Amelia Morgan

Amelia has advised on some of the largest and most transformative Australian public and private M&A deals in recent times across various industries and sectors, including in the energy, financial services and consumer sectors. Amelia has also completed secondments to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and CIMIC Group.

Amelia is the co-editor of Bootmakers, Boards and Rogues, a major new book published in 2023 on corporate and securities law. ASIC Chair Joseph Longo, who wrote the foreword for the book, described it as “informative, thought-provoking and rich in analysis and ideas.” Amelia is also co-author of ‘Insider trading laws in Australia: past, present and future’ contained in the book. 

In addition, she is the author of ‘Takeover Funding: The Rhyme of the Modern Mariner’ in Towns Under Siege, a major book on contemporary issues in takeovers. 

Amelia has been shortlisted for the “Thought Leader of the Year” award at the 2023 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards and was a finalist for the “Young Gun of the Year” award at the 2015 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards.

Background

Amelia holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I) and Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from the University of Sydney. While at university, Amelia also completed an exchange program to the University of Pennsylvania in the USA (including at the Wharton School). She is admitted as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.