Celebrating 150 years of service in 2010
William E M Lye
Email: wemlye@vicbar.com.au
Phone:9225 8427
Fax:9225 6732
Chambers: Owen Dixon Chambers West
Room: 1801
Date of Admission: 4 Nov 1987
Called to the Bar: 26 May 1988
Nationally Accredited Mediator: 12 Jun 2008
Accredited as Mediator: 26 Jul 1995
Qualifications: MEI (Swinburne), LLM (Monash), LLB, BSc (Computer Sci.), MAICD
Other Languages Spoken
  • Cantonese
  • Hokkian
  • Indonesian
  • Malay
  • Mandarin
Profile

William has a Master of Laws (specialising in Intellectual Property), and a Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI) at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. 

He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; a Past President of the Chinese Professional and Business Association of Victoria (www.cpba.com.au); a sessional Instructor at Leo Cussen Institute on Intellectual Property and Commercial & Corporate Practice; a sessional tutor at Monash University Law Faculty on Contracts Law and Corporations Law; a sessional lecturer at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University on Opportunity Evaluation, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Marketing, and a member of the prestigious Malaysian Corporate Round Table of the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (www.asli.com.my

He is available for interlocutory and trial work. Specific advisory and interest areas includes board representation, private equity and venture capital issues, public listed company issues, ASEAN networks, computer and internet related area, martial arts and the law, retirement village and aged care, wine and vineyards, and fisheries.

William is also admitted to practice in the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland, and has been approved for admission in New Zealand.

He is also able to assist clients to solve legal or other issues in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and China.

A full CV can be provided on request. 

Areas of Practice
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency
  • Building and Construction
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporations and Securities
  • Defamation, Media & Entertainment
  • Equity/Trusts
  • Intellectual Property
  • Sports Law
  • Telecommunications/IT/Computers
  • Trade Practices
Areas of Mediation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
  • Banking and Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency
  • Building and Construction
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporations and Securities
  • Defamation, Media & Entertainment
  • Discrimination
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Equity/Trusts
  • Family Law/De Facto
  • Intellectual Property
  • Probate/Wills/TFM
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Law
  • Residential/Retail Tenancies
  • Sports Law
  • Telecommunications/IT/Computers
  • Trade Practices
Also Entitled to Practice in
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Federal Court of Australia
  • High Court of Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia
Committee Memberships
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
  • IT & T Committee
  • International l Arbitration Committee
  • Communications Committee
  • Duty Barristers' Scheme Committee
  • Website Moderator - Commercial Bar Association - Executive Committee
  • Essoign Club - Board of Directors