B & B Legal Pty Ltd trading as Borthwick and Butler Solicitors [2025] NSWSC 587
- Qiu v Westpac Banking Corporation trading as St George Bank [2025] NSWSC 579
- Nicita v Nicita [2025] NSWSC 585
- Xie v Qin [2024] NSWCA 26
- In the matter of 47 Industrial Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1166
- Commissioner of Taxation v Iannuzzi (No 3) [2024] FCA 45
- Amirbeaggi as trustee of the bankrupt estate of Hanna v Hanna (No 3) [2024] FCA 1171
- Admitted to the Bar: 2014
- Admitted as a Legal Practitioner: 2010
- LLB (Hons 1) (UTS): 2010
- BCom. (USYD): 2002