Wadi Nadzri
QYL President 2010
| Employer: | Clear Legal Solicitors |
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| Position: | Principal | |
| Age: | 31 ....Already! Gee that went fast! | |
| Area/s of Practice: | You name it I have most probably done it. | |
| Study: | Only if it is necessary to get in to the profession/career you want to pursue. | |
| Pets: | 1 large South American Fish called Oscar and his pal a large electric blue Cray Fish called Mr Krabs, he was feeder cray (fish food) that went wrong and survived to be the toughest cray on the block. In a complete 6ft tank with stand including external & internal filters, heaters, gravel, glass lids, fish food, everything you need for $500 ono. | |
| Sport: | Cycling, cycling, riding bikes, cycling, racing bicycles, cycling, occasionally kite boarding and windsurfing, touch football, triathlons, rock climbing and cycling. | |
| Favourite Book | Most of Bryce Courtenay’s works particularly the classic ‘The Power of One’ the Tomo and Hawk series were pretty good as well. | |
| Favourite TV Show: | The Tour De France.... which means late late nights and usually falling asleep 20km before the finish line. Great to see Australia’s Cadel Evans wearing the World Champs Jersey! | |
| Why a Lawyer: | Having 10 generations of doctors on one side of the family and another 10 generations of architects & engineers on the other side it was about time someone became a lawyer.. Oh and when I was really young for some reason I thought Perry Mason was cool... just listen to that groovy jazzy theme song.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHqebO8aAc4 | |
| What if you weren't a lawyer?: | A Professional Cyclist. Riding around Belgium, wind in my hair.. (you don’t have to wear helmets there) | |
| Where in 10 Years: | Hopefully somewhere that puts a smile on my face, whilst reflecting back on the last 10 years and most probably thinking.... “Gee that went Fast!” |
Introducing:
2010 QYL Vice-President
Employer: Diversified Mining Services Ltd
Position: Legal Counsel
Age: 32
Area/s of Practice: Corporate/Commercial but now a bit of everything
working in-house
Study:
Completed a Bachelor of International Business (Hons) in Europe with a stint
in the UK (long story). Worked in finance for Commsec in Sydney for a few
years before doing my law degree at Bond.
Currently completing a Grad Dip in Applied Finance (Corporate Advisory)
through FINSIA/KAPLAN.
Why the move in-house:
Prior to going in-house last month I was an associate in the
corporate/commercial team at Carter Newell. Whilst there I was lucky to undertake 3 in-house secondments with
clients in the engineering and mining services sectors.
I really enjoyed the scope of projects and work (both legal and non-legal) that I was involved in and I found being
able to use my business and finance knowledge as well as my legal skills very rewarding. I would highly recommend
the secondment experience to anyone.
Therefore, I guess my secondment experiences, my general interest in business and strategy and my long term goal
of moving into executive management were the main drivers for the move in-house.
The in-house experience:
The in-house role that I have taken on is a “greenfield” role (the
company never had a legal department before). Without the
extensive resources, research facilities and support you are used to
in a law firm, it can be very demanding being across a vast array of
areas of the law required in-house. However, the hardest part I
have found with the role is selling yourself to the business and
justifying that you are more than just an expense and road block
for the business.
Whilst not having time sheets is one of the obvious (and best)
benefits, I have decided to maintain a basic timesheet system (30 min blocks) so that I can report back to
management on what I have been doing and where the work is coming from.
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Favourite Book: I enjoy reading autobiographies and biographies, Richard Branson’s books are pretty good.
Favourite TV Show: Love watching Top Gear and most sports but am also ashamedly a big fan of reality tv as
long as it does not involve singing or cooking, I like to see people with no talent get their 15
minutes of fame :-)
Why a Lawyer: I guess having 4 generations of law behind you it’s hard to stay away.
What if you weren't a lawyer?: Life would be less stressful, my work life balance would be better and I
would have never had those bad dreams about time sheets and billing :-) (Is
that what you mean?)
Where in 10 Years: Hopefully in executive management or running my own finance/funds management company.