Balveen Saini

Balveen is a key member of the BBW Lawyers commercial team. Her practice focuses on both front and back end commercial issues and transactions along with debt recovery, insolvency and aged care, disability and retirement villages. 

Prior to her admission, Balveen worked as part of an in-house compliance/legal team for a prominent Australian hire company for six years.

Balveen’s litigation experience has evolved from appearing in, and successfully representing her clients’ interests, in all NSW Courts, the Federal Circuit Court and the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Highlights

• preferred legal supplier for a number of Australia’s large not-for-profits providing aged care, disability and retirement villages services.
• preferred legal supplier for an ASX Top 10 listed company’s large volume of debt recovery and insolvency litigation matters. 
• preferred legal supplier for national Australian building and construction company. 
• preferred legal supplier for an ASX Top 100 integrated services company.
• preferred legal supplier for one of Australia’s largest mercantile agencies.
• secondment in 2018 to an ASX listed company in the credit collections team.
• secondment in 2015 with one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit organisations, in a role assisting the general counsel.
• advising the Board of a prominent Australian hire company as to compliance with the Australian Consumer Law, inclusion of appropriate provisions under the Personal Property Security Act 2009 (Cth), and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
• acting on behalf of a registered NSW club in the negotiation of a bespoke development agreement for the $100 million redevelopment of the club, and the subsequent redevelopment of the club.
• acting for financial services company who sought recovery of large outstanding debt from multiple organisations.
• acting for liquidator in $16 million voidable transaction claim and successfully negotiating commercial resolution to claim.
• acting for large institutional property client in $80 million dispute, including initially obtaining urgent freezing orders.
• acting for large financial services client in recovery of $1.4 million from 7 separate entities.
• undertaking retirement villages contract roll-overs for various national retirement village operators.
• undertaking external Aged Care Compliance Investigations and Reporting for a number of national aged care providers in response to incidents and/or potential non-compliance with the aged care standards.
• drafting privacy policies and statements and providing advice to a client in compliance with Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
• advising on intellectual property including copyright, patents, brand protection and trademarks; including breaches of intellectual property rights.
• advising on building and construction matters including development, contracts, compliance and disputes.
• advising on workplace and employment related issues including modern awards claims under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
• advising business advisors, trustees, liquidators, administrators and receivers in relation to personal and corporate insolvency matters.
• assisting clients and procurement compliance departments with internal and external contracts and bids, supplier agreements including tailored and tired supply agreements.
• President of the NSW Division of the Australian Institute of Credit Management (AICM) between the period 2017 to 2021.
• obtained Certified Credit Executive status in 2018 through the AICM.
• recipient of AICM’s national award for Young Credit Professional of the Year in 2013 in recognition of her ongoing contributions to the industry.